Fire place mantle

I'm getting much better at convincing Matt to jump on board with my crazy long list of projects. This fire place has been on my list since we moved in. I do like it, it just needed something. Well the kids wanted the tree down stairs this year and after we set it up I had an idea, and Matt got a headache :)

It didn't take much work and we had a new mantle. I'm in love with it. I'm now trying to explain to Matt that when the Christmas decorations come down I need a trip to Tai Pan for new decorations :)

We let the kids write messages on the inside of the wood. They thought it was pretty fun :)

I had an empty space so I made a few wooden presents from some scraps.

I'm very thankful Matt was willing to help me on this project because once it was built it was really heavy. It would have been very crooked if I had to hang it alone!!