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ANTIQUE FIREPLACE MANTEL DESIGNS FROM BEST OF NATURE

From the mid 1800’s into the early 1900’s, many nationalities of homesteaders had to adapt to growing families and farms. Additional buildings were needed for grain storage, animal barns, and summer kitchens.

As there was no electricity, all labor had to be accomplished with hand tools. More history can be seen here.

Virgin trees were felled with 1-2 man hand saws. Hand held tools like adzes, broadaxes and drawknives were used, along with extreme physical labor to square the trees into hewn timber beams for the structural frames.


These buildings were completely finished with wood - including the floor boards, roof structure, and even down to the wooden pegs used to hold the structural cross ties and diagonal timbers together.

A few of these old farms and buildings remain. They accent the broad sky and the rolling land. Many are meticulous works of art. Each one has its own character, artistic statement, and many stories to share.

*** How Best of Nature recreates Antique Wood Fireplace mantels ***

The start of recreating Antique Wood Fireplace mantels. Reclaimed Wood

Preparing for another life...  


Antique Timber to be reused for mantels. Timber Beam from 1870s -  notches and pegs

Antique Timber to be reused for mantels.

Timber Beam from 1870s - How notches and pegs
can come to exist in the Best of Nature Mantels.

Still handcrafted with antique tools

 

The below photographs illustrate the before and after sequence of how every wood fireplace mantel gets "another life". Click on photos for bigger picture.

Handcrafted Mantel North Carolina Hand Hewn Mantels
Antique mantel prior to building Davy's mantel. Davy's mantel after the second handcrafting and finishing. Davy's fireplace mantel
installed.

See more hand hewn timber mantels here.

 

Antique Timber Mantles Reclaimed wood antique mantle Reclaimed Wood Mantel
Antique timber reclaimed - before second handcrafting for Benedict's mantel. Benedict's mantel after second
handcrafting and finishing.
Customer's photo of installed
mantel and finished fireplace.

Mantel was made for a customer by
replicating mantel seen on this webpage.
Click here to see photo.
Hand hewn timber mantel - corbels and
center filled notch added.
Wood Fireplace Mantel New Jersey Hewn Timber Wood Mantle Kentucky
Rustic FIreplace Wood Mantle Reclaimed Wood Mantle
Hewn timber mantel with open notch
and vertical peg (Heard's fireplace).
Filled Notches on each end,
four pegs in center (Nelson's Fireplace)
Rustic Mantle Shelf - Virginia - Scholz Wood Fireplace mantle - New England
Hand Hewn timber mantel
with two filled notches.
Popular mantel design showing open notch in center
and vertical pegs on ends.
Antique Wood Fireplace Mantle - California Antique Wood Fireplace Mantel - Wisconsin
Another popular mantel design -
center filled notch and vertical peg
placement on ends.
Hand hewn antique wood
mantel with open notch.
Original Wood Mantles Rustic Mantels Illinois
Wood Mantel with original wood pegs
(Postlewait's Fireplace)
Hewn Timber Mantel Shelf with filled
 offset notch and Pegs ( Dolezal's Fireplace)
Rustic Fireplace Wood Mantel - New Jersey Reclaimed timber fireplace mantel - Illinois
Cedar Mantel with center filled notch
and vertical pegs.
Mantel design with filled notches on ends,
open notch in center.
Timber wood mantle for wood stove - New York Rustic hand crafted wood fireplace mantels - New Jersey
Best of Nature Mantels are a
nice accent for wood stoves!
Unique Fireplace design with lower
and upper rustic mantels.

 

See more information and photos by clicking on Fireplace Mantel Designs which offers more mantel design ideas!

The Rustic Mantel Photo Gallery features many photographs from customers of log and timber mantles.

See More Rustic Mantels, and Hewn Timber Mantels for additional fireplace mantel pictures and other mantels to get many more ideas!  Thank you for visiting our website and if you have any questions, call (906) 822-0112 or email info@countreeliving.com.


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