Our New Mantle!

We finally have a mantle!

Here is a bad, sad picture of what was:

This is what the house came with.

It's not very exciting lol

AND

There was no place to display anything or hang up stockings!

~No place for stockings is just not gonna fly in my home~

*haha*

So my lovely and talented husband

built a mantle for us :0)

He was kind enough to put up with my craziness. He followed my vision

and thankfully is great in math, (I wanted it at an un-standard angle)
and was able to figure out some crazy angles.

Here's our new mantle:

I painted the ugly gold that was on the doors black so it'd just blend in.

The molding we chose has oak leaves and tiny acorns on the bottom

and egg and dart on the top.
~and was on sale for $20~

WE LOVE IT!

With the nice topper and a coat of fresh paint it is

 such a huge improvement on what was there before!

AND

now Santa can find our stockings!! hehe

I'm looking forward to dressing it up more, especially for the holidays

but I have a billion other small projects I'm trying to get done before Thanksgiving!

Have a great weekend!