A Mantle...ish Makeover

We've got this mantle..ish thing

in the living room of our new house.

u. g. l. y.

by any standard.

I didn't want to put a single thing on it,

until the extremely dark, glossy finish was GONE,

so a friend came over and we painted it Antique White.



I could barely stand to let the paint dry

before I had fun filling it up. 
I really filled it up too!

Tattered Books

Clocks

Shoe Forms

My Grandfather's Hymnals

Railroad Date Nails & Square Peg Nails

Wine Bottles

Doorknobs

More Bottles

And some cute little bee skep candles

I've rearranged it half a dozen times,
but here's how it looks today.

Those dark pieces below the bottom shelf

are the covers off an 1800's Bible that

was completely falling apart.

They don't photograph well, but they are

really lovely, old leather and

are pretty close up.

If I can talk my husband into it,

the pages of the Bible will be repurposed

for another project that hopefully I'll show you soon.

Now I can check project #3 off the list
of 300 projects that need to be done.

Blessings,