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So temporary quick-fixes are the name of the game around here until we can get around to do a full reno on every room.. Anyway….5 minutes later… bam!.
This is what things look like on a Saturday night around here.I had Chris tape out a square for me using the level because he has the patience for that sort of thing and I don’t.I slapped on two coats of Martha Stewart’s Heath.
The same color I used for the back of my shelf in the living room..When it was all done, not only did I have a nice back drop to frame whatever seasonal delights I’ll be putting up there, but I realized that that’s also probably where some molding would be if we had a real mantel here.. It’s not a trompe l’oeil or anything.
You don’t actually think there’s any molding there, but it kind of hints at the idea and adds a bit of a richness to a sad-looking wall none-the-less.. I’ve been up to my elbows in beadboard painting this weekend, but maybe next weekend I’m thinking I may add a few more squares of paint to some other walls.
It’s a really quick project you can do on commercial breaks when you’re watching your favorite show and it has such a big impact on a room.It’s just my little table that I use as a fake mantel until we get a real-live, grown-up mantel of our own some day.
Chris made it for me last year out of some barn wood (off the barn out back) and some old two by fours that he took out of one of our walls.I still can’t get enough of it!.
This year for decor, I did bright, happy, kid-friendly stuff in the living room and more subdued stuff in.I tried to make this fantel bridge the two styles..