Remove fireplace mantle

Putting tile over an existing fireplace surround is not as easy as you might think. I used MBP to guarantee the new thinset would bond to the existing tile. My supply list and tutorial will help explain the whole process.

We'll show you how to remove a builder grade fireplace surround and mantle in about 30 minutes. Upgrade your space by removing the cheap surround!

When looking for a brownstone, fireplaces were on our list of must-have features so we were happy when we saw that our house had three. We pictured long cold winter nights sitting by a cozy fire.…

My mother in law recently decided to update her living room and trusted Nate and I to give her fireplace a little face lift. In order to achieve the look she wa…

A generous lady was giving away a free wooden mantel online – so I scooped it up. I had no idea what I would do with it, as I don’t have a fireplace, but I knew…

First let me start by apologizing if this is the wrong forum. I'm a new home-owner and have decided to replace the old white ceramic tiles around my...

How we finished our 3 sided fireplace and changed our living space dramatically. The half wall....we removed it. Note it was located half into the dining are…

Happy Saturday everyone! In this article, I am going to show you how I transformed our fireplace in our old house from builder grade, to custom made! I absolutely HATED the look of the fireplace when we moved into this house, and especially when we added the TV…it made it look top heavy to the...

In our case the only thing we needed to demo was the tile around the fireplace. To make things easier we decided to build the wood mantel around the exist…

Is your fireplace in need of a makeover? Easy to follow DIY tutorial on how to build a fireplace surround. Update to a modern design.

Over a year and a half ago, way back on September 1, 2015, we asked a question in a blog post. We had a mantel we'd need to build any day, and we needed to make a determination on just how that mantel in our living room should look. Well, we've been slowly working on this living room project and have finally reached a point where that day has arrived. Before we get into details, let's recap (in case you don't remember our blog post from a year and a half ago). The original mantel in the room…

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As part of this fireplace makeover, learn how to make a mantel and paint tiles to update the look of your fireplace.

We re-did our fireplace using Airstone. Managed to finally get rid of the hideous box for the t.v. that limited the size of the t.v. we could have.

If you’ve been watching my stories on Instagram, you may have seen us installing our electric fireplace last week, and many of you requested a full tutorial so here it is! Materials needed: Fireplace mantel (find one secondhand on FB Marketplace/OfferUp!) Electric fireplace insert Faux brick sheet (or decorative panel of your choice) 2x4s Wood […]

Welcome to part two in my “DIY Painted Brick Fireplace Makeover On A Budget” series! Today we will be tackling the fireplace mantel. We had a pretty big learning curve on stripping and restaining the fireplace mantel. Which sucked for us, but is great for you because you can learn from our mistakes! This post […]

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