A Mantel Older Than the Nation

End Grain of Reclaimed Oak Barn Beam

When we first moved into the house, the fireplace had one of those classic 1990s mantels that seemed fancy at the time and ridiculous in hindsight. You know the type. Oversized, multi-layered, and technically “wood” in the same way a movie set is technically a building. It was a hollow shell pretending to be substantial, […]