Comments on: Fireplace & Mantel Ideas: Design, Build and Install Your Dream Fireplace Mantel http://indoorfireplaces.org/fireplace-mantel-ideas-design-build-and-install-your-dream-fireplace-mantel/ Indoor Fireplaces, Space Heaters & Accessories Sun, 13 Feb 2011 03:26:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Tom Place http://indoorfireplaces.org/fireplace-mantel-ideas-design-build-and-install-your-dream-fireplace-mantel/#comment-26 Tom Place Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:11:42 +0000 http://indoorfireplaces.org/fireplace-mantel-ideas-design-build-and-install-your-dream-fireplace-mantel/#comment-26 I recently bought a house in need of renovations. Since hiring contractors are both expensive and often unreliable, I decided to tackle much of the work myself. This included designing and building my fireplace mantel. A previous owner had removed the mantel so there was no indication of what style it was built in. I searced for books on fireplace mantels and found this one. It has a complete detailed chapter on how to build a classic fireplace mantel, step-by-step, with detailed photos using materials I was able to easily purchase at Home Depot. The results were phenominal! I have since had family and friends ask if I would build them a mantel. I almost hate to reveal how easy it was when they are willing to pay a nice sum of money for something that took me the weekend and little cash. I highly recommend this book! Rating: 5 / 5 I recently bought a house in need of renovations. Since hiring contractors are both expensive and often unreliable, I decided to tackle much of the work myself. This included designing and building my fireplace mantel. A previous owner had removed the mantel so there was no indication of what style it was built in. I searced for books on fireplace mantels and found this one. It has a complete detailed chapter on how to build a classic fireplace mantel, step-by-step, with detailed photos using materials I was able to easily purchase at Home Depot. The results were phenominal! I have since had family and friends ask if I would build them a mantel. I almost hate to reveal how easy it was when they are willing to pay a nice sum of money for something that took me the weekend and little cash. I highly recommend this book!
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> By: Biker Lady http://indoorfireplaces.org/fireplace-mantel-ideas-design-build-and-install-your-dream-fireplace-mantel/#comment-25 Biker Lady Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:23:50 +0000 http://indoorfireplaces.org/fireplace-mantel-ideas-design-build-and-install-your-dream-fireplace-mantel/#comment-25 When I see a caption for an illustration that reads something like "Experience personal customer design consultations in the tradition of the old mantel masters, Wohners' one-on-one sessions ensure the highest quality of your mantel design and selection," I can't help but wonder at the purpose of the book as a whole. I did find the section on the Rumford Fireplace interesting, and the mantels shown intriguing, but as for actual designs that I could build I found the book lacking. In fact many of the designs in the "Mantels Portfolio" reminded me a great deal of the "mantel" which was on the fireplace of my first residence --- a mobile home. <br /> <br />I did give it 3 stars for the ideas, but practical information given is minimal. Rating: 3 / 5 When I see a caption for an illustration that reads something like “Experience personal customer design consultations in the tradition of the old mantel masters, Wohners’ one-on-one sessions ensure the highest quality of your mantel design and selection,” I can’t help but wonder at the purpose of the book as a whole. I did find the section on the Rumford Fireplace interesting, and the mantels shown intriguing, but as for actual designs that I could build I found the book lacking. In fact many of the designs in the “Mantels Portfolio” reminded me a great deal of the “mantel” which was on the fireplace of my first residence — a mobile home.

I did give it 3 stars for the ideas, but practical information given is minimal.
Rating: 3 / 5

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