Ten projects reflect all the popular home styles from Colonial to Arts and Crafts and Contemporary, ensuring a project to suit your home and tastes. Step-by-step instructions, cutlists, and excellent process photography and illustrations make the mantels accessible -- whatever your skill level. An initial chapter surveys materials for building and finishing mantels. You won’t find a better how-to book on fireplace mantels anywhere.
Create mantels in various styles:
- Simple Colonial
- Georgian
- Simple Federal
- Victorian
- Greene and Greene
- Art Deco
- ...and more
"Of all the woodworking projects that I’ve built, and written about, the fireplace mantel projects have drawn the strongest -- and longest -- lasting response." Mario Rodriguez, author of
Building Fireplace Mantels About the author Mario Rodriguez is one of America’s most accomplished woodworkers and woodworking teachers. He currently teaches at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. He is a long-time contributing editor to
Fine Woodworking magazine and author of
Traditional Woodwork. He lives in Maple Shade, New Jersey.
Softcover, 9 x 10-7/8 in., 160 pages,with color photosand drawings
Published 2002, ISBN 1-56158-385-5, # 070513
