It’s fireplace season you guys! The temperatures have been taking a downward spiral this week. We even got our first snow a couple days ago which amounted to a couple of inches. I can’t remember the last time we had a snowfall this early in the year. Can it just be fall for like 5 minutes?
With that being said, I use these cold days to stay inside and work, there’s always work, but I get distracted easily and that usually leads to restyling the rooms in my house. It’s a common problem for those of us that LOVE home decor. We can’t ever seem to leave well-enough alone.
I had been wanting to do a refresh to this area. I knew lighting the fireplace would become a daily occurrence and I didn’t want to have to keep moving everything on the hearth each time we built a fire, so I needed to simplify the space.
Here’s what happened…
This project began with a roll of wallpaper I bought at Target in their Magnolia Hearth and Hand line. I knew I wouldn’t be covering any walls with it, but I had some ideas for using it and couldn’t wait to get home and get started. I began covering scrap pieces of wood with the wallpaper. I thought about framing them and adding them to a gallery wall somewhere. As I was working, I had one leaning up against the fireplace. Mark saw it and said, “That would be a really cool pattern around the fireplace as a fireplace insert.” I mean, Mark has some good ideas, but I was blown away. It was like we had won the lottery. I screamed, “Yes,” and sent him out to the shop to start building the insert.
He took the necessary measurements and decided instead of using a piece of plywood to make one large piece, it would be easier to cut the wood into three separate pieces and attach them together from behind with these brackets.
Next, I began covering the insert with wallpaper. This particular roll is prepasted. I submerged the cut roll of paper into a tray of water and let it set for about 30 seconds. I, then, folded it over to “book” it. This activates the glue after about 2-5 minutes. It’s not a big surface area to cover so after you have your structure built, this project doesn’t take a lot of time to complete.
I cannot tell you how much I LOVE how this turned out. It adds just the right amount of interest and is going to be perfect for the holidays. The best part about it is that because it’s just an insert, it can be pulled out at any time. It can be as temporary as you want it to be. If my mad for plaid obsession ever goes away, I can get rid of it or change it to something new.
Mr. PR never ceases to amaze me. I am so incredible happy with this DIY. I don’t think I’ll be changing it for awhile. It goes perfectly with my hand-picked pumpkin sign from Harper Grace. Oh, and see that strip of plaid-covered wood sitting on top of the mantel, that’s what started it all.
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