Last blog we talked a little about Ginger missing some of her original charm. Some things we found....We found original doors in the basement, hardwood under the carpet, stain glass behind the drywall. Which, as I am sitting here writing this blog I wonder if we are missing another set of glass that is common in those bungalows. I think I need to have the Investor take a look. Anyways, onward we go...
One thing we didn't find was the original mantel. We know that one had to be there because we found the floor tile for it. Curious, we went into the foreclosure a couple doors down to see what their looked like. What we found was a total shame...Most of the stain glass had been stolen, copper was gone on top of the fact that it never had central air/systems whoever purchased this one had a long way to go to get it back to right. The mantel however, was still in tact it was a typical flag stone decorative mantel with the same crazy tile mosaic at the base in front of it. We knew that we couldn't replicate something similar without incurring a HUGE cost and started brainstorming other options. I just knew that I didn't want it to be too fancy. It had to be simple and clean. With those basic parameters in place, Dan set to work creating a replacement piece.
What Dan crafted was beautiful and resourceful. Unbeknownst to me, Dan had started collecting remnant pieces from other projects and looking for pieces of wood that were going to go into the dumpster. I always prefer to use what was originally there if at all possible, but when it is not I like to reuse materials. Dan made the mantel surround out of completely reclaimed wood, not to mention that it was handmade by a local craftsman :) Here is the masterpiece that trash built!!!
I am sure that whoever gets to purchase Ginger will be glad to have this in their home.
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