![Fireplace beam mantle makeover! Fireplace beam mantle makeover!](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyog7bw3oD2CZkjOniCzsgTtdrbZK7eY9_k6TMG3qGbQitOQcWUn5DpeobbOQO5oaNC7OjywS8pOnU1T09JnOzjxtb0b6c208-zGBPoI2gx-33ROU7tLKpo2spYxrmKmxXwwUCMWaiBOB6/s1600/fireplace2.png)
A makeover of the beam above our fireplace!
I’ve always disliked the beam above our fireplace.
It was a weird orange/brown color & it has this humongous hole in the center of it. It’s also super wavy on the top so things do not sit flat.
I wanted a cool beam & this totally wasn’t it!
When we were renovating our home, I had a couple ideas for the beam. One was to remove it completely & put something different there. Another idea was to put boards around the existing beam to essentially build a new mantle.
Of course, renovating the entire house took precedence & the fireplace beam was placed to the bottom of the list & that’s where it stayed.
To be honest, I had pretty much forgotten about my hopes for the fireplace beam. We moved in & then life took over. DVD players & game systems were placed on the mantle. The TV was placed above it, making it a focal point. I still disliked the beam, but I had other things going on, so it kept getting pushed to the bottom of the ‘to do’ list.
Here’s what the beam looked like shortly after we moved in:
![Fireplace beam mantle makeover! Fireplace beam mantle makeover!](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQn9ZsmWL9XEH4aSzaZmDFYZaTnCPnLUAgxpCSQTZ6cg-SjeCdJo51y-SLiCDR6nfcbtLvFGG6pamc3YnYsXxfVECcwZt8H8tdmkDNYdUF6WpdGnzu7hm3G1gANAwwPuFJ0C3iRdLK1IQd/s1600/IMG_3456.jpg)
It wasn’t so bad, but it still bothered me sometimes.
Finally, last week, I got around to doing something about the fireplace beam. As with most things in my life, it just kind of randomly started. I was actually over by the fireplace to make an Instagram story about my ideas for the little corner over there. I was clearing the beam off a little when I started actually looking at it.
I wondered if the beam could be just sanded down to the bare wood. I grabbed a sanding sponge & decided to test if the beam actually would respond to sanding. I stated off with a small area on the side & got so excited when bare wood started showing! It was then a project was born!
Now that I knew the beam could be sanded down, I got a power sander & got to work! Because the beam is so uneven, the power sander couldn’t get in all the cracks. I had to sand a little bit & then sand the rest off by hand. It took forever, but really not as long as I thought it would. I also didn’t really sand the top or the bottom, so that saved a ton of time!
As far as sealing goes, I think I’m going to leave it alone right now. I did receive a ton of great ideas via Instagram though, so when I’m ready to seal the beam, I’ll probably use one of them!
I absolutely love the bare wood look on this beam! It’s not such an eye sore to me anymore!
![Fireplace beam mantle makeover! Fireplace beam mantle makeover!](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCN0Rtimf07eyp9WTZwn0AQ3RE3xrcS-r3cHnlBAT73KbSPkm1pkPY0LQzACiI8PPu6_ROrQ9AvMXQr8mubUxvK5Vts6aVeY8pQ4v4gEp9ntmCWYdZk6QQTzQ_ng1CZDZoBuaCg9qjq2km/s1600/IMG_0775.jpg)
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