04-18-2009, 09:06 PM
I remodeled my home about 5 years ago and kept the cedar beams that ran across the ceiling. I'm thinking of turning one into a fireplace mantel. I'd like to distress it so it looks a lot like this one:
http://www.fireplacemantels.com/mantel-s...lshelf.cfm
How to do this? Drag it behind my car on a gravel road? Any idea how long should this take? Am I even in the ballpark on how to do this? I don't really have any woodworking tools except a Skil Saw. TIA.
http://www.fireplacemantels.com/mantel-s...lshelf.cfm
How to do this? Drag it behind my car on a gravel road? Any idea how long should this take? Am I even in the ballpark on how to do this? I don't really have any woodworking tools except a Skil Saw. TIA.