10/04/2025
Custom White Oak Fireplace
Recently designed, built, and installed this custom white oak fireplace for some great customers! Made a solid white oak mantel with hewn edges to make it look rustic and old. The upper area of shiplap is grain wrapped meaning, I used one board for every level of shiplap, and wrapped it around both sides so that the grain of the board flows continuously from the left side across the front and into the right side. It’s a subtle detail, but it adds color cohesiveness to the upper area, keeping it from looking patchy. Made corbels to help support the solid mantel that is attached by way of French cleat and long screws.
The planning of construction of this piece ahead of time made installation simple. It was built in essentially 3 pieces, base, middle, top, then I finished out the top 5 rows of shiplap on site, scribing in the top piece to the ceiling. Love how beautiful, and character filled, this piece turned out!