Mantel Made from Pallet Wood

Okay I have less than 12 hours before Christmas, and I have yet to clean.

I am continually distracted by little decorating projects and things.

The bottom line is that I really don't want to face reality and clean!

On Saturday I started out with good intentions, only to be side tracked by the thought of that corner cupboard hiding in my basement just yearning to be a part of the furniture family upstairs.

I was determined to find a place for it.

I did, but not without some other rearranging.  

I had to move the cabinet that holds their school books.

I had to then move the Primitive table I made to put the school cabinet in that place.

I had to move the tree to fill in the gap that was left by the school cabinet.

Finally I had to bring up the recliner and put it back in place where the tree use to be.

All for this....

I then thought about using the primitive table as a coffee station.

The legs were too short so why not rebuild it?

Hubby and I tore it a part and fit it to the length of the radiator.

I realized the top is way too rough, so hubby went out and bought an 8x8 pine board.

I stained it and polyed it.

Using pallet board, I turned 

my table turned into a Mantel! 

I love it!

It is not quite decorated the way I want it.

Give me some time after I clean :)

I am already looking forward to my next project which is to repaint the kitchen.

It's so cozy!