Mantle with Walnut Leaves
This mantle board is approximately 2.25" inches thick from "found wood." We found an old log with the sapwood rotted off. It was "rustic"--but you could say "ugly" too. Its heart was sound, I discovered, when I had it sawed into slabs. The finished top shelf is the top edge of the board flipped over and matched back to the grain, so the shelf is approximately 4.5 inches wide.
