Up-Cycling: Salvaged beams turned into Little Pines' new mantle

A neighbor was throwing out these old beams, and we couldn't resist the temptation to re-purpose them into a mantle for Little Pines cabin. As with all such projects, it turned out to be much more difficult than we expected, but they are now successfully installed. We'll put some pieces of birch limbs into the holes, which will stick out and make great little hooks for hanging gloves to dry after skiing at Mountain High, and of course for hanging Christmas stockings!

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