6' - 7' Mantels
Mendota Mantels 1238
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White Oak Shelf. Natural finish
Clean very pretty white oak shelf with very nice figuring. Although it is not antique reclaimed, it has been air ageing for many years so it should be plenty stabile. Would be great in either a traditional or modern contemporary application.
Mendota Mantels 1239
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Black Walnut Shelf. Natural finish.
Very lovely clean straight forward shelf mantel made from thoughtfully milled black walnut. It has beautiful figuring. T’would look terrific on a modern contemporary fireplace wall. We love this modest piece here in the shop.
Mendota Mantels 1261
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Live Edge Big Ash. Natural finish.
Nice deep shelf top is perfect for inlaying into stone fireplace wall and still have plenty of space to put things on. Natural live edged front. Smooth top and bottom. Would work well in contemporary setting or traditional.
Mendota Mantels 1262
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Craftsmen Style with Corbels. Natural finish.
Straightforward Craftsmen design with staged corbels. Beautifully figured white oak. Twould be nice in a Craftsmen inspired home.
Mendota Mantels 1276
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Hand Carved “Early Winter Oak Leaves”
This piece was designed and hand carved by local artist Dan Perotti. Dan is famous around these parts for his huge historic portrait of historic miners. Also for his architectural carvings, paintings, and sculptures. We were lucky to convince him to do a piece or us!
Mendota Mantels 1291
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NAME: Very Figured Maple Natural Finish
DIMENSIONS: 82-3/4″ long x 3-1/4″ thick x 9-3/4″ deep
SOURCE OF TIMBER: Northern Wisconsin Forest
APPROXIMATE AGE OF TIMBER: 100 yrs?
SPECIES: Hard Red Maple
COMMENTS: I’m fortunate to live in a northern hardwood forest where I have access to extraordinary timber. A local logger/ miller friend of mine puts aside special unique logs that show the most beautiful unique figured character. Then he ages them for a year, mills them into mantel slabs instead of his usual boards, and passes them on – only to Mendota Mantels! I’m very lucky to know him! (Thank You John!)
This is one of those rare pieces. It’s a “Live edged” hard red maple. It’s VERY figured.
For those of you who know wood, you’ll understand how special this piece is. For those of you who don’t know wood, just take a look, hopefully you’ll see how pretty, unusual, and unique it’s grain is. Not your typical maple slab mantel. If you want a rare one- of- a -kind mantel, this is it! On a scale of figuring from 1 to 10, this piece is a 10!
SHIPPING / DELIVERY INFO:
$125 flat rate shipping to continental USA.
Mendota Mantels 1293
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Very Figured Maple Natural Finish
I’m fortunate to live in a northern hardwood forest where I have access to extraordinary timber. A local logger/ miller friend of mine puts aside special unique logs that show the most beautiful unique figured character. Then he ages them for a year, mills them into mantel slabs instead of his usual boards, and passes them on – only to Mendota Mantels! I’m very lucky to know him! (Thank You John!)
This is one of those rare pieces. It’s a “Live edged” hard red maple.
For those of you who know wood, you’ll understand how special this piece is. For those of you who don’t know wood, just take a look, hopefully you’ll see how pretty, unusual, and unique it’s grain is. Not your typical maple slab mantel. If you want a rare one- of- a -kind mantel, this is it! On a scale of figuring from 1 to 10, this piece is a 6!
Mendota Mantels 1298
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“Maxfield Parrish light blue” with matching corbels
I’m fortunate to live in a northern hardwood forest where I have access to extraordinary timber. A local logger/ miller friend of mine puts aside special unique logs that show the most beautiful unique figured character. Then he ages them for a year, mills them into mantel slabs instead of his usual boards, and passes them on – only to Mendota Mantels! I’m very lucky to know him! (Thank You John!)
This is one of those rare pieces. It’s a “Live edged” hard red maple with matching corbels. I sculpted and sanded the live edge smooth as you can see.
This piece is quite figured. (thanks again for that John!)
Color reminded me of a color used often by one of my favorite artists. Hope I did it justice. I love the crazy rare beautiful figuring in this piece.
Old Growth Wood Mantel 1240
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White Pine Beam with Curved Ends. Natural finish.
Beautiful white pine timber with lovely pronounced knots. Smoothly finished. Would work in traditional, log, or even contemporary setting.
Old Growth Wood Mantel 1269
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Hand Hewn Live Edge Front. Stained lighter brown.
Lots of character in this piece. Hand hewing markings, cracks, checks. It’s got it all. Live edge naturally contoured front and original old hand hewn top and bottom. We sanded it lots though so it’s nice to touch. This old timber definitely shows it’s antique history.
Old Growth Wood Mantels 1232
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Basic Beam Style. Stained hickory color.
Straight forward beam with beautiful knots. Lovely finished very smooth with five coats acrylic poly. Unique color.
Old Growth Wood Mantels 1235
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Hand Hewn Timber with Open Top Mortise. Natural finish.
Good example again of one of OGW’s signature pieces. Note the original hand hewn mortise and peg. Smoothly milled top makes for a shelf that’s easy to clean and maintain, yet it still shows it’s true rustic history.
Old Growth Wood Mantels 1237
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Early American Style Mantel with Corbels. Stained Black.
Good authentic example of an early American mantel shelf. Milled from old growth pine reclaimed timbers. Modest character. Aged black color with wear markings.
Old Growth Wood Mantels 1241
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Authentic Hardwood Beam with End Tenons and Antique Hardware. No finish.
This is pretty much “AS-IS” timber. We cleaned it up lots, sanded a bit, but kept it authentic because it didn’t want any more attention then that. The hardware was added and was reclaimed from the Big Jo Flour Mill of Wabasha, MN. 1874. This timber was circular sawn back in the day. It has very cool worm holes and some nice character.
Old Growth Wood Mantels 1243
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Basic Beam Timber with Mortise and Pegs. Stained medium brown.
Here’s a nice basic honest timber mantel that’s been reborn from the reclaimed wood waste land. Original mortise and pegs. Nice color. Lots of visual history in this piece. Makes great conversation imaging where it came from and how it’s been used over the past 100+ years.
Old Growth Wood Mantels 1246
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“River Sculpted” with Contours. Blue / Green Stain.
Softly sculpted to suggest water flowing. Nice lines – especially when the light hits it just right. It’s stained a light bluish green also to suggest water. Very pretty grain shows through the stain quite nicely. Unusual piece.
Old Growth Wood Mantels 1249
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Large Timber with Original Mortise, & Pegs. Stained Brown w Blue Tenon.
Need a massive shelf mantel that says “I’m the real thing”? This will work. Rare large dimension will make quite a statement and conversation piece. Nice color with stained blue tenon for something different.
Old Growth Wood Mantels 1253
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Live Edge Base with Carved Smooth Top. Stained deep brown.
We milled up a live edged timber to create the base for this two piece mantel shelf. The bottom we left natural and the top we milled smooth. Great texture and natural contours. Substantial size for lots to put lots of “stuff” on. Pretty “chocolaty” rich color.
Old Growth Wood Mantels 1254
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Live Edge Base with Carved Smooth Top. Stained deep brown.
We milled up another live edged timber to create the base for this two piece mantel shelf. The bottom we left natural and the top we milled smooth. Great texture and natural contours. Substantial size for lots to put lots of “stuff” on. Pretty “chocolaty” rich color.
Old Growth Wood Mantels 1264
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“River Sculpted Shelf”. Stained medium brown.
When the light hits this piece it shows off it’s lovely contouring. We love it’s brown color too. The stain took very nicely to the wood. Nice grain patterns.
Old growth Wood Mantels 1266
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“River Sculpted” Pine. Stained medium brown.
Pretty brown color and nicely carved contours. Could fit in a tradtional or modern / contemporary application seems to us. Nice composition. Nice lines.
Old Growth Wood Mantels 1267
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Chain Sawn Carved Shelf. Burned and stained light / medium brown.
We commissioned a young local artisan from Northwoods Manufacturing at Hurley High School to do a piece for us… Told him he was free to “do his thing”. Having grown up logging with his uncle, this is of course, what he came up with. Chain saw art! Reminds us of rocks. Unique. Different. Very nice shelf dimension too.
Old Growth Wood Mantels 1271
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Large Mortised Timber with Hardware. Stained black.
Crazy big timber for the right setting! Nice color. Lots of flat finish coats will protect it but it didn’t destroy it’s original authenticity. We love this piece! Nice size. Original mortises. Antique hardware hooks on both ends for fireplace tools. This piece has it all.
Old Growth Wood Mantels 1275
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“River Sculpted” Doug Fir
Moderately sculpted to bring out grain and composition. Sanded smooth to 220 grit. Natural finish.
Nice honest piece for traditional, rustic, or contemporary application.
Old Growth Wood Mantels 1278
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“Craftsman Inspired” with arched corbels.
Dark brown stain on this four piece pine mantel. Nice finish. Inspired by turn of the century architect and furniture designer Harvey Ellis. Modern design uniquely made from antique milled timbers.
Old Growth Wood Mantels 1282
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Stained Pine with Hand Hewn Front
Medium brown stain on this hand hewn piece brings out lots of character and reflects the light beautifully. Sanded smooth. Straight forward example of our quality hand hewing. Nice dimensions.
Old Growth Wood Mantels 1286
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“SHORELINE BEACH”
Living on the shore of Lake Superior, gives me inspiration to now and again to sculpt a mantel that reminds me of drift wood beams that regularly float in and rest on our beach. That was my intention with this piece. I inlaid a few pieces of found beach glass to add a little more interest. It’s only 7″ deep so if you want to utilize the entire 7″ shelf top, simply add a two x board to the back, or “float mount” it our from your wall. (see FAQ’s Installation) It would be a nice mantel for a lake home!
Old Growth Wood Mantels 1288
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RUSTIC OAK TIMBER Natural finish
This piece has lots of reclaimed character. I milled the top, back, and bottom square and smooth to show off it’s spectacular old grain, but left the front “natural” to show its reclaimed history. Nice piece for just about any setting – in my opinion, even a modern one. See FAQ’s / “Installation” for instructions on how best to mount it because it’s a bit heavy.