Mantle Wooden
Improving The Home By Getting Rid Of The Junk
Want to bring a little space to any home? Well, get rid of the junk and improve the home by bearing down and making a decision that the accumulated ‘stuff’ that has built up over a lifetime can actually be allowed to shuffle off this mortal coil. For instance, take a look at the wet dry vacuum that once worked but which now sits alone, in a corner and neglected by one and all.
It just might be that the vacuum could come in handy someday as an emergency backup for the new one we bought long ago or perhaps we’re thinking like NASA does when it comes to the space shuttle and extra computers and such. Redundancy can be important, especially when the basement floods and the big new vacuum we have just can’t handle the load by itself, though we know the real truth of things.
In keeping with that line of thought, take a walk into the garage and eyeball all of the things that have been stacked up inside over time. Maybe we once had a garden — or maybe we still have one but it’s being worked on by gardeners — and we loved the garden blowers that we got at the local home improvement store, though we haven’t used these blowers for quite some time.
Still, they might just one day come in handy should we need an emergency garden or the gardeners we’ve hired go out on strike, right? Most likely, it’s because people — and especially men — just can’t bear the thought of parting with stuff. We’re actually even willing to tolerate a buildup of ‘stuff’ that we most likely are never going to use again in this lifetime or the next.
As an example of this particular line of thinking, take a moment to remember that gleaming chrome-plated motorcycle that was once a proud occupant of the driveway out front. It was sold off a long time ago to help pay for the baby’s nursery and there doesn’t seem a chance that the bike will be coming back anytime soon, though the full face helmet we used to ride it is still hanging around in the house.
Of course, if one were being logical, the helmet would have been gone long ago but maybe we’ve convinced ourselves that we aren’t totally the domesticated beasts we really are. In fact, there’s a good chance that a replacement bike is just over the horizon, maybe 20 or so years from now when the girls are safely through college. There it will be, in the driveway, waiting to be ridden.
It’s possible, though highly unlikely, that this scenario could play itself out. The truth is; we love our stuff no matter what that ‘stuff’ is. It might be something that connects us to our past, but if we want a little less clutter in our life we need to get rid of the junk and improve the home at the same time. It might be easy or it might be hard, but it probably needs to be done eventually.
Elegant Custom Carved Wood Mantel
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Authentic Models Venetian Tic-Tac-Toe Game $74.99 This beautifully designed Venetian style tic-tac-toe game features a palette with glints of exquisitely varnished cherry with matching aged bronze. The palette is intentionally antiqued to look as though it has been through the years or like a family heirloom. The ten oversized marbles are hand blown, one player’s set in black and white and the other set in red and white.Palette — 8-3/4″ L x 13″ … |
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PS PRODUCTS CONCEALMENT MANTLE CLOCK $31.44 PS Products Mahogany Medium to Large Handgun Wood… |
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Dimplex Addison DFP69139W Electric Fireplace Mantle with Firebox, White $799.00 The Addison White Electric Fireplace offers life-like, patented flame technology creating the look of a real wood fireplace. Safe-to-touch glass remains cool whether Dimplex electric fireplace heater is operating or is off (safe for children). You may operate your dimplex electric fireplace flame with or without heat. The DFP69139W Dimplex Electric Fireplace includes: 26″ White Electric Fireplace … |
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Floor Outlet (5236) $34.96 Sold as each. Provides electrical outlet in carpeted or wood floors. Rated 15Amp/125Volt. Includes single receptacle, brass mounting screw and threaded receptacle cover. UL listed. CSA approved. Clampack. Manufacturer number: 5236. Country of origin: United States. Distributed by Raco, Inc…. |
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Yerba Prima Tampico Skin Brush … |
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Seiko Brown/Gold Tone Case Melodies in Motion Clock – QXW221BRH $131.25 Quartz movement, On the hour, one of six hi-fi melodies plays: Amazing Grace, The Planets Jupiter, Waltz Of The Flowers, Salut d’Amour, Pictures at an exhibition Promenade, Dance Of The Reed Pipes, Demonstration button, Light sensor, Volume control, On/off switch, One way gold-tone rotating pendelum, Black hands and Arabic numbers, White dial with brushed gold-tone inner circle and polished gold-t… |
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Seiko Antique Finish Wood Case Mantel Clock – QXW220BLH $195.00 Quartz movement, On the hour, one of six hi-fi melodies plays: Amazing Grace, The Planets Jupiter, Waltz Of The Flowers, Salut d’Amour, Pictures at an exhibition Promenade, Dance Of The Reed Pipes, Demonstration button, Light sensor, Volume control, Gold-tone pendelum, Bronze lattice work, Black hands and Roman numerals, Black indices form surrounding ornamental minute track, Cream dial with brush… |
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(SH-13) Home Theater Speaker Shelf – Medium Size, wall or surface mount with only two screws, 7 1/4d x 10w, solid wood, SOLD IN EACHES $54.17 These units must be made and then we send it to our finisher to have your color selection applied. Though we have stated a handling time of 21 days, it is typically shipped in less time than that. Top Quality handcrafted speaker shelving! Shelves have plenty of room for even the largest home theater speakers and allow you to angle the speakers where you need them. Each shelf includes our exclusive… |
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Merry Christmas Decorative Blocks $22.00 Christmas wooden blocks… |
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Bulova Charleroi Majestic Triple Chime Key-Wound Clock $1,286.00 This Charleroi Mantel Chimes Key Wind Collection Clock features a solid maple case with Windsor cherry finish. Triple-chime German movement plays Westminster, Whittington or St.michael chimes on the quarter hour. This Charleroi Mantel Chimes/Key Wind Collection Clock has beveled glass in door and side frames. case size: 17″ H, 16″ W, 7.25″ D… |
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