Pellet heads!! What's up today?

Went to the hardware store yesterday and bought the paint to do the Faux Stone arch behind the Little Whitfield.
Gotta lay that out on paper and get a good plan going before I fly at that task.

A bit of tedious work taping off the pattern of the stones before tossing the paint at it.


Just a small area of wall near the entry way that still needs paint, otherwise things are getting close to wrapping up.

What a project this has been.

Some piccy's
Still a bit of clutter around, but getting real close to calling it good.

 

Beautiful day at the beach today!

 

sure, rub it in while we're all working.... apparently except you and JT, who's prolly off fishing

 

Tonight's dinner Beer Can Burgers part 2 much better this time , cooked them less very juicy and cooked the bacon separate instead of wrapping
Filled with portabella's and Parm

 

Good, I like cooked, but not turned to charcoal. Parm is a nice addition.

 

OMG
Great stuff, yum yum

A local market here has a bacon wrapped "coil steak" stuffed with porto and garlic butter.

Broil those little creatures and they are to die for.

yum yum yum yum yum yummmmmmmy stuff

 

Yesterday I fiddled around with the "Faux stone" backdrop and mantle idea for the little Whit.

Started locating studs in the wall to hang the mantle on and built the brackets.

Got side tracked a bit with having to help the daughter hook up a new electric fence controller in the afternoon, but did manage to get the mantle mounted for a dress rehearsal (locate and drill holes so the finished Faux stone won't get messed up later)

The plan has changed a bit from the original "hatchling" to something far more dramatic.

Gonna pull out the stops and go for the gusto.

The "fireplace look" is now going to go all the way to the ceiling and have a Faux Wood box on the left side with a stack of "Faux firewood" stacked in it.

I had to offset the mantle to get to a stud (Area) that the stud locator did not start screaming ELECTRICITY

This decision led me to adopt the idea of a sloped/angle stone look that goes all the way to the wall on the left side and straight up on the right side

Then last night the idea of the wood box thingy crept into the picture.

Still looks rather bleak with just the mantle bolted to the wall, but things are gonna progress fast now me thinks.

Here in a bit (After copious quantities of COFFEE I will get after it.

Gonna be a tape extravaganza to get this beast ready to paint.

Still not sure what color to finish the mantle.

May finish it natural or ?????????
Gonna wait and see what things look like after the "Faux Stone" is done and then make a decision.

Here is a rough concept sketch.
Scale is poor, but the basic idea is there.
I did not sketch in all the areas with stones, so the open areas will all be painted with odd shaped bricks/stone ??? Pebbles

When it's done it should be a grand illusion of a majestic fireplace/hearth.

Fun fun fun.

 

Joey pretty much kicks your Azz on a regular basis

 

Great looking fish.

My father in law was a life long lover of bass fishing.

 

Went after the Faux fireplace hearth with a vengeance today.

Everything is in tape now, and will paint it tomorrow.

Here are today's pics

One piccy is of a fireplace I spotted online and loved the concept.

The blue tape really sucks

 

Yesterday after saw-cutting the concrete. I forgot to pose the beer can in the photo, sorry! but I had a Molson Ice and Ethan had a PBR

 

Sooooooooooo.

I got the paint out to do the stones and went after it a while ago.

There are a few small places that the paint bled under the tape and I need to touch them up a bit to get things real neat.

Otherwise all went great.

Still have some work to finish, but happy with the results

 

It came out nice

 

I'm still thrashing on it
Touching up the places the grey bled under the tape
I got the flat black to do the wood box opening

Just touched up the archway on the wood box

Tedious work with a small brush
Still have a bit of touch up behind the left side of the stove

Thanks much on the comments
It's getting there

Here are a couple taken a few ago

 

X2 on that my friend

 

X3

 

No days off for me , my last day off was June 5th , and I don't see one coming anytime soon either , we need some rain down here bad , scrambling to keep everything alive and green . Weekends are great that means 1/2 day , and less people to be responsible for almost a day off .
Blue Smoothies are flowing here