Make A Faux Fireplace For Christmas

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Make a faux fireplace for christmas.

If you don t have a real fireplace this cardboard faux fireplace is an easy solution for hanging stockings when you don t have one of your own. Stockings can be hung with simple thumb tacks. How to make a faux christmas fireplace from cardboard boxes. Diy faux fireplace by blesserhouse.

You can find them at hobby or office supply stores and home centers. To make a quick and easy fake fireplace fold two pieces of cardboard into tall square columns to form you fireplace pillars and paint bricks on them for a more realistic look. It s constructed of materials to look like a white brick fireplace. It s a simple idea but it dresses up the room quite a bit.

Now that you have your new cardboard fireplace it s time to make some new cookies for santa this christmas eve. For the side pillars re inforce the top of the empty boxes by sticking a layer of packaging tape all of the way around the top. The moldings are a bit more traditional and the dark marble is the perfect accent. This option could have you covered and should cost you approximately 600.

This time of year is busy but so is most of the year. Do you want a faux fireplace which will make a statement. The fireplace is constructed in three separate pieces 2 side pillars 1 mantelpiece. Then glue the columns to a cardboard base and cap it off with another piece of cardboard for a mantle.

This design cannot hold a lot of weight however so use caution when filling stockings and adding decorations to the mantel. An insert is added to make the fireplace appear to be full of stacked wood. Start with four cardboard display boards the kind students use for science projects. Taking on a project is daunting in october but having a mantel and candles or lights in wood would be so wonderful for christmas and winter season.

If your image of christmas includes stockings hanging on a fireplace but your home doesn t have one you can make a surprisingly realistic version from cardboard. Place your faux fireplace against the wall to create a christmas look anywhere. Easy video tutorial of how to make a fake christmas fireplace in 10 minutes out of box and decorative self adhesive paper roll. Now how about this faux fireplace insert ideas from diy decor mom for a more vintage look.

Make a faux fireplace as a christmas project.