Faux Fireplace

I was on Pinterest (of course) and got the idea to do a faux fireplace.  One weekend project later, we got this:

Of course, it is decorated for Halloween.  Anyways, I always missed having a fireplace.  (Our last house had one).  But I didn't necessarily want the fireplace....just the mantle.  Voila!  Faux fireplace!  I put the vinyl lettering where the "fire" should go so that people would stop asking, "Well, isn't a fire supposed to go there?"  No, people; it's decorative.  It was a hard concept for some people.  :)  Anywho, we painted the wall darker for an accent, bought a mantle and painted it, etc., replaced the photos in the frames, got decorations for the mantle, and got vinyl lettering (Aaron finally agreed) for the inside of the fireplace.  And all things considered, it was a fairly straightforward project.  And now we have a place to hang our stockings at Christmastime.   I'm in love!!!  So much better than before:

Boring.......