Customer's Photo Gallery
EXAMPLES of CUSTOM DESIGNED
MENDOTA MANTELS.
"Here's a picture of my new mantel. It was great co-designing with you. The piece is perfect for our new room. We love telling it's old story"Lisa Kirwin
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Northern Pine with 'river sculpting". High Character. Natural Finish.
Timber c1874
"We love the mantel. Everyone who sees it comments on the beauty and uniqueness of it. It truly makes a wonderful family treasure - so much so in fact that we had the mantel installed in a way that we can remove it (and replace with a standard mantel) in case we ever move - - we could not possibly leave this beautiful piece of art behind! Working with you was such a pleasure in finding the perfect piece of reclaimed wood, a picture of a boat to carve, and then personalizing it with the name etc. Even the water carving is beautiful in that it takes advantage of the natural wood grain to add texture.
Thank You and Best Wishes for 2011 and beyond."
Stained Doug Fir. Custom carving of customer's boat.
Timber c. 1874
"Here's a picture of the beautiful hand carved mantel and posts you made for us. We look forward to our next timber frame project."
Nancy Bausman - Birch Creek Properties
Dan Larkin - Larkin Construction
Excelsior, MN.
White Oak mantel and carved posts. Natural finish. Slight sculpting.
Low Character. Timbers c2006
"Attached are a few photos of our mantel with post. The install went well. Thanks for the design consult. We love it. I'll send more pictures."
Greg and Sharlyn
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Eastern White Pine Stained "Hershey's brown". Slight sculpting texture.
Medium Character. Timbers c1887
"The mantel looks and feels 'sensual'.It's really VERY beautiful!"
Tom and Mary Guion,
St. Paul, Minnesota
Northern Red Pine. "River-Woman" Sculpted.
High Character. Nat. Finish. Timber c1874
Northern Red Pine Lobby Sculpture. Minneapolis Children's Theater. Photo taken from floor level up through roof.
Michael Graves and Associates Architects. No finish. High Character. Mendota Mantel's design consultation and milling. Timbers c1874
"Thanks so much for your help and support. We think there is "magic " and "spirituality " to our new theater because of the "tipi sculpture ". With all the issues we had to overcome, I now firmly believe that all the effort is the reason the piece is so special. If it were easy, it would just be another piece of architecture. This is so much more... I can not thank you guys enough. Best wishes to everyone at Mendota Mantels / Old Growth Woods "
- Robert Blaser, Michael Graves and Associates Architects,
New York, New York
"Here are some pictures of our mantel.
It looks awesome!
I love telling my family about it's history and how you made it by burning it.
I am sending three more pictures."
- Connie Doren
Minneapolis, Minnesota.
White Pine Burned Black with fire. Slight "river' sculpting.
Timber circa 1887
"We were so impressedwith the personalized attention we got to create the perfect mantel for our new home. It has so much history and character. It's a great conversation piece!"
- The Lyon Family,
Excelsior, Minnesota.
White pine w worked cracks. Wrap a round. High Character.
Natural Finish Timber c1874
"Our mantel arrived in good shape and installed without a hitch. It really is gorgeous. I knew we could get a contemporary mantel made from antique wood! It is indeed special.
Let me know if you'd like more pictures."
- Jennifer Kano,
San Francisco, CA
Brushed Doug fir shelf. Burned Black. Contemporary application.Timber c1874
Eastern White Pine with med. brown stain. Hand hewning texture.
Medium-High character. Timber c1887
"Here's some pictures of our new Mendota Mantel. Thanks again for such a great piece. We love it, and as you can see, it looks terrific in our family room."
Christina Cabrera,
Eagan, Minnesota
"Attached are a few pictures of our mantel made from the old barn beam.
In short, we love it!"
- Geoff High
Denver, Colorado
"River-Woman" style pine. Natural Finish. Medium Character. Timber c1874
"Here's some photos of our three sided fireplace. Thank you so much for the consultations and fine fine work. No one could have done it better!"
Two sides of a three sided mantel wall.
Red Pine sculpted with inlaid washers. Timber c1874.
"Here are some pictures of our mantel.
We love it.
It is just what we wanted"
- Paul and Rachel Little
San Diego, California
Eastern White Pine. Medium character. Natural flat finish. Timber c1887
"We love our mantel. It is the perfect center to our room and a very lovely piece of art."- Scott and Carrie Kokoska
Broomfield, Colorado
Burned- Black Finished Reclaimed Eastern White Pine.
Black with Three Inlays. Timber c1874
"I will send you more fantastic pictures of the mantels and timbers used throughout our home. I know you will be as pleased as we are. Great working with you! - Bill Coffman
Brainard, Minnesota
Eastern White Pine with attached corbels High
Character. Natural Finish. Timber c1887
"Here's another picture of the outside mantel with your reclaimed timbers and lumbers.It all worked wonderfully.
More pictures to come.
Thanks again Mendota Mantels."
- Bill Coffman,
Brainard, MN
Eastern White Pine mantel, posts, rafters, rails, and ceiling paneling.
Nat. finish. Timbers / lumbers c1887
Eastern White Pine. Carved per customers 'family heritage' concepts. Flat finish. Timber c1887
"Our 'heritage' mantel arrive safely.It is magnificent! Our families entire history is documented on it through your beautiful carvings. It's just what we dreamed of! We can't thank you enough! We'll send more pictures when it's up. More later...."
- Susan Metzgler,
Denver, Colorado
"The mantel is installed and it looks absolutely beautiful! It's the star of our living room!
Here's a few pictures for you.
Feel free to use them any way you'd like. Thanks again!"
- Scott and Marianne Goebl
Carmichael, California
Eastern White Pine. High character. Natural finish. Timber c1874
"Here's a photo of our new mantel piece. I wish the 'etching' showed up better. We absolutely love and cherish it. We know it is very special. We love telling it's story! I insist you accept this little extra."
- Patty Kritta,
Brainard Area Lakes, MN
Rare 'Grain etched' mantel. Eastern Wht. Pine. Stained Dark Brn.
Timber c1887
Eastern White Pine with Custom Carving per customer's drawing. Timber c1887
"Our Mendota Mantel was delivered today. It is absolutely
gorgeous! We are so pleased with it! Thank you VERY
MUCH!" - Stephanie and Dustin Love - Houston, Texas
"Thank you for making our lovely new mantels.
All three worked out very well. Here is a photo of the bedroom piece from the 'Old Globe'. We'll send more photos of the others too. Thanks again Mendota Mantels!"
- The Johnson Family
Marquette, Michigan.
Rare "Extreme Grain Etched" Eastern White PIne. Nat. Finished. Timber c1887
Stained White Pine. Slight sculpting. Inlaid original washers. Timber c1887
"The mantel arrived in good shape, I was on site yesterday to check it out, it is absolutely beautiful! Thank you!!!"
- Chris Todd - Marquette, Michigan
"Here are some more photos of our reclaimed hemlock mantel. The guys hung it 15" above the fire box.
Thanks again."
- The Stedman's
Denver, Colorado
Soft' Rustic Hemlock Mantel with inlaid washers. Natural Finish. Timber c1870 -1890's
Eastern White PIne Stained K. Brn. Three inlaid stars. Medium -High Character. Timber c1887
"Hi Mendota Mantels. Sorry it's taken me so long to get back to you. The mantel turned out great. My Dad couldn't wait to install it! They love talking about it and have already received many compliments. Here's a picture of it. And Thanks again." - Erin Weber,
Eastern White PIne. Stained med. brown. With customer designed inlay. High Character. Timber c.1887. Inlay c1890's
"We get lots of compliments from friends and family on the beauty and the quality of our mantels. We enjoy telling the story of where they came from." - Jason and Randi Stelter, Lakeville, Minnesota
"River-Woman" sculpted-High Character Nat. Finish, Timber c1874
"We were in Vail skiing for x-mas so did not even know that the mantel was here but it is perfect, we just love it! Thanks so much for taking the time to make something very special."
--Katherine Urness
Orono, Minnesota
"The mantel is beautifully carved.I love telling friends and family about it's "Big Jo" history.
Thank you for the many consultations and the great work.
I love it."
- Mike McCarthy,
Wabasha, Minnesota
"Sculpted" white pine shelf mantel with inlaid antique washers. Natural Finish.
Timber c1874
"Our new display mantel is installed.
It looks real good.
Thanks for working with us."
- Tim
Jordan, Minnesota
Oak rustic timber. Natural oil finish. Timber c 1890
"I snapped a couple of pics for you. We really love the work you did and the mantel is everything we were hoping for. Thanks again for all your upfront work and for the awesome mantel."
- Peter and Mer VanOene
San Diego, California
Eastern White Pine with 3 grain inlays. Burned Black finish.
Timber: circa 1887
Cherry slab shelf mantel. Rescued, not reclaimed.
"Here are a couple of mantel pics for you guys. Thought you'd like to see some of my work too. The pottery is wood fired and the bowls are turned. Thanks again for the great mantel!
- J. Chianelli
Shakopee, Minnesota
"Here's a picture of our 'new - old' mantel from the old Steiger Camp. As you can see, it's a perfect fit. Thanks for the special piece. My wife and I love telling the story of it's fascinating history."
-John Hellman
Bessemer, Michigan
Hemlock shelf mantel. From Steiger Camp Circa 1939
"We just wanted to share a picture of our new mantel.
It looks terrific!
Thank you for all your help."
-Brant and Laura Lieske
Chicago, Illinois
Reclaimed Oak Shelf Mantel. Slight sculpting. Timber c 1874
Eastern White PIne Timbers and lumber from the Old Glove Grain Elevator, Superior, Wisconsin, circa 1874
Rare "Grain - etched" Eastern White Pine. Natural Finish. Timber c 1887.
"Here's a picture of our third mantel piece from you.
The grain - etching is magnificent. The story is amazing!
Also sending another of some of our timbers and paneling
from the Old Globe Grain Elevator. More pics coming."
- Bill Coffman,
Brainard, Minnesota
"We thought you'd like to see a shot of our mantel wall. We are very pleased. It was great working with you. Keep up the good work!"
- The Wiplinger's
On the Mississippi, Minnesota
Eastern White Pine. Natural Finish. Timbers c 1887.
"Our mantel is installed the way you suggested.Now we can take it with us when we move. We also took your advice and added the back- lighting while we were at it. We're wild about it!"
- Kevin S. and Mary Kay F.
Shoreview, Minnesota
Yellow Southern Pine. Natural Finish. Back lit. Float Mounted. Timber c 1874
