That is so nice, thanks for sharing. It is such an honor to be able to restore these things, and to be able to have the means to do so. I commend your care and the time you've invested in your lovely home.

I like the size, length and depth of it as is. The scale looks perfect for the fp and that wall of built ins. The warping is barely noticeable and when you have things on the mantel, probably even less. Can you look into having it securely attached to the brackets? Seems like you could drill into the brackets, straight down and bolt it down and also glue it to the brackets. That would secure it without having to cut it. you could fill the holes if needed, or just hide them with decor.

Thank you all for the advice everyone. It looks like it is cemented into the stone, if that makes sense. ShashaDog I will contact them and find out. BF, I am a straight forward person, I can own up to it when making a mistake. Building a home was my dream and I had every detail planned out. Honestly they screwed up a lot of things. The light fixtures that were supposed to be put in were not. They screwed the bathroom tiles. The wrong garage door color and style was put in. The wrong handles on the kitchen cabinets were put in. During selections the man I was working with was texting on his phone and making calls and taking calls. He was extremely rude, I told them that I didn’t wanna work with him anymore, but by that time the selections were made. They did replace the garage door, but that was about it. It’s all good, I’m healthy, I have an amazing family, these are all little things that can be replaced. This was a learning experience for me. I’ll use that knowledge when building my next home. I really appreciate the advice.

house was built in 2006. so mantel is from original builder. I at least need to remove the corbels part then I can cover the shelf part with a box cover.