How To Make A Faux Fireplace Out Of Boxes

Place the fireplace on top of it.

How to make a faux fireplace out of boxes.

Set the piece of gray paper on the floor wherever you want the fireplace to be. Finished it off with black paper. How to make a fake fireplace. Paint the mantle with a coat of water based primer.

All you need is a large cardboard box a box cutter scissors tape hot glue brown wrapping paper and a sharpie. Most of these diy faux fireplace ideas have full tutorials on how they built them so make sure to click on the link to see more of the projects. This includes the screws and runners for the drawers. Decorate with a christmas garland available from spotlight stores.

Be it a faux or a real fireplace you can always beautify it by decorating it with stockings christmas trees balls bells and hand painted images of a fire or snowman. You can take all those amazon boxes and turn them into a fake fireplace for the holidays and it actually looks pretty dang good if you ask me. Fill any gouges knots or dents with dry wall spackle and let dry completely. Duct tape or packaging tape.

Mary córdova facebook how to make a fake fireplace out of cardboard. We built this fake fireplace surround over a weekend and i knew exactly what i wanted. How to make a fireplace out of cardboard. Your dresser should now be an open shell step 3 take apart the drawers.

First off i want to show you mine. Adhesive tiles get some that look like brick or the texture of a fireplace. This acts as the fireplace floor. Diy fireplace made out of cardboard boxes and painted contact paper using a sponge to press out the bricks.

Step 1 find an old dresser. Use fabric to create a runner across the top of the fireplace and to cover any joins in the boxes. Be sure to look curbside and don t worry about the color step 2 pull out all the drawers and interior hardware. Place a wooden crate available from ikea knagglig pine box underneath the fireplace and fill with branches.

Glue and nail in place. Be sure to save the three nicest drawer faces and remove their handles. The dresser should be roughly the size that you want your faux fireplace to be. Fireplace box diy christmas fireplace cardboard fireplace fireplace furniture disney christmas diy christmas gifts simple christmas kids christmas office christmas decorations.

It s beginning to look a lot like christmas especially now that my apartment has a fireplace. Measure and cut trim boards to fit the 1 inch x 12 inch board. Saved by ashley goode. How to make a fake fireplace out of paper.