How Do You Unlock the Mystery to Finding Premium Antique Mantels?

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(Free-Press-Release.com) January 1, 2007 -- (McCaysville, GA) January 01, 2007 --Restored antique mantels are the showpiece of any room, adding ambiance and charm to every period home. The unique motifs, styles and old fashioned appeal mantels provide to a home are invaluable. But how do you locate and find the perfect mantel for your restored home?

One avenue is to visit any number of antique shows and individual shops throughout the country, but that could take some time, and well quite frankly the chances of finding exactly what you are looking for are slim. Your next option is to surf the net. Any number of auction sites will have a few selections of mantels, but again searching through a multitude of sites can be frustrating as well. Or you could start by logging on to www.MantelsOfYesteryear.com. Mantels of Yesteryear located in picturesque McCaysville, Georgia, features one of the largest collections in the Southeast of antique mantels both in their original condition and professionally restored. Most of their antique mantel selection comes from period homes and commercial buildings constructed from the mid 1800�s to early 20th century.

�What started out mostly as a hobby, turned into a full time venture for my family�, explains Park Pigott, co-owner with sons Park III and Slade. �We not only restore antique mantels, but we also custom make antique replicas. We�ve taken the accent carvings, proportions and architectural details from antiques we�ve had in the store and replicated them to current fire box code standards.� When Mantels of Yesteryear first opened for business the Pigott family soon realized that although antique mantels are preferred for restoration, many times finding a mantel that would fit the installation was like finding a needle in a haystack. �We learned on the job�, adds son Slade �When our customers exhausted all resources for locating the right mantel, they would often come back and ask us to make one for them. So now our business is both antiques and custom replicas.�

All antique mantels are restored to their original condition, making certain the look and timeless beauty is authentically preserved, but you can purchase any number of original condition mantels and do the restoration yourself. In addition to mantels, they have an impressive array of antique summer covers, fire backs, tools and chimney pots. �One facet of this business we are seeing more and more of is building custom mantels�, notes son Park. �What used to be an occasional request is becoming more normal. In fact we just completed maybe the largest mantel we�ve ever produced; it�s an 8� by 15� 6� custom quarter sawn oak mantel that the customer designed himself�.

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