Faux DIY fireplace

I've been wanting to make a faux fireplace for over a year now and I finally did it!! It took about 3 days to make with all the painting.

 I payed about 60 euros for all the wood, I already had the paint on hand and in the end I had extra molding left over (which will not go to waste!). It was hard to find a nice thick beam so I had to settle for something a lot thinner than what I had in mind but I quickly got over that:) We put the base together in three parts.

 And added molding until I liked the look of it.

 I used a nice dark varnish for my undercoat (the color is called Palisander in Switzerland or Germany).

 Then I added two coats of my favorite antic white.

 To finish it off I distressed all the edges with sand paper...I must confess I haven't yet covered the whole fireplace with a clear varnish to protect it...I was to excited to put it up on the wall:)

 The next day I was back in the wood store to buy the supplies to make the two big panels on either side of the fireplace.

 I love how it turned out. I would love to add a brick wall inside the fireplace but that will have to wait...

 A selection of pumpkins for fall, I'll be able to switch out the decorations in the basket depending on the season, so I'm happy about that too:)

 A closer look at the two wooden panels: