DIY Pallet Fireplace/Mantle

I am finally posting my pictures of my DIY pallet fireplace! December has just gone by way to fast, what gives?! (lots of photos, sorry!)

Its not perfect, and if someone bumped it to hard or leaned against it, it would most likely fall apart. I made it this way so that I can disassemble it and store it easier, the top part (shelf) isn't even attached to the bottom piece but you can't tell just by looking at it.

Here is what it looks like in the back:



The hardest part of the job was breaking the pallet apart and we just used a sawzall with a pretty tough blade to cut the individual boards off the pallet.





We  hammered boards to hold it together in the back and obviously didn't bother sanding it. I made sure it was level up and down and across.




I had 2 Ikea lack shelves just sitting in the garage, this is what they look like:


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And I just set one of them right on top of the fireplace.

I also used a big box for the opening,  made sure it was big enough to fit and spray painted it black.

And thats it! I know its not very hard core or labor intensive but thats ok since I am not going to be using it all year. People seem to think its cute, and it sure added that missing something right next to my Christmas tree!