At Lexington Hearth, we craft rustic fireplace mantels inspired by the charm and heritage of Kentucky’s bluegrass region. Each non-combustible mantel is a masterpiece, modeled after salvaged antique beams recovered from historic barns, farms, mills, and cabins. From the rugged beauty of our Tobacco Barnwood Mantel to the refined elegance of our Rockface Limestone Mantel, our fireplace mantels are designed to capture the spirit of Kentucky living.
Our Farmhouse Mantel is inspired by the rustic wooden beams once used by pioneer homesteaders of Kentucky to build their hand-hewn log homes. The farmhouse mantel captures the wood grain, checks, cracks, and ax marks in exquisite detail, evoking the authentic charm of old-fashioned log cabins.
Our Classic Series mantel exemplifies the timeless elegance of a traditional wood beam mantel that never goes out of style. Like a 60’s era muscle car or classical architecture, we think this mantel will be a favorite for years to come.
Like the beautiful mid-century designs of Frank Lloyd Wright, our Horizon Beam Mantel adds crisp, contemporary flair to a linear fireplace installation. The Horizon’s concrete construction and coloring give a modern touch to a room and emphasize the linear look. Sleek, slim lines of a floating mantel and hearth anchor the fireplace, creating a lovely symmetry.
Our Federal Fireplace Mantel, adorned with gentle curves, delicate beads, and dentil details, reflects the refined elegance of the classic American architectural style, known as Federal style. The beam mantel beautifully embodies this distinctive style through its refined proportions, elegant molding, and subtly detailed ornamentation.
You don’t have to dig too deep to expose Kentucky’s underlying stone ledge. Dry-stacked stone fences that are seen along many roads and by-ways in Kentucky are a beautiful result of the Scotch-Irish farmers solution to dealing with all that stone. Stones uncovered at a farm in Maysville, Kentucky were used to craft our Shadow Roll Stone Mantel; continuing a tradition of resourcefulness passed on to us by our ancestors.
This live-edge mantel is inspired by the bourbon aging warehouses on Kentucky’s Bourbon Trail. The Rickhouse Fireplace Floating Mantel Shelf is molded directly from an 8” x 8” old-growth timber to authentically reproduce its natural features including bark-edge waning, mortice & tenon joinery, deep checking, knots, saw marks, tooling marks, and beautiful wood-grain & end grains.
At one time, Kentucky was the largest producer of burley tobacco in the country. Today, many of the tobacco barns have been repurposed for other crops or torn down. Our Tobacco Barn Fireplace Floating Mantel Shelf personifies the strength and perseverance of the family tobacco farmer. Hand-hewn and sturdy. Features include hand-hewn tool marks, deep checking, knots, insect damage, and growth rings visible on the ends.
Our Cabin Pine Fireplace Mantel is a tribute to the early settlers who tamed the wilderness and established a new life for their families. The Cabin Pine Floating Mantel Shelf is molded directly from a 6” x 6” timber and perfectly captures the unique characteristics of this piece of history. Features include multi-level splits, a unique conversion that transitions from a squared surface to a pole-shaped wane, fastener artifact damage, insect damage, deep checking, knots, and saw marks.
Along the banks of many Kentucky rivers and streams, you’ll find the ruins of an old grist mill. Farmers and homesteaders relied on the grist mill for flour and cornmeal. Our Grist Mill Barnwood Mantel is molded directly from a 6” x 6” beam which faithfully reproduces every nuance and detail of this beautiful beam. Features include deeply weathered woodgrain, tool marks, insect damage, saw marks, checks & splits, and character knots.
The original hand-hewn beam is loaded with antique charm. Characteristics include rough-hewn tool marks, dowel ends, nail holes, insect damage, checks & splits, and character knots. With a shelf depth of 8” and a height of 5.75”, the Hayloft Beam Mantel Shelf delivers plenty of space to display your trophies without being too massive over your fireplace.
This live-edge mantel is molded directly from a 8” x 6” sleeper beam salvaged from an old Kentucky barn. Sleeper beams are part of the support structure of old buildings and are usually hidden from view in walls and under floorboards. Their hidden beauty has been preserved in the rustic charm of our Half Round Sleeper Beam Mantel Shelf. Incredibly realistic look and feel of deep-relief pine bark texture, rough-hewn tool marks, insect damage, checks & splits, and character knots.
The size and refined lines make this beam mantel suitable for contemporary and transitional applications. Incredibly realistic look and feel of rough-sawn cedar woodgrain on the top and bottom surfaces, with a smooth face grain showing circular saw marks.
The size and refined lines make this fireplace mantel suitable for contemporary and transitional applications. Incredibly realistic look and feel of chiseled-edge limestone, locally quarried in Lexington, KY. This mantel looks as nice as real stone, without the excess weight, and comes complete with hidden mounting hardware.
Horses and Kentucky have a long history together, and before there were automobiles for commuting, homes, and businesses across Kentucky had a hitching post to keep your horse from wandering. Our Hitching Post Fireplace Mantel Surround pays homage to a simpler time when horsepower came with a saddle. Character details include deeply weathered woodgrain, tool marks, insect damage, nail holes, saw marks, checks & splits, and character knots.
