I forgot to take an official "before" shot of how the insert looked before I began this project. Not that that will be a surprise to anyone here of course. However, I do have a pic taken at a birthday party last year that shows it very nicely. Just ignore the party decorations:
Check out how it looks now:
I love the new look (even if the lighting is poor!) Click to see the enlarged version of the pic.
Obviously I have not updated the mantle in a while. That's on my next week's to do list, promise.
