Up for your consideration is a rustic or modern hickory fireplace mantel mantle beam floating shelf custom made to your size made in usa .This is a hollow made to exact size beam that is almost indistinguishable from a solid wood beam once installed .These have the benefit of greatly reduced weight load verses solid beams and considerably easier installation. Electrical and electronic connections can readily be concealed inside beams for a more seamless appearance as well. We will build a beam to any size up to 8 1/2 deep (front to back) by 5 1/2 thick(top to bottom) or smaller by any length between the range you select listed below. Please contact us for larger size or special order quotes .Available in natural clear coat or any of the 33 different stains shown in minwax color chart below .We can also ship unfinished if you prefer to finish on site as well .We can finish it with rustic hand scraped finish or modern contemporary finish .No fastening hardware is included you are getting just the beam as shown .These are fairly simple to install I have included a photo with installation instructions with photos below. Thank you for stopping by our studio :-)