I also found a larger wood piece that I thought would look really pretty in the center of the mantel, so I attached that also with some wood glue and
a few brad nails.
The shelf is resting on strip of wood below and we added a little wood glue,
a few brad nails, and then I caulked the cracks.
If you've ever used these frames from IKEA, then you know it is unfinished / unpainted with quite
a few brad nails exposed on the inner part.
Oh, and my first
few brad nails went through the side, oops!
Not exact matches
On a
few spots we
nailed them together with tiny
brad nails.
Up until a
few months ago we used a standard
brad nailer that attached to an air compressor.
I tacked it down with
brad nails and liquid
nails NOTE: I used a lot of liquid
nails and only a
few very strategically placed
brads in the top of the counter top, I knew the glue, the weight of the plywood itself and the trim would hold it in place.