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Recently a customer sent us a few pictures of our 8015 Corbel, the Venice Corbel with Acanthus Leaves.  Her corbels were painted to match one of the rooms in her house.

The vivid contrast of the bright white, shimmering gold, and pale blue definitely accent the fine details of the delicate acanthus leaf carvings, while simultaneously highligting the slenderness and length of the corbel itself.

The corbels were used as supports for a small shelf which held a candle enclosed in a hurricane lamp globe.

When stained to match cabinetry, the Venice Corbel with Acanthus Leaves is often used to support a rangehood or an archway between cabinets, such as you might find over a kitchen sink.  You can an example of that in our post on TNT Cabinets.

Every year, The Stephens Education and Literacy Foundation (SELF) holds a spelling and trivia bee called the Bee Smart Challenge.  Local businesses and schools form teams of spellers, and the money raised goes to support adult literacy programs.  In previous years, Osborne Wood Products has sponsored teams, or the whole program.  This year, however, we decided to enter a team.  That way, we get to support the program, and have the fun of participation.

The team was comprised of Carl (who works in production), Russ (who works in shipping), and myself (in Customer Service).  The bee was held on Thursday, November 6, at 7 PM.  In addition to the spelling and trivia bee, there were auctions and raffles which also went directly to SELF.  All of those involved seemed to really enjoy themselves.

(With a last name like Mangiapane, you have to be good at spelling!  This is Russ, getting ready for the big event!)

Above: Carl and Sharon
Below:  This is a little blurry, but it is the only picture of the three of us together at the microphone.  From left to right: Carl, myself, and Russ:

The lighting on the stage was not really set up for good pictures, but here we are, awaiting the announcement of teams, and the impending “first turn” at the microphone.  This time it is me, then Russ, then Carl:

While we know that is not the actual spelling for homemade, it is the actual spelling of a charity in Atlanta, which helps to house families that are homeless.  Home-Aid Atlanta holds an auction called Project Playhouse in order to support their cause.  In Project Playhouse, local builders create playhouses to be auctioned off, and the proceeds go directly to Home-Aid Atlanta, in order to “support Home-Aid Atlanta’s mission of building dignified transitional housing where temporarily homeless children, women, and men in metro Atlanta can rebuild their lives.”

One of our customers, Dan Mattox of Builders II, was so excited about the opportunity to donate his resources to this great cause, that he called us up months ahead of time, to ask us to donate 6 of our 1240 Farm End Table legs for the cause.  Since this was for a child-sized house, the 21-inch legs were used as Island Legs.

We are thrilled to see customers of ours supporting their communities in such a way, and grateful for the opportunity to be a part of it!  Thank you, Dan, for giving back to your community.  And thank you for allowing us to serve with you in that.

Below you’ll find pictures of the house that Builders II built, the Three Bears Cottage.

Here is the picture of our 1240 Farm End Table Legs, framing the area where Baby Bear and Goldilocks have their baskets:

Above:  Living Room.

Below:  Kitchen

Below: Bedroom

And last but most certainly not least, here are the pictures of the lovely plaque they sent us because of our participation, and of Leon holding that plaque in our showroom.