Fireplace Mantels

A fireplace is the main focal point in any living room. Though mainly used for providing warmth during the cold winter months, the fireplace can also be transformed as a decorative piece, to add style to a room. Fireplace mantels are ideal to experiment your creative skills, and to transform it into a decorative jewel in the living room or any other room.

While you decorate the mantel, make sure you don't overtly do it or else it will look cluttered. Leaving it bare, will aid an incomplete look to the room. Either way, the mantel will look unattractive. Choose subtle yet stunning fireplace mantel designs that will make a huge difference and add a look of glamor to the room.

It should be decorated in such a way that it compliments the soothing effect, rather than contradicting the notion of a fireplace. Use these fireplace mantel decorating ideas for a different look of this visual centerpiece.

You can decorate fireplace mantels according to the season, as they can be changed easily. This will also match the outside atmosphere. Different seasons bring a variety of flowers and other shrubbery.

Fresh flowers, combined with branches with green leaves will make it look natural. Lilies, daffodils and other seasonal flowers will help add a touch of elegance to the fireplace. The same can be applied for summer as well, decorating the mantel with roses, tulips etc. A single stem would also make a lovely decorative piece.

Flowers, candles and any other paraphernalia, you wish to place on the mantel should be white. You can also choose fresh or silk flowers, placed in vases decorated with silk ribbons. The candle stands can also be adorned with white satin ribbons. Everything in white will give the fireplace mantel an immaculate look.

A family photo/photos taken on different occasions, your kids' photos, etc., can make a beautiful display piece. You can either arrange them on the mantel or even cluster them at one end. On the other end, you can have flower vases or candles of different colors and shapes to balance it out.

Another idea for a simple but attractive mantel can be keeping colored stones in a glass bowl, or keeping black rocks in a single file as a mantel decorative piece. You can also place small houseplants, like lucky bamboo on the fireplace mantel.

Placing things like terracotta pots, vintage mirrors or other motifs in a symmetry is also a creative way of transforming a drab hearth into a masterpiece. Just be more creative and come up with some really unique ways for fabulous mantel displays.

These were some ideas for beautifying fireplace mantels and surrounds. Be it a simple monochromatic style, Victorian style, or even a contemporary style, the way you decorate the fireplace mantel will add to the cohesive style of the interiors.