Fireplace is one of the centers of attention in a living room. Decorating the mantel gives a dramatic impact in the room. It is the perfect space to store and display your other decors from art and craft, flowers, books, photos, personal collection object or antiques. It gives a place for the center of attraction when the visitors arrive in the room. It can be personalized as you wish – a minimalist or maximalist, contemporary or classic style can be brought in the styling depending on the interest and experience as the homeowners.
Fireplace mantel frames add beauty to the living room and act as a functional ledge space that replaces the stand-alone showcase space in a small room. Here we are listing some of the styles of mantel decorating tips that might interest you to pick up for yours:
Wood mantel:
Wooden mantel is most common, affordable and easy to work with options. The wood can be styled either in traditional or contemporary styles with ease. It can be carved to any design of choice and painted or stained to make it match to the room. There are wide choices of wood like cherry, oak, cedar, mahogany, pine or redwood that can be used to make mantel.
But the disadvantage is that it needs a large clearance from combustible fireplaces. So measuring the amount of wall space around the fireplace is needed to see that there is sufficient area around it to avoid any fire hazards.
Tiled mantel:
There are hundreds of colors, styles, and finishers of tiles that we can choose from for the fireplace mantel. Any look, feel or styling can be done to the mantel to make it match with the room or make it stand out as a statement piece. Various designing can be done to make it stylish.
Stone and rock mantel:
It is also one of the most popular options for fireplace mantels. This gives a charming effect on the entire room. The advantage of stone or rock mantel is that it is long-lasting and classy too. The number of styles can be done using the stone and rocks. The different options of stones available are granite, limestone, concrete, etc. The stones can be stacked to make mantel and is a popular style.
Marble:
Marbles also can be used to make the mantel which gives a classy and rich look. The advantage of marble mantel is that it will last for years together. There are different color options available in marbles mantels as well that can be matched with the room.
Brick mantel:
Brick mantel is easy to make but it would need additional support due to the weight of the bricks. Different styles of the brick mantel can be made. The brickwork can either exposed or covered, painted using different colors, event different types of bricks can be used to make the mantel and make it stand out from the rest of the room or blend with the style and design of the room.
Metal mantles:
Metal mantels can be done in either contemporary or traditional style. Metals can be used to mold different curving to make it stylish. Also, metal mantels are easy to maintain.