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A Guide To Decorating Rustic Fireplace Mantels

A Guide To Decorating Rustic Fireplace Mantels


by Nancy Harris


An old look usually has a lot of inspiration and character to offer when featured in a room. A fireplace mantle is one of the possible areas in a house where such decoration blends in effortlessly. This makes the rustic fireplace mantels one of the most sort-after ways to spice up living rooms all over the world. This is because they tend to offer great character asides warming up the room and revealing to the eyes great elegance and beauty.

Old seasoned and rough edged timber taken from old barns and houses can be used to create a rustic feel when decorating a fireplace mantle with. They tend to look the rough and tough to the eye and touch making the mantle seems artless. Carvings can also be made in a bid to decorate the wood used. The wood can be of different varieties such as pine and white oak among many others.

A stone built mantle usually has much bucolic character. The earthly elements; bricks or stones can be loosely arranged in a pattern or random making the mantle look aged and a bit rough. The arrangement can also be made different shapes and patterns in order to achieve more traditional designs would give the fireplace a rustic look.

Pictures and art have sentimental value to everyone. They also have an aura to change the mood to a place. Therefore, wall hangings like pictures and art usually transforms a hearth from a post modern to a pre-modern hearth . A hanging of old pictures and art have an effect of making a fireplace more natural and aged.

The mantel color and painting technique can be helpful in making a fireplace be rustic in the look. By using different types of paint color like vintage red stained oak and a rough painting technique gives the mantle a more traditional look. Once polished, the wood or wall would reflect an old age that is more rough and tough.

Ornaments and sculptures are also very important on the decoration of the mantle. Old looking sculptures and collectible ornaments can be useful into making a fire-place look rustic. Ornaments can be shells while sculptures can be made of wood carvings or metal sculptures. Depending on the era the sculptures display is from, the hearth will end up to be seemingly that old too. Example, a Viking axe or shield would invoke the times the Vikings lived.

A themed setting on top of a shelf or the mantle can make the hearth look more sylvan. A picture of a farm setting cut into stone or wood and artifacts from a certain place or country can make the mood be reminiscent to and old place. This will give a natural feel to mantle.

Therefore, since the rustic hearth mantels are sensitive and more characterized, it is important to be very precise while decorating. Overdoing the decoration makes the mantle look cluttered and messy. One should pay close attention to the looks while decorating. But since decoration is all about personal choices and preferences, there is also room left for innovation and creativeness.




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Title: A Guide To Decorating Rustic Fireplace Mantels
Author: Nancy Harris
Email: nathanwebster335@live.com
Keywords: rustic fireplace mantels
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Category: Home & Family
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