Tips & Tricks for Mantel Decorating - Interior Design Video Lecture - Interior Designing: A Basic Training - Self Help Learning

so when you have a fireplace mantel just
remember that you really have a very big
opportunity for a lot of different
things you have above the mantel which
you can decorate with pictures artwork
mirrors you can layer items like you
have a larger piece hung on the wall but
then you have smaller pieces staggered
in front of it it doesn't have to just
be about mirrors it could be a large
mirror with a really fun artwork piece
off to the left then maybe a Vaz
it's all about the layering but the
mantel itself is also really great
opportunity why because it doesn't have
to be just one color you can accent and
trim it so let's say you had for
instance like chocolate finish mixed
with the color let's use hot pink for
instance that may sound racy but if you
do it in mostly chocolate and then you
take the hot pink and you just accent it
in all of the different moldings that
just kind of protrude out you make it a
more interesting piece also you can use
wallpaper use small pieces of wallpaper
that you can get from sample stores so
you don't have to buy a whole roll you
cut them up and you just wallpaper in
the little areas like the little squares
and little rectangles of a mantle and
then you have a whole different focal
point to your room you know have fun
with it even though the fireplace mantel
is a traditional element in a home it
doesn't mean that it has to look
traditional