Wednesday, 9 December 2015

Important Advice On Decorating Rustic Fireplace Mantels

By Nancy Harris


There many ways to festoon a place. Decorating a fireplace with antique works made from wood, stone and art usually guarantees you a classy masterpiece in the beautification. When the cold sets in, surely, nothing beats the warmth and comforting glow that a hearth illuminates in a room. Rustic fireplace mantels should therefore be a combination of warmth, beauty, and style that reflects an individuals taste and character.

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.

Earthly looks on bricks and stone usually reflect old age. Therefore, making a fire place mantel out of brick or stone makes it look aged. The patterns and designed of stone or bricks used too hugely affects the feel and look of a place. A stone or brick laid mantle tends to have a rustic feel and touch.

Art is the second best language human understands. Therefore, art and pictures usually have a lot sentimental value to us. The art and pictures that are hanged on a hearth mantle determine the look and the feel of the place. Old, less colorful and unfinished art or paintings have much of effect in turning a fireplace look old rustic.

Color inspires the feel to a place or room. Therefore, color of paint can change the look from a normal to old and rustic looking wall or mantle. Painting techniques applied to some colors like vintage white oak, red oak among others have an effect to make thing look old, rough and tough. Therefore, if the painting is done in the right way, the final outlook would be nothing less from natural.

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.

No matter the decoration, one should not feel closed in to not expressing his or her own personal choices and preferences. Since decoration is a matter of personal sense of style, experimentation is allowed. But keenness should be observed to avoid overdoing and cluttering the mantle. Simple is always best to achieve sophistication and elegance to antiques.




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