10 Ideas To Elevate Your Fireplace Mantels

Stainless Steel Fireplace Mantel

The fireplace is a cozy and attractive centre of the living room, and its mantel is an ideal place to décor that gives a positive look to the entire space. Moreover, the mantel could be designed with different and beautiful themes if the fireplace is left unused for many days.

Yes! There are plenty of ways with which you can dress up your modern fireplace mantels- so the heart of your home can always look the best all the time. Wondering what would be the best ideas to design modern fireplace mantels? Do not worry, we have rounded up a few of the best ideas that will give charm to fireplace mantels.

1.Black Marble For Luxurious Look:

Dressing up your fireplace mantel with black marble can give a sophisticated look to your place. The black marble set up a contrast with the warm flames which will make the modern fireplace mantel a sultry edge.

2.Amplify The Top Wall With Mirror:

Allow a beautiful fireplace mantel to act as an enthusiastic corner of your room by adding a decorated mirror on the top of the wall. You can display a mirror with unique or antique designs that can also solve the purpose of bouncing the natural light.

3.Arrange Unique Items:

To give aesthetic value to your place, you can add a combination of organic materials like branches of foliage, candles, dried oranges and more. Here, you can also add electronic candles so that you don’t have to settle them again and again.

4.Display Antiques:

If you love antiques and vintage designs, then why to think a lot! You can play with your vintage and antique collection and can decorate them over the mantel place. Dressing up the fireplace mantels this way would do wonders for your place.

5. Don’t Miss The Lamps:

A pair of metal lamps could help in decorating the fireplace mantel- it could give both an appealing sense and bright shades to your space. This unites traditional look with the modern aura and gives a new twist. 

6.Natural Elements:

Despite picking up a single colour, try to choose a theme when designing items to display on your mantel. This works especially well if you favour a simpler mantel or if you’re trying to create a more zen feeling in your home.

7.Art As The Centrepiece:

Another design that you can pick to design your fireplace mantel is to pick the bold piece of art as your centrepiece. With a favourite piece of art on display, there is no need for any additional items. Sometimes a cluttered mantel can take away from the focus of the art.

8.Metal Shelf Combination:

Extending a mantel with the combination of a shelf will give a new look to your space. For this décor, you can design a shelf just beside the mantel with long, chunky wood metal. This will add value to space and will make it more attractive and unique. The decor works so well together, you almost don’t even notice the TV above the fireplace.

9.Display Collection:

If you have a huge collection of photo frames or a proper gallery material, then just show off it to décor fireplace mantels. These cut-outs will work together amazingly and will give wrap up look to your space.

10.Simple Décor:

Sometimes, less is more, means a simple painting or a vase can do a lot to décor the fireplace mantel. Pair up the vase with your favourite flowers and pick a painting with a modern or traditional touch and add to the place. This will represent your simple personality and will make your room a place of attraction.

There are a lot of things you can do to decorate your fireplace mantel and can give a unique look to your space. You can use bright colours for wall design, metal sculpture, a combination of shelves, antiques to add value to the mantels. This way, you can feature the fireplace as the heart of your home.

Tip: Before starting with the different ideas, you need to ensure that the themes, colour of the entire room and the ceiling are interactive with the fireplace designs. Otherwise, the décor would not match with the fireplace decoration and will look an odd corner.

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Make Your House Speak With The Wall Arts in 2024' 

(3) Important Tips for Decorating with Wall Art

Wall décors are like icings on the cake and that is your home. Wall décor with paintings, arts, personalized wall quotes, or hangings make your home inviting and spreads positive vibes.

Wall décors gain the attention of every guest you have in your house, and it is a great way to impress your friends in your kitty parties.

Since there is no set of rules to follow while decorating your walls, you can simply follow some basic formulas when decorating your walls by yourself or with the help of an expert.

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# 1 Wall Art by Size

If your wall arts would not match with the size of the rest of the things then it may ruin the whole look of your house. The selection of proper size is a must and finding the right wall for it will add extra stars to it.

  • Oversized – These arts are more than 100 centimeters in length, they look good on the wall that has nothing else hanged on it.
  • Large – The large wall arts are mostly between 80 to 100 centimeters in length. If you are going for large wall arts then try to minimize the extra décor in that room.
  • Medium – The wall arts that fall under 60 to 70 centimeters size fall in medium wall arts. They are mostly hanged in a pair.
  • Small – Small wall arts can be hanged more than five on a single wall. They are mostly 50 or below 50 centimeters in size.

Fact: The Wall art frame should not be more than two-third the size of your upholstery.

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# 2 Wall Art by Color

Here you must know the differences between the room color palette and color palettes of art.

  • Your most significant or personalized wall quotes should have a background color that reflects the color of your wall.
  • Use the same color but in different shades, like the light blue and white will go well with the dark blue wall.
  • Choosing the wall art that has the same color as your room may increase the show of your area.
  • If you have neutral color walls in your home opt for bright and neon colors. As neon colors pop out best on neutral backgrounds.

Fact: you can play with textures and color, there is no need to stick to one method.

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# 3 Wall Arts by Theme

If you have not designed your house with a theme then try to pick wall arts with a theme, giving a theme to every area of your house will let your home speak for itself.

  • You can select themes based on your personality if you are a simple living person, peace-loving person, or a loud person you can find wall arts as per your nature.
  • Winter, summer, spring, and autumn are the new themes people are trying to décor their houses.
  • As per the colors, there are cool and hot themes available in the wall arts for your house. When you go to the store figure what reflects and catch your eyes first.

Fact: Home with a décor theme speaks about your personality.

Go experiment your walls, you have a whole canvas in front you, and you are free to spill the colors of your choices. You can make personalized wall quotes and let people know what you stand for.

How to Create Art that your Customer Wants in 2024'
 
This Project was for a  St. Petersburg Florida Client. Marybeth was interested in a Unique Abstract Fish Sculpture for her Ocean Front Home.
Like Every Project @ The Metal Sculpture Studios, I stay in Close Contact with my Clients and Make Myself Very Available without even acknowledging it, until I started writing this Blog!
  

With every Project I pursue, I am always waiting for the Moment when all the pieces  fall into Place to create something truly Unique that my Client will absolutely Love and Ultimately... I will too!

Marybeth and her Husband's main concerns were the Uniqueness, Size, and Overall Dimensions to fit perfectly in the Space of there Awesome Patio!......That's all!


The Best and Most Rewarding Projects are the one's from Amazing Clients that allow you to be Creative. It makes all the hard work and countless hours involved with Site Specific Art...... worth it!!!

After researching Florida's Native Fish Species, I ran across the " Tarpon " ( Megalops ) and immediately noticed the Metallic, Shiny, Diamond - Like scales of this Huge Fish! VERY, VERY Cool!!!!

The 1st thing I recommended was to add a 3D like effect to this Piece to really make it Stand Out and be easily noticeable from several yards away. I honestly was not sure How I would implement this but I knew this had to be a key Element of this piece of 

The 2nd thing I suggested was to use the "Diamond-Like"  Scales of the Tarpon to OUR advantage.
This will be the 3D Effect I wanted from the very beginning.  Shape Individually cut, Marine Grade, Aluminum Diamonds Pieces into A Mesh-Like Grid and Dish them to protrude from the wall of there Patio, around 5" or so,
Beveling each edge of each piece to Reflect Light from Multiple Angles. The Client really liked this Idea and made some suggestions as well. We both agreed that we wanted our Fish to be its own Species of Fish somewhat, We did NOT want our Piece to look Exactly like a Tarpon.
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The 3RD Idea I suggested was to incorporate Real Silicon Bronze and Copper Sheet with a Nice "Coral Like" Patina.
This was the Element we needed to make Our Piece Original and "One Of A Kind"! 


This 36" X 80" Aluminum, Copper & Silicon Bronze Large Metal Wall Decor  will be very
visible to all passing by enjoying the beautiful  St. Petersburg, Florida Coastal Area!
 
 
Conclusion = [Communication is Key]
 
"Making Suggestions" and "Focusing" on what the Customer is Trying to Achieve
with the Custom Art Work are two of the most important things to Consider.
But I have found the Absolute Best Method is to "Ask and Listen to Their Suggestions"!!!
Once Terminology has been established between parties, Most Clients have really Fascinating Ideas.
Either they never knew how to explain what they wanted or never worked with an
Artist willing to work closely enough with Clients to Create what they Truly Want
for their Homes, Galleries, Parks, Gardens, Business's and Churches.
 
This is the "Unique Difference" that The Metal Sculpture Studios provides.
Pieces are not Simply made to be sold. They are Created with the Buyers.
 
 
 

Customer Reviews

 

MaryBethSt. Petersburg, Florida

 

 

James is a very talented artist.
 
 
 
 
 
Through his artistic expertise and his vision, he turned our Metal Wall Sculpture into an extraordinary piece of art unique to our home and lifestyle in Florida.
 
 
 
 
 
We would definitely use the Metal Sculpture Studios again and highly recommend him for your projects!
 
 
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It’s that time of the year when Christmas is approaching, and the snow is glowing in full magnificence. Santa will arrive, riding on the reindeer chariot with all the goodies and presents. Festivities are best celebrated when the mind is relaxed and there is no work- pressure to haunt you like a ghost. All the schools, offices and institutions are closed and the Christmas celebrations are going full throttle. When the holiday mood is on and your heart is on the Merry-go-round, the switch of creativity is automatically turned on. Most people like to showcase their creativity with the home décor and James Perkins Metal Sculpture; you can make your home ready for the Jingle Bells. When Santa is on his way back, the whole of the world is hands-folded waiting for the year 2020 to arrive for its 366 days tenure. You should be all in readiness to welcome the New Year with extreme enthusiasm. The simple, dull indoors will seem like mugging up the old things, but a new styling is a perfect call for a fresh start.

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