"I had a terrific experience with Mantel Craft. The staff was very helpful and the mantel was delivered when they said it would. The mantel was packaged so carefully that there was no damage shipping from Alabama to Long Island, New York. When my husband and I unwrapped it was so perfect (my husband was a little concerned when I ordered this on line but he was pleasantly surprised). It looks great in our family room it's very dramatic in black and the design is modern but classic as well ! I would highly recommend buying products from them. Five stars!!" – M. Gulotta on 14th Jun 2013

"Just wanted to let you know that we received the factory-painted mantel and can't say enough good things about your product. It really did exceed our expectations. In addition, the order process was quick and easy, the delivery went without a hitch, and the mantel was packaged perfectly. We put it up a few days ago and it looks great!" - Domenico on 22nd Dec 2011

"I just wanted to take a moment to let you know how pleased my family and I are with your mantle.   The attention to detail and the care taken in the packing and shipping was amazing.  The workmanship is wonderful.  I am sure glad I had you stain it!  We now have a place to hang our stockings and what a great Christmas we are looking forward to."  - Dave A. - Niceville, Florida

With all of these wonderful testimonials on our fireplace surrounds and related products, you can’t go wrong with MantelCraft! Visit our website to see the large selection of fireplace surrounds we offer! Contact us with any questions! We pride ourselves on superior customer service! 

Every house has a room where the family gathers.  Here are some ideas to turn your home's gathering space into a cozy retreat.  If your space lacks storage, color, and originality here are some ideas that will brighten your room and make it more functional.

To soften the look, lighten the space. Add drapery panels, add a light colored wainscot paneling, and replace the carpet.  Give your furnishings a boost with color, pattern, and texture.  Choose a modern floral fabric for accent chairs.  Find a fun stripe pillow to add texture and color to the sofa.

The next stage of this project involves giving the fireplace a new look.  Replace the pre-existing mantel surround with a new design from MantelCraft.  In addition to this change, consider a complete new mantel. This change will guarantee to change the make-up of the room, since the fireplace is the focal point of the room. 

Now that you have painted, added wainscoting, replaced flooring, added new furniture, and completely transformed your mantel and mantel surround, what is left?  Accessories --  throws and pillows in cotton, linen, and velvet -- add even more texture. Unique wall art adds even more color and texture to the room and ties it all together.

MantelCraft is ready to assist you in your remodeling project.  Visit our website to find the perfect mantel surround.  Contact us today if you have any questions. 

Choose a tranquil color scheme of blue, green, and cream. Hang a boxwood wreath and a large blue plastic egg to a large mirror. Flank the mirror with cream pillar candles on tall glass candlesticks. Vintage bunnies in light blue and cream add to the color scheme, and potted grass completes the simple spring look.

Teal and pink are beautiful color choices for decorating your fireplace mantel shelf for spring. This color combination works best if you have already used shades of teal to decorate year round.  Use light blue, green, and pink tinted glass bottles and add handmade cherry blossom branches. Repurpose a wooden plaque sprayed with chalkboard paint to display a spring message. Fill glass apothecary jars with greenery, sticks, and dyed Easter eggs.  Complete the display with a small basket containing two glass jars with pink flowers.

If you prefer a very natural look, we suggest this idea.  Use an intricate footed bowl and pitcher to hold natural items, such as willow branches and a small bird's nest of tiny faux eggs. Teal bird hooks also rest in the footed bowl and make excellent springtime props and are easy to find this time of year at your local craft store. Sit a beautiful white ceramic bird atop a stack of vintage books.  Behind the bowl and pitcher sit a pretty piece of artwork with muted spring colors to complete the vignette.

We hope that these ideas get your creativity flowing. Please visit our website to decide which fireplace mantel shelf works best for you.  Contact us with any questions.  We look forward to working with you. 

When putting together fireplace mantel displays, a great idea is to include something handmade, something personal, and something natural. Make a pink ruffle wreath with a wreath form, straight pins, and a yard of felt. You can cut hundreds of circles from the felt, then fold them into fourths and pin them to the wreath form.  Then hang from a mirror background with pink satin ribbon. Potted wheat grass, colorful decorated eggs in glass votives, and a family photo from Easter's past will complete the mantel.

If you want to keep your spring mantel earthy and serene use these ideas. For your primary decoration, add moss, butterflies, and dragonflies to a grapevine wreath and hang it from a chipped old window with a piece of muslin. Two moss topiaries flank the wreath along with cute ceramic bunny figurines.  This look is simple yet beautiful.  It does not take away from your beautiful fireplace mantel!

If you are looking for an easy Easter decoration that adds a pop of color to spring fireplace mantel then this is the one.   Use a half-dozen faux Easter eggs in pastel colors and place them apothecary jars lined with straw to create a pretty spring decoration. Keep the rest of your decorations simple as well using neutral elements. For example, mossy green pillar candles, a twig wreath with greenery and white flowers, and a single potted plant are all pieces that can be displayed after the holidays are over.

We hope that you have liked these ideas for decorating your fireplace mantel.  If you are in the market for a new fireplace mantel, please visit our website and contact us with any questions.

Mantel Craft offers a standard collection and a custom collection of fireplace mantel shelves.  They are the perfect home for your year-round or seasonal decor.  Select from many styles, from simple clean lines to elaborate country French styling.  Shelves in our standard collection are standard lengths and are a great value.  All of our shelves install easily and come with a mounting strip and instructions.

If you choose one of our custom fireplace mantel shelves these can be made to a maximum shelf length of 96". Select from paint grade Poplar, Red Oak, Maple, Cherry, Walnut and Mahogany with paint and stain finishes available and all wooden shelves are built to your exact specifications. Our custom fireplace mantel shelves are easy to install with all mounting hardware and instructions included.

When you choose one of our fireplace mantel shelves you are also getting free shipping and fast turn-around all the time!  We look forward to working with you to select one of our precut designs or to create one of our fireplace mantel shelves. Contact us today to get started! 

When decorating one of your fireplace mantel shelves for spring, you can go simple, or elaborate! We will share some simple ideas with you, many of which you can gather from your stockpile of old Easter décor or items you have stuck back in a closet. Start with clear glass containers and start filling them with anything and everything spring and Easter. Faux grass, eggs, or flowering braches are a great place to start. Arrange them on your shelf, until you get the perfect look. Add an unused candlestick and top it with a bird’s nest and a single egg for an element of beauty. Write your favorite spring quote on a chalkboard and place it against the back of the shelf. All of these ideas are simple, inexpensive, and add an element of beauty to your home!

If you are looking for a way to add color and beauty to one of your fireplace mantel shelves we hope these ideas have helped. If you are still in need of a shelf, please contact us today to place your order! We look forward to working with you!

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If you are looking for ideas on how to decorate your fireplace mantel from MantelCraft for spring, here are some ideas that we think will look beautiful in your home.  If you are looking for a new fireplace mantel, then please visit our website.   

Use an intricate footed bowl and pitcher to hold natural items, such as willow branches and a small bird's nest of tiny faux eggs. Metal bird figurines in a teal blue color are a beautiful addition as well.  Sit a white ceramic bird atop a stack of vintage books, and set behind the bowl and pitcher, a pretty piece of artwork with muted spring colors to complete the vignette.

Use an old antique window flanked with white shutters for the focal point of your spring mantel. To complete this simple, sophisticated look, anchor each end of the mantel with a pretty floral arrangement.  Then sprinkle in ceramic birds and a wire birdcage filled with moss and decorative eggs.

Another way to create a natural spring look for your fireplace mantel is with these few simple elements. Wrap flower vases in burlap and tie them with ribbon to give them a soft feel.  Add layered scrapbook paper on a window mirror to add blue to the display. Add a small twig wreath with white flower petals, a ceramic bird atop an overturned wooden pot, and a glass jar of faux brown eggs to make up the main elements on the mantel.  A wrought iron frame behind the scene adds a touch of elegance.

Old kitchen cabinet doors flank a simple black mirror for your spring mantel. Complete the look with simply decorated pink and orange tulips in mason jars, a watering can stacked atop a few books, and word artwork.

We hope that these ideas help get you started thinking about your spring fireplace mantel ideas.  If you are still in the market for a fireplace mantel, MantelCraft offers beautiful pieces in a variety of designs and sizes! Please contact us with any questions.

Instead of hanging art on the wall, lean pictures of various sizes on the mantel. Try to use odd numbers of things, because that always look better than even numbers.  Three is always a safe number of pictures to use.  For the best effect, place the largest painting or drawing on the mantel first, slightly off-center, with the second and third pieces slightly overlapping in front of it.  In addition to giving the impression that the pieces were accumulated over time, leaning objects allows you to tuck in mementos or seasonal objects very easily.

If you prefer to hang art above the fireplace, consider replacing one painting with a series of nearly identical pieces hung in a grid, starting right above the mantel and going up almost to the ceiling.  Think about an arrangement of black and white photography, or prints by the same artist.  If you arrange them purposefully, the frames themselves create a pattern, almost like a very bold wallpaper.

Whether hung on a wall or propped up, the things above your fireplace don't need to be two-dimensional. In fact, in a contemporary home where there is no shelf at all above the fireplace, you absolutely need a three-dimensional sculpture, because a flat thing like a painting will almost disappear. Art galleries and museum shops offer lots of sculptural choices. But don't be afraid to think beyond officially-designated art pieces.

Whatever your style, these fireplace mantel ideas should get your creativity flowing and allow you to revitalize your space for the New Year.  If you are in the market for a new mantel, please visit our website. 

While one or two great objects can certainly work well above a fireplace, mantels are also the perfect place to showcase larger collections but you have to be careful. Don't mix in ceramics or wood, because it will start to look cluttered.  If you want a more colorful arrangement, go for items that are similar in size, scale and origin. Antique Chinese snuff bottles in different colors and materials can work very well together. Or try rainbow-hued Scandinavian cased glass vases, or brightly glazed majolica. Because the pieces relate well to one another, the look will be cohesive even if the shapes and colors vary greatly.

If you haven't found anything you want to showcase above your fireplace, or if you just want to keep things as minimal as possible you can also create mantel drama simply by painting the wall a dramatic color. With a bold color behind the fireplace, all you really need are some pretty tea lights to make the mantel the focus of the room. Whatever approach you choose, go for high impact when styling your mantel. It really sets the tone for the rest of the space.

We hope these fireplace mantel ideas will give you some ideas of how to style your new mantel from MantelCraft. Our mantels are made from wood, stone, and marble. With a wide variety of designs from various price points, we are sure to have one to fit your style and budget.  Visit our website to see our collection of beautiful mantels.  Contact us if you have any questions.  We pride ourselves on superior customer service and look forward to the opportunity to work for you! 

Because the fireplace always loves to be the center of attention, the way you decorate its mantel can have a dramatic impact on a room. It is the perfect perch for displaying everything from art to flowers to a personal collection of objects. Your marble mantel can say a lot about a room’s intended style—minimalist or extravagant, contemporary or classic.  In addition, it highlights the interests and experiences of the homeowners. Here are some ideas to make the most out of your beautiful marble mantel from Mantel Craft.

One idea is to use your mantel to present changing displays of flowers.  Use it as an opportunity to assemble the things you love.  If you love the vases and flowers, consider this option.  You could do flowering branches in spring, winterberry in winter, peonies in the summer. Using changing flowers gives you the chance to set up a whole different spirit in the room.

Break the symmetry and create visual interest by selecting a collection from various objects: two pretty planters, a pair of candlesticks, a clock, and decorative boxes. You can dress and re-dress your mantel to fit the season using different pieces from your collection. Your marble mantel is the central focal point of your room and an easy place to make small changes that help keep a room from feeling stagnant.

Mantels should be seen as their own unique piece of furniture.  Think of it as a focal point, and not a piece of architecture.  Changing up your marble mantel can change up your entire room.  Mantel Craft offers beautiful marble mantels, and we would love to work with you to find the perfect one for your home.  We offer several color options and styles that vary from simple to extremely ornate.  Contact us today!