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Wood fireplace mantels can be carved for an elegant look

Wood mantels over a fireplace have a very soft and cozy look.

Fireplace mantels make homes beautiful. They can really enhance the quality of your home.

Where Stone fireplace mantles have a bold presence, wood mantles are often more subtle. They make for a soft, friendly feel and do especially well in smaller, cozy rooms, such as bedrooms. If your home already has a lot of wood work in it; moldings, and cabinetry, adding a wooden mantle piece will accentuate that feeling further into the room. You can even choose from a wide selection of kinds and colors of wood in order to create the best match, or contrast depending on your needs.

What is the overall decor of the room? Are you going for a friendly cozy cottage look, or an professional study? Carving and inlay can really create a lot of affect when looking for a specific style; Ornate heavy carving, or simple straightforward carving, or even no carving whatsoever.

A lot of people don’t see their fireplace as a gathering place, but how wrong they can be. The simple addition of a wooden mantle will add great affect to the room, and make it an all together more desirable place to be.

 

Elegant wood mantles

Cedar fireplace mantels

Oak fireplace mantels

Cherry Fireplace mantels

Wood mantel shelves

Custom fireplace wood mantels

Wooden fireplace mantels

Helpful articles and common questions regarding fireplace mantels:

• Mantel horizontal and vertical clearances
• Restoring a fireplace mantel
• Fireplace safety
• Fireplace mantel terminology -important when buying a mantel
• Types of fireplace mantels