Sage advice from a seasoned carpenter. In the finish carpentry world, fireplace mantels are often the aesthetic showpiece of a room. People use mantels to display family photos, treasured artworks, ...

If you're lucky enough to have a fireplace mantel in your home, you won't want to miss out on the opportunity to decorate it this holiday season and create a beautiful display that the whole family ...

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With fall and the holiday season approaching, mantels are in the spotlight. Well-chosen decorations can complement your decor and lift your spirits, but getting the balance of your display just right ...

A stylishly decorated holiday mantel can become a festive focal point for your Christmas celebrations, Hanukkah gatherings, ...

Fall is here and it's time to celebrate this glorious season in your decor. One of the easiest -- and most powerful -- places you can trick up for autumn is the fireplace mantel. Depending upon how ...

The holidays have come and gone. Yet winter lingers, and we in the Pacific Northwest are left with several more months of cold rain, early sunsets and gray days. To lift your spirits and escape the ...

That's why we've tapped a few design pros to share the common holiday mantel decorating mistakes to avoid at all costs—think overlooking a color palette, ignoring proportions, and overcrowding the ...

Some years I go at my holiday decorating with great gusto, fueled by a long list of ambitious decorating projects I can't wait to try. (Once I hung a huge fallen branch from the ceiling in my dining ...