A fireplace is so integral to Christmas that hanging the stockings on the fireplace mantel is a tradition that many families look forward to each year. Clement Moore’s famous poem, The Night Before Christmas, immortalizes that moment when “the stockings…
Use these 6 ideas to spruce up the fireplace for Christmas and your holiday guests: 1. Clean out the ashes. A fireplace full of ashes (like an ashtray full of ashes) looks unkempt. You can either scoop ashes with…
Snow is capable of turning the most ordinary of settings into a magical wonderland, including your holiday fireplace mantel. Take a look at the elegant white Christmas mantel above (photograph by Sussie Bell.) A Sophisticated White Christmas Mantel The look…
Do you knit? Do you sprinkle glitter on anything that isn’t breathing? Is your glue gun always loaded and ready? If you answered yes to any of these questions then a hand-crafted Christmas fireplace mantel is perfect for you. You…
