• You may not use your fireplace as often when springtime’s warm weather comes, but the fireplace nevertheless remains the focal point of your room.  So be inspired by the variety of color schemes, arrangements and materials in these Easter mantel decorations to create your own springtime fireplace decor. Blues and White Easter Mantel Decorations Springtime […]

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  • Every leprechaun needs a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow.  And every home or business with at least one chocolate lover needs a leprechaun’s pot of gold (foil chocolate) coins to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. To make leprechaun pot of gold:  Start with a cauldron.  We suggest this small handcrafted copper cauldron: […]

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  • The mantel decorations that looked so very right for Christmas seem out of place for celebrating New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.  Here are four really quick, simple fireplace mantel decorations for New Years that require only a group of clocks or only the four numerals of the new year:  Clock Mantel Decorations for […]

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  • Use the Christmas Fireplace Safety Checklist below to keep your family safe around the fireplace during the winter holidays. Are your Christmas stockings hung on the fireplace mantel with care? In the famous Christmas poem, the stockings were not just “hung by the chimney;” they were hung “with care.” Even in the midst of describing […]

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  • 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 were hung by the chimney with care.” As a safety note, please remember to remove […]

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  • 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 your fireplace shovel into an ash bucket or you can vacuum out the cold ashes […]

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  • 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 of snow’s shine and shimmer is captured through the use of all white decorations, accessories […]

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  • 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 do not have to be a master crafter or expert seamstress to recreate the charming […]

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  • As family and friends gather to celebrate all we are thankful for, don’t forget to decorate the fireplace for Thanksgiving.  After all, that’s where everyone will gather around after the bountiful Thanksgiving meal.  (And as they watch the parades and football games on television!) Here are three tips on how to decorate the fireplace for […]

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