Fireplace Wood Mantel Ideas
Explore These Mantel Shelf Options
These fireplace wood mantel ideas can help add just the right architectural element to your home.
Wood fireplace mantels and mantel shelfs serve as a focal point in the room and will serve as an integral part of your interior architecture.
A wonderful custom wood mantel shelf and mantel of stacked stone Product of The Porch Company
The fireplace mantel is the framework that surrounds the entire fireplace both on top and sides and includes the shelf.
Historically, the mantel was the hood that projected over a fire grate to catch the smoke.
Today, mantels and mantel shelves are designed to enhance the beauty of an interior space or exterior space like a screened porch or three season room.
Mantel materials include marble, limestone, granite, slate, stone, brick or fine woods.
Most fireplace mantel shelves, however, are made from wood as it is very versatile and offers many design options.
Wood can be carved and constructed to create different styles and shapes and can also be stained or painted to offer even more options.
Another advantage with wood is its affordability compared to other materials.
You can find wood mantel shelves readily available in oak, cherry, cedar, reclaimed lumber, cypress and other hardwoods.
A hand hewn wood mantel shelf on a beautiful stone mantel Product of The Porch Company
Hand hewn mantel shelves (like the one above) are custom made meaning no two are alike.
They have a classic rustic look for an immediate focal point in any room.
Hand hewn mantels can be stained, left natural or painted to your liking.
A Bit of Trivia
Hand hewn originated by shaping fallen logs into shape using a broad axe (known as an "adze") as that was the only method of shaping a log into a beam.
Today, hand hewn means using an axe or chisel and shape the piece with hard blows.
By doing so, no two pieces will be alike which increases the value of the finished wood product.
Solid or Hollow
Fireplace wood mantel shelves are either solid or hollow.
A box beam shelf, which is solid, can complement almost any fireplace mantel material; however, they tend to be more difficult to install.
We discovered gorgeous hollow mantel shelves designed and built by our sponsor, The Porch Company.
They are expertly hand constructed and even have a compartment to hide cable boxes, wiring or anything you wish to hide.
A metal plate allows access and ventilation for electronics and can serve as a potential storage space for valuables.
This hollow mantle shelf allows a place to hide your wires and the vented metal plate is for air flow to your electronics Product of The Porch Company
A mantel shelf can give your room a beautiful focal point.
Whether you are hanging these over your fireplace, or as a floating shelf, give your room or porch the beautiful focal point it deserves.
For a more rustic and natural appeal, you might want to choose a circle sawn mantel like the one shown below.
It is made from pine and has been distressed just enough to give that beautiful texture of a freshly cut piece of a lumber.
Choose from a light stain, or dark stain, or un-stained and stain or paint it the color of your choice.
Circle sawn fireplace mantel Product of The Porch Company
For a more elegant appeal, a smooth finish mantel like the one shown here may be just the solution.
This one is made from cypress and has been planed and sanded to perfection for those with a sleek sense of style.
Smooth finished cypress mantel shelf (no wires show!) Product of The Porch Company
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Let Your Mantel Shelf Become the Focal Point in Your Room
Choose a mantel shelf that complements the interior architecture, furniture, and size of the room and especially the mantel itself.
Below is an example of different size mantel shelves that illustrate the overall effect on a room.
Large mantel shelf on a relatively small brick mantel photo courtesy of pixabay.com
Narrow mantel shelf on tall stacked stone mantel photo courtesy of of pixabay.com
This beautiful cedar mantel shelf on a stone mantel is perfect for this three season room; providing an easy visual transition to the outdoors.
Fireplace wood mantel ideas for Christmas
Mantel shelves provide an excellent decorating space for any time of the year.
As you see here, the evergreens, candles and bows make for a lovely accent at Christmas time.
Your mantel shelf, whether hung on a fireplace mantel or as a floating shelf can be used to support your television and to balance the wall.
Please be sure it is attached correctly to support the weight.
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