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Custom Fireplace Mantels

A fireplace mantel is usually a wooden piece of dˆàcor that surrounds the top and the sides of a fireplace. Traditionally fireplace mantels also served as resting places for collectibles or just as finished edges for the fireplaces. In today's modern home dˆàcor, a fireplace mantel can be a beautiful designer piece of work that adds to the charm of the interior dˆàcor of a home.

Before you install a fireplace mantel

Before your purchase and install a fireplace mantel, you must consider certain important things. Firstly, you must determine the style of the mantel. You can choose between antique fireplace mantels or contemporary ones that go well with Victorian style fireplaces. Next, you need to consider the type of material the fireplace mantel would be made of. These materials could be stone, wood or metal. Concrete and plaster are also used to design fireplace mantels.

Types of custom fireplace mantels

Stone is used for building fireplace mantels in many homes. Stone can be carved according to your designer needs and also is more durable than any other material. While marble is costlier, granite is another kind of stone used for building mantels. The cost varies as per choice of stone. Wooden mantels that have a luster polish are also available. Wood, being inflammable, needs to have some tile base to prevent fires. Fireplace mantels made from wood can also be purchased unpainted and then can be custom painted to match the other furniture and the dˆàcor of the home.

Designer fireplace mantels

A fireplace mantel attracts the most attention in the room, as the fireplace is one area where most get-togethers or meetings happen. A fireplace mantel should be as designer and attractive as the collectibles or trophies displayed on it. The charm and elegance created by a fireplace certainly gains more beauty if the fireplace mantel is a well-designed one that suits the room dˆàcor. A custom-made fireplace mantel can be ordered from most fireplace building and installation companies that provide such service from their shops as well as from their online websites. You can choose from a really wide variety of options available therein.

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