Carry your Christmas Theme throughout the Room : Mantels Part 2

Well here I am back again with more mantels. I wanted you (the reader) to see the variety of different things you could do with mantels. By now I'm sure you guessed that you typically want a base of greenery to add your holiday decorations to. Again, make sure the greenery is secured to the mantel so if something like a person, child, or household animal gets a hold of it they can't pull it off. This first mantel is a bedroom in a Bed and Breakfast. Notice how a wreath to match is placed over the mantel and there's a flower basket that matches at the base of the mantel. 

For this room I used a small flower pick with white and mauve flowers with burgundy berries. In addition to these small flower picks, I placed some mauve berry sprays in the arrangements also. On the mantel I added a ribbon with mauve, pink and burgundy colors, and on the wreath there is a bow with the same ribbon. When you decorate arrangements just try to leave some of the natural greenery showing so it doesn't look over done. 

This next mantel is one of my favorites. There are two ribbons in the bow used. A solid green velvet ribbon and a paisley ribbon with the colors of pink, peach, purple, and green. A smaller french ribbon was added in last and it was a two toned ribbon. The ribbon just kept changing from green to peach, then green to peach over and over again. A beautiful flower pick with pink and peach flowers is used in the arrangement. To add some sparkle I used pink, peach, and gold glass balls.

These Bed and Breakfast have beautiful fireplaces too. The one in the photo above is black marble. This next mantle is quite simple. There isn't much to it but the colors off set each other and make a nice presentation.

I used blue spruce greenery on this mantle because it looked beautiful with the wallpaper in the room. Then a simple arrangement of burgundy roses are arranged across the mantle with a larger cluster of them in the center. A large bow was made out of a gold sheer ribbon and then the tail of the ribbon trailed down the sides. Some gold berry picks are placed amongst the roses. This is quite contrasting, and look at the fireplace. It's absolutely stunning. The brass plate at the bottom grate perfectly sets off the gold color in the arrangement.

This next mantle is about a simple as you can get. The fireplace was set off in an unusual place in the room and didn't get a lot of activity in that area. It has a simple but elegant look. The ribbon has blue, teal, burgundy and a copper color in it. A very large bow was made and placed in the middle of the mantel. There are some copper flower picks arranged around it and it's all on a bed of greenery. A matching flower basket is placed on the floor next to the fireplace.

The fireplaces in these Bed and Breakfasts are stunning. Each room has it's own fireplace. Stay tuned for one more article on mantles.