You may be looking for some beautiful and festive and pretty fireplace displays, to help inspire you this Christmas. The mantelpiece is the centre point of the living room and is a great place to really create an impact with your decorative theme this festive season. If you need inspiration on holiday fireplace decor, here are 10 different ideas to get your started.
Photo – Craft Berry BushGarlands
Garlands are long stretches of evergreen leaves and other decorations – usually lights or berries. They are perfect for making a pretty fireplace display at Christmas as they are the best bits of the tree but delivered in a way that you can casually drape them over your fireplace.
You can tie them into your tree by winding in the same lights as around your tree or hooking baubles onto one. The great thing about garlands is that they can be dressed up or understated and can be used with other decorations to make a fuller look on your fireplace.
Image from Pinterest Perry and Harrison companyBunting
If a garland isn’t your style or doesn’t fit the rest of your Christmas room décor, bunting across the front of your fireplace is an idea that you could try. It’s fun, pretty and a little bit different. You can buy it or DIY it, hanging cards or Christmas messages in the room.
Photo – FrancoisetMoiCandles
Whether an advent candle or tea lights candles can really light up a fireplace. A really elegant look would have tall candles in silver candle holders amongst any low foliage atop the fireplace. Or, you could have a mix of tall wider candles and tea lights without foliage.
Photo – The Lily Pad CottageOrnaments
Placing ornaments like baubles on your fireplace will add a little festive spirit as well as tying into the main tree in your home if you use the same ornaments. If you don’t have that much space on top of the mantel you can place small trees at the corners of a mantlepiece which you can then decorate.
Image from Melanie Lissack InteriorsFestive Floral Arrangements
If plain green garlands and wreaths are not your style, maybe a festive floral arrangement will do the trick? Using Poinsettia flowers and red berries in a beautifully arranged will liven up your fireplace, whilst keeping a distinctively festive feel. You can also use roses and other flowers in the arrangement if you want to branch out from red and green.
Photo – Monika HibbsCreate a scene on the mantel top
You can get figurines and small festive statues and position them on the top of your mantel in order to create a scene. Whether that’s the traditional nativity or a fun Christmas scene featuring Santa Clause and his reindeer. There are many things you can do to add a little festive jazz to your fireplace.
Source unknownHanging Stockings
When it comes to traditional fireplace decorations, stockings are as traditional as they get. Whether this is the main decoration with nothing else on the fireplace, or hung with a garland across the fireplace top, they are a quintessential Christmas decoration and will give your fireplace that pretty and comfy look.
Photo – Balsam HillWreaths
Like garlands, wreaths are an easy way to add some festive colour to your fireplace. However, unlike garlands, you don’t drape wreaths, you hang them up. So if you have a little undecorated wall above your fireplace a wreath will be the perfect pretty addition. If you have a garland, you can tie to two together or you can have your wreath completely unrelated.
For more wreath ideas, check out our post 9 Christmas Wreath Ideas.
Image from Elderadventures.blogspot.comLettering
If you want simple but impactful, having wooden letters spelling out something festive or a sign placed atop your mantel will do the job of adding some festivity to your fireplace.
Photo – Bjorn Wallander via CountryLivingForaged Items
When it comes to foraging items for decorative purposes, think more twigs and pinecones. Things you can easily dress up or arrange on your fireplace to give it a rustic feel.
What holiday fireplace decor is your favourite?
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