Ins In Addition To Outs Of Staging A Fireplace Mantel

When the home you are staging has a fireplace , its mantel gives y'all a perfect chance to phone call attention to this characteristic.

Whether it's woods-burning , gas logs , not-performance , electrical , or simply decorative , a fireplace is usually a room'second chief focal betoken.

Having such an inviting focal bespeak makes your staging function easier. Put around stuff on the mantel as well as you're done.

Wait. Not and so fast. What material? 

Mantel basics

Choose the wrong accessorizing props and y'all've missed an opportunity to raise the room'sec selling point. Arrange them poorly and yous've ruined the relaxing outcome a fireplace has on a room.

In my eBook , DIY Home Staging Tips to Sell Your Home Fast too for Top Dollar , I offer five dissimilar formulas as well as enough of do'sec together with don'ts that will brand easy function of decorating even a perkara mantel.

Decorate the mantel inward the same decor way you lot've staged the rest of your house. If your habitation has an open up floor design , wall to wall carpet , recessed ceiling lights , too casual furnishings , choose objects for the mantel that are terbaru , fun , together with informal.If your habitation has high ceilings , crown molding , hardwood floors , chandeliers , and a formal dining room , pick out objects that are traditional , historically interesting , and sophisticated. Be selective , because yous postulate only a few things.

This fireplace is slightly off-center , and then its 
mantel was decorated asymmetrically , 
too amongst an odd number of items.

Decorators role what they telephone call the Rule of One together with Three. Their advice is to choose 1 large or tall detail as well as residual it alongside iii pocket-size only somehow related items. Maybe y'all take a centerpiece betwixt them , or the iv things may live the whole present.

That dominion works fine for informal mantel groupings , simply non and so much for that formally balanced mantel. There , you lot'll desire 1 side to expect but similar the other. If yous accept pairs of identical vases , candlesticks , movie frames or obelisks , set one of a pair on each finish of the mantel.

For less formality , go on the pairs together and residue the mantel asymmetrically. Stand back in addition to squint , as well as yous should be able to tell if the mantel balances.

Sometimes what y'all home on your hearth balances what
you conform on the mantel. Photo: Michelle Janeen

Just a couple of dramatic items are all it took 
to accent the beauty of this contemporary manner fireplace.

A cozy dwelling house with cottage-manner furnishings deserves 
a mantel dressed inwards nature-themed objects.

Choose your props carefully

Pick curtain props that have varying colors , textures , shapes in addition to sizes. Just equally yous've done with the residual of your staged house , stay away from small-scale stuff together with become for large , clean shapes. That doesn't hateful yous tin can't use establish objects from nature. Branches , pinecones , shells , rocks , feathers , and driftwood tin can live wonderful mantel props.

Stagger the props to make a fluid motion equally your eye moves from left to correct , the fashion a buyer would glance over a mantel. Vary the heights but enough to arrive interesting , only non then much that your heart jumps around.

I'k a believer inward the fooling-about approach to accessorizing. Experiment alongside what you lot take on mitt , together with you're spring to notice the perfect organization. Every staged home for sale alongside a fireplace deserves or so thoughtful attending to its mantel. I promise you'll be inspired by these photos to make your ain mantel masterpiece.

Top photograph: PostcardsFromTheRidge