The mantel and surround to your fireplace is what sets it off. Without it, a fireplace is bare, uninteresting and can’t be considered the centrepiece of the room. When you enter a room with a fireplace and surround your eyes, tend to get drawn toward it, and surprisingly this can happens even if the fire is alight. It’s not often that you need to make changes to your mantel and fire surround. The style generally goes with most things, so even when you redecorate your room, you probably don’t need to attend to the mantel area. (more…)