How to Decorate Your Tuscan Fireplace Mantel
Tuscan design is casual, rustic and colorful, which makes it a favorite type of decor for many homeowners. From its warm, earthy color palette to its use of wrought-iron accessories, Tuscan spaces are full of weathered charm and visual appeal. One way to amplify the Tuscan appearance of a room is to decorate the fireplace mantel. Decoration of the mantel with Tuscan accents adds the finishing touch to the room and blends the overall decor into a cohesive style. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
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Select a color scheme. To create a visually pleasing Tuscan mantel design, choose three colors for the color palette of the mantel piece. Tuscan colors include hues such as warm burgundy, terracotta, orange, olive green and earthy brown. Use the decor of the room as a way to select appropriate hues for the mantel arrangement.
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Incorporate a theme. Selecting a theme for the Tuscan mantel display makes the items blend and gives the arrangement a more cohesive look and feel. Choose seasonal themes, displaying different decorative accents based on summer, spring, winter and fall or enhance the Italian decor of the space based on quintessential Tuscan motifs, such as colorful flowers or the rural countryside of Italy.
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Hang a large picture over the mantel as an anchor for the display. The painting will serve as a basis for the mantel design in terms of color, theme and style. Choose a painting that depicts the Tuscan countryside and showcase it in a dark, carved wood frame as a starting point for your mantel arrangement.
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Choose three items for the left side of the mantel. Appropriate choices are three pieces of pottery in varying heights, three wood-carved framed photographs in small, medium and large sizes or three wrought-iron candlesticks in assorted heights with Tuscan-colored candles.
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Add a large item to the right side of the mantel. Choose a decorative accent such as a tall, Italian potted topiary, a Tuscan-colored flower-filled vase or an intricately designed plate displayed on a plate stand for a design that is visually balanced and serves as a finishing touch to the Tuscan fireplace display.
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Tips & Warnings
Include an artwork light over the painting as a way to bring light to the display and highlight the art.
References
Resources
- Photo Credit fireplace mantle image by Jim Mills from Fotolia.com
