Your fireplace is about to see a lot of action as the cold sets in. Here are 10 ways to dress up your hearth.
1. The Conversation Piece
Pick a work of art that speaks to you, then lean it on the mantel–no mounting required!
2. The Scheme of Themes
Display themed collectibles (equestrian or holiday pieces are some of our favorites).
3. Smoke & Mirrors
Want to make the room brighter and bigger? Choose a mirror for your mantel–we love them in vintage gilded frames.
4. Ode to Ornaments
Add interest and texture with a glass art bowl or vase full of decorative spheres or vintage ornaments.
5. Tend to Your Tinder
A tool set is essential. These are functional and easy on the eyes.
6. Bucket List
A beautiful bin, bucket, trunk, or chest can be used to store kindling, reading material or dispose of ashes.
7. Smoke Screen
A gorgeous fireplace screen can guard against embers from a crackling flame, or cover a non-working hearth.
8. Firestarter Storage
Keep your matchsticks, lighters or candles in a decorative trinket box or pottery vase.
9. Top Shelf Reads
Display some of your favorite first-edition classics or a set of beautiful leather bound books.
10. Minute Details
Brass, marble, mahogany – we haven’t met a mantel clock we didn’t swoon over.
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B. J. Grady Oil Painting of Southwestern Desert Landscape

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Coastal Landscape Acrylic Painting of Sand Key, 1985

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Landscape Oil Painting with Field of Flowers, Late 20th Century

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Leigh Rodenbough Landscape Oil Painting, Late 20th Century

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Robin Rodgers Raku Fired Stoneware Vase, 1997

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Landscape Oil Painting of Homestead, Early-Mid-20th Century

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Fred Castelluci Wheel-Thrown Earthenware Bowl, 1988

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Konstantin Szonk-Rusych Enamel Painting on Copper of Landscape

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Bonnie Rose Wolfe Folk Art Acrylic Pastoral Landscape Painting, 1994

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Bill Salamon Landscape Acrylic Painting, Late 20th Century

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Mountain Landscape Oil Painting, Late 20th Century

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Pair of Art Pottery Stemmed Goblets and Glazed Vase, Late 20th Century

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Forest Landscape Oil Painting, 21st Century

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Manifattura Cantagalli Glazed Luster Ceramic of Floral Vase, circa 1890

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Alice Weed Winter Landscape Oil Painting

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Raymor Italian Art Pottery Vase, Mid to Late 20th Century

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Rachel Aragon Acoma Pueblo Handbuilt Sgraffito Ceramic Pillow Pot, 1987

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Impressionist Style Acrylic Painting of Floral Landscape

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Coastal Landscape Oil Painting, Early 20th Century

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Landscape Oil Painting of Oak Trees, circa 1930

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Hoppman Landscape Oil Painting, Late 20th Century

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Gail Paradise Glazed Ceramic "Zebra Candlestick," 1990

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"The World of..." Art Books, Including Michelangelo, Van Gogh and Rembrandt

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Impressionist Style Landscape Oil Painting "Blue Mountain with Fence," 1988

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Ink Painting Scroll after Sesshū Tōyō "Winter Landscape," 20th Century

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Snow Covered Landscape Oil Painting, 1927

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Roseville Pottery "Sillouhette" Earthenware Candlesticks, Mid-20th Century

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Set of Two Pottery Barn "Claire" Nesting Tables

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Judson Wilson Winter Landscape Oil Painting, 1989

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Farshad Lanjani Landscape Acrylic Painting, 21st Century

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Marcus Brewer Rural Landscape Oil Paintings, 21st Century

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Philadelphia Mfg. Co Polished Brass Maple Leaf Bookends, Mid-20th C.

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Oil Painting of Abstract Landscape, Mid-20th Century

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Judson Wilson Oil Painting of Winter Pond Landscape, 1989

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Pottery Barn Kids Pink-Painted Flower Side Table

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Carolyn Shine Oil Painting of Hillside Landscape, Mid-20th Century

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Farshad Lanjani Acrylic Painting of Abstract Landscape, 21st Century

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Bill Salamon Landscape Acrylic Painting, Late 20th Century

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Signed Graham Nash Catalog with Other Art Books and Sotheby's Auction Catalogs

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