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23 Christmas Mantel Decor Ideas for 2023

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The fireplace mantel serves as a timeless centerpiece, a focal point for gatherings during the holiday season. It also provides an extra chance to showcase festive decorations and add a touch of holiday sparkle. Given the well-known role of the fireplace as Santa’s grand entrance on Christmas Eve, why not craft a captivating mantel to enhance the festive atmosphere?

Whether your aim is to craft a traditional, modern, minimalist, maximalist, colorful, classic, rustic, or contemporary holiday display, here are some beautiful Christmas mantel ideas for your creative endeavors this holiday season.

1. Opulent and Gleaming

Embrace the timeless allure of silver and gold for the holidays as it outfits one of the mantels with versatile colors in Christmas baubles, candlesticks, stockings, and wreaths against a white backdrop. This classic and festive combination brings a cozy and elegant atmosphere to your festive decorations.

2. Bling of Gold

Craft a whimsical mantel aesthetic with sparkling string lights, opting for a warm white hue for a timeless arrangement. Infuse glamour by designing the décor with clear candle holders, incorporating various shapes and sizes for dimension as shown by designer Shalini Misra. Arrange an assortment of ornaments and small decorative items in a blend of metallic and neutral tones directly atop the mantel and adorn it with gold foliage to achieve the perfect look.

3. Celebrate Tactility

Deviate from the typical mantel design by incorporating a variety of textures in the mantel, stockings, and Christmas trees, adding a tactile quality. The three mirrors contribute to spaciousness, while touches of green infuse a festive atmosphere.

4. Earthy Vibes

Designer: Haneens Haven

Add a whimsical touch to your mantel with Christmas decorations inspired by nature, showcasing colors and textures reminiscent of the natural world. Bring in woodland Santa Claus figurines and Christmas trees in green, gold, white, and natural earthy materials for a minimalist yet charming aesthetic. Observe how the garland elegantly drapes down both sides, evoking a feeling of abundance and celebration.

5. A Dreamy Look

Designer: Lucy and Harly

Craft a warm mantel display with Christmas decorations to achieve a timeless arrangement and cozy festive feel. Stars, candles, and the soft glow of string lights create a relaxing vibe in this minimalist mantel complemented by a circular mirror and characterized by dark green walls.

6. An Evergreen Christmas

The fir trees provide a lovely frame for the garland, allowing the yarrow to stand out. Yarrow is a flowering plant known for its feathery green foliage and clusters of small, tightly packed flowers. The clever and enjoyable use of yellow fosters creative thinking to craft something exceptionally beautiful.

7. Embrace the Holiday Spirit

Designer: Aurelie Erikson

Adorned in soft pastel hues and featuring a sizable pink nutcracker, this mantel exudes a gentle and calming aesthetic. The addition of a large mirror enhances a sense of spaciousness, contributing to an overall bright and airy look.

8. Cool Blue

This minimalist mantel in white stands out against a deep blue backdrop while the red and green Christmas décor creates a bold contrast and makes a striking style statement. The mirror features a chequered grid and its reflections create an element of spaciousness in the décor.

9. Pared Back Look

At times, simplicity proves to be the most effective. Just see how a few elegant touches exude merriment and brightness, whether or not a fire is present. In this minimalist mantel design, just see how textured stockings exude a festive vibe when hung from the wooden base.

10. Just Stockings

Designer: Ballard Designs

Simply hang a few stockings from the mantel to give it a beautiful look. The mantel is impeccably designed with an ornate mirror layered with a beautiful print in front of it and a Christmas garland. A set of vases with a classic design complements the mantel design in this all-white space.

11. Christmas Colors

Adorning the living room with the delightful and timeless hues of Christmas, this mantel showcases red and white berry stems intertwined with various types of greenery. A charming touch is added with a beautiful white velvet ribbon.

12. Seductive in Black

Designer: Hex and Henbane

The seductive allure of the dark black beaded garland complements the green mantel decor. On one side of the mirror, alongside golden candle stands, reindeer, Christmas nutcrackers, and wrapped gifts, the arrangement exudes a luxurious and captivating ambiance.

13. Cozy Mantel

Designer: Christine Higgs

In this all-black mantel, a little faux fire scene is made for a faux fireplace with flameless candles You can enhance the fireplace decor for Christmas and enjoy the creative process of mixing it up and achieving a festive and inviting mantel appearance that exudes coziness.

14. Maximalist Decor

Designer: Sidney Bragiel

This mantel showcases a maximalist aesthetic, incorporating a wrought feature for the fireplace, a striking garland adorned with dense florals, a classic chair, a gilded frame surrounding a painting, and decorative mirrors on either side of the painting. Together, these elements create a maximalist ambiance for the mantel.

15. Focus on Abundance

Photo by Laurey Glenn⁠ and Floral Design by Lagniapp

Adding a touch of elegance to the mantel, a straightforward bouquet complements the classy ambiance. The inclusion of wooden candles, white paneling, contrasting dark wood flooring, and a decorative mirror enhances the sophisticated vibes.

16. Sophisticated Elegance

Designer: Suzanne Zingg

Infuse a tranquil vibe into your Christmas mantel presentation this year. Mix silver Christmas trees, white flowers, and stockings against a white mantel or create a minimalist arrangement with neutral accessories.

17. Winter Inspired Look

This mantel by Janet Clark creates a winter-inspired look with snow garlands, snowflake motifs, and snowy Christmas trees. They combine to create a festive atmosphere on the mantel, striking a holiday chord without the classic red and green.

18. Chic Minimalism

Create a stylish, minimalist mantel with winter whites and metallics that pop against a natural stone backdrop as shown by this setup by Crate and Barrel. This mantel looks visually light and imparts a light and airy look while the differently sized candles and fireplace exude a warm glow.

19. Accentuate with Red

The black mantel provides a bold backdrop which allows the tree print, felt banner, and set of wood trees, with the wood houses, hanging star, wood beads, Christmas plaids, and mantle décor to stand out and provide a wealth of inspiration to the mantel decor.

20. Scandi Inspired Decor

Here is a simple take on Scandinavian-inspired décor that features a wooden Christmas tree, and mantel adorned with Christmas berries, providing just enough to evoke the Christmas feel.

21. Round-the-year Look

This mantel functions as adaptable year-round decor, composed of Christmas tree branches, offcuts, a handful of eucalyptus sprigs, dried gypsophila, and a few foraged sprigs sprayed gold.

22. Ultimate Luxury and Sophistication

Against the black backdrop, the golden mirror frame and reindeer forms the showstopper element of the mantel. The statement-making Christmas décor stands out, emanating a sense of luxury and contemporary elegance at the pinnacle.

23. Festive and Playful

Image: Wayfair

If children are in your home, turn your mantel into a lively and playful area with vibrant Christmas decorations against an orange wallpaper backdrop. An abundance of decorations infuses a dynamic touch to ensure your decor is as festive and cheerful as possible.

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Top 10 Living Room Accessories gift guide to achieve your lifestyle goals along with your interior goals

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Did you know the term “living room” dates back to the 1890s? The term was invented by Edward Bok, editor of the Ladies’ Home Journal to describe the primary space of a house. These rooms were originally called parlors, and were used as entertaining spaces for guests. Bok came up with the idea that these rooms were also for ‘living’ and not just for entertaining guests once a week. Thus, the idea of a personalized space was born. The Living Room, as Bok suggested, is supposed to be a place that reflects your personality and your sense of living. So we decided to curate products that are uniquely useful as well as aesthetic, making your home worth ‘living’ in! These include whimsical lamps shaped like the moon, minimalist furniture that can expand to accommodate more people, a wooden map to chart your wanderlust and some more surprises in this list. One thing is for sure, you will not be able to ignore these awesome pieces!

1. Briiv Air Filter

When we say air purifier, the first thing that comes to mind is a clunky box sitting in a corner that is hopefully improving the air we breathe. While that may be efficient, it is certainly not aesthetic which is why Briiv created a revolution with its launch. Briiv is a household terrarium that removes HEPA filters and UV lights for something more natural in its approach. The filter holds special, sustainable-grown dried moss that purifies your air by trapping harmful particles, killing microorganisms and in return releasing fresh clean air. Briiv is as powerful as 3,043 medium size houseplants and sitting underneath the moss are multiple bio-filters, including one made from loosely woven coconut fibers, another filter comprising carbon-infused hemp, and a woollen microfibre filter that together combines to filter particles as small as PM 0.3. This natural approach allows us to reduce wastage caused by discarded HEPA filters. Briiv is the future of sustainable design – merging natural components with technology to create products that help us lead a better life!

Click Here to Buy Now: $337

2. Gingko Smart Moon Lamp

There’s something rather romantic about looking at the moon from your bedside window. I’d argue there’s something even more romantic about having the moon levitating on your table! Meet the Smart Moon Lamp from Gingko, a levitating orb designed to look exactly like the moon and glow like it too! 3D printed out of transparent PLA, the Smart Moon Lamp comes with a wonderfully textured design that resembles the moon’s cratered surface. Built-in LEDs shine to give the moon its signature glow, while it levitates and spins on its wooden base, suspended in place by a strong rare-earth magnet. Tapping on the base lets you cycle through the Smart Moon Lamp’s 3 glowing modes, warm yellow, warm white, and cool white, while a 12V-1A AD adapter powers the entire magical lighting experience. Turn to the moon for your pensive moments, or for faux lunar photography, or just as the perfect ambient light for your room at night!

Click Here to Buy Now: $170 $199 (15% off with exclusive coupon code “GDGIFT4YOU”). Hurry, deal ends in 48 hours!

3. Transformer Table

It isn’t often that we get to feature a product so popular that it held the position of Instagram’s number 1 watched product video. Meet the Transformer Table – a table so unique, it can expand from a single-seater to a table long enough to seat 12 people (that’s the entire Last Supper sans Judas!) Designed for people in small apartments who occasionally like hosting guests, the Transformer Table’s one-of-a-kind stretching ability allows it to go from a mere 18 inches to up to 10 feet long! The table’s secret sauce lies in its design and its incredibly robust telescopic sliding mechanism that allows the table to expand up to 7 times in length, while still being able to hold well over 750 pounds of weight on top. The Transformer Table pairs along with the Transformer Bench, which expands to match the table’s width (and comes free along with the purchase of the Table as a special holiday combo). Both the table and bench expand rather easily (and can be operated by a single person) and come crafted from the highest quality hardwood with a waterproof AND flame-retardant finish.

Click Here to Buy Now: Starting from $2179 $2299 ($120 off with exclusive coupon code “YANKO120”and get the Transformer Bench valued at $799 for free as a special holiday combo). Hurry, deal ends in 48 hours!

4. Teno Speaker & Light

Do you know what Kintsugi is? It’s the art of mending broken ceramics using gold to seal the cracks. The Teno by Lumio uses this crack as a design detail! The beautiful lamp + speaker is inspired by a cracked bowl and it uses a cracked exterior that gently separates into two. As the crack widens, you begin to see the signs of life underneath as the lamp below is revealed, shining through the cracks with its life-affirming message of hope. When shut, Teno functions as a beautifully crafted bowl sculpture, when partially cracked, it reveals a soft and warm light, and functions as a lamp. And when fully opened, it’s a powerful speaker, which releases a rich sound that you can control through touch. The bowl-shaped outer body comes cast in resin and sand, deviating entirely from the plastic, fabric, and metal you’d find in other lamps and speakers.

Click Here to Buy Now: $228 $325 (30% off)

5. Avril Shoe Rack

If your worst nightmare consists of organizing your footwear collection, then Avril is the product for you! And, no we’re not talking about the popular Canadian singer. This minimalist wall-mounted shoe rack sits on your wall at a convenient angle, subtly uplifting your shoes, when you dock them into it. Avril’s innovative angled design sets it apart from the conventional shoe racks found on the market. Its angled form ensures that it sits closer to the wall, and occupies less space, making it perfect for smaller homes where space constraint is a major issue. The angled shelf provides easy access to your shoes at all times, so you can pull them out, or place them inside within seconds. Crafted from powder-coated sheet metal, Avril can be mounted onto any kind of wall and can hold at least 3 shoes per shelf. It protrudes a mere 5.1 inches from the wall, and mounting it on a wall is super easy as well!

Click Here to Buy Now: $153 $178 ($25 off). Hurry, deal ends in 48 hours!

6. yeedi Vac 2 Pro Robot Vacuum

Mimicry is indeed the greatest form of flattery, which is why the ‘yeedi vac 2 pro’ has a unique technique for cleaning up your spills. Its patented mopping action mimics how humans wipe surfaces with an up and down motion. Combine this with the robotic vacuum’s 3000Pa suction and the yeedi vac 2 pro can handle pretty much anything – on hard floors as well as carpets! The vacuum comes with a clever 3D obstacle detection and avoidance system, allowing it to just simply navigate around objects to clean parts of your house – which it creates a smart-map of to plot the most efficient cleaning path. When on floors, the vacuum uses a combination of sweeping and oscillating mopping to keep your floors spotless. For carpets, the yeedi vac 2 pro automatically switches its mopping function off and turns up the suction on the vacuum head to clean out dirt from in between fibers! An app lets you optimize your vacuum’s operations, and a 240-minute run-time is more than enough for the yeedi vac 2 pro to get the job done. When it’s done (or when it needs to charge), the vac heads to its docking station with a built-in 2.5L bin where the vacuum also self-empties its dust into. Pretty neat, eh?!

Click Here to Buy Now: $300 $449 ($150 off). Hurry, deal ends in 48 hours!

7. 3D Wooden World Map

Meet the 3D Wooden World Map! Machined from certified sustainable birch plywood, the world map, is available in varied sizes and diverse colors to suit your personal preference. The 3D Wooden World Map comes meticulously detailed and labeled with every country and its capital marked onto its wooden pieces. Like a big geographical jigsaw puzzle for your wall, the pieces come together and the 3D pieces quite literally pop out of the wall, giving the art its depth. In fact, the map also holds magnets! So, you can display your best memories while traveling on the wooden map. If traveling the world is your dream, what better way to display it than with the 3D wooden Map – mark your visited locations, chart your bucket-list and manifest that dream by having this up on your wall!

Click Here to Buy Now: Starting from $180 $448 (60% off)

8. Moon Pod

The Moon Pod is a zero-gravity bean bag designed to alleviate the everyday stress we experience in this modern world! The premium lightweight bean bag facilitates all-day relaxation, cradling your body into a rare static state and relieving you from stress. The Moon Pod is a luxurious alternative to the old school beanbags which don’t always take your posture into consideration. The outer membrane is crafted from a fascinating blended material which holds thousands of high-friction EPS beads, that react and adapt to your body. The weightless sensation you experience while relaxing on the Moon Pod mimics Flotation Therapy, which is excellent for those who suffer from stress, anxiety, insomnia, ADHD, and PTSD. You can use the revamped bean bag as a chair, a recliner or even a nap pod! It’s a great space to work in, take a power nap, or simply unwind after a long day at work.

Click Here to Buy Now: $299 $399 ($100 off)

9. BOOKNITURE – Furniture Hidden in a Book

BOOKNITURE is furniture hidden in a book! BOOKNITURE quite literally unfolds from a book into a multifunctional piece of furniture. It ensures that you will never run out of tables and seats. Relying on folded paper’s ability to withstand large amounts of compressive stress against its thickness, the Bookniture literally comes as thick as a coffee-table book and as light as one too. It contains paper pages on the inside that are honeycombed together and opens up as a regular book would. Once you open up the book, you can use it as a stool, a footrest, a nightstand, a standing work desk, and much more. You can stack it up, and convert it into a table and chair set, or you can add a wooden board on top of 2 BOOKNITURE pieces and transform it into a bench. You can also stack a few more layers, and create a shelf.

Click Here to Buy Now: Starting from $86

10. Wheel 2 turntable

Miniot modernizes and minimizes the turntable with the Wheel! It is pretty much what it sounds like – a simple wheel. All you need to do is place a record on the wheel, and it will begin to play the bottom. You can control the turntable using the center stick. You can switch on/off, play/pause, volume, even next or previous track using the center stick. You can position the wheel either horizontally or vertically, so you can slide it wherever you like, without it consuming the amount of a space a typical gramophone would. Amped with a beautiful AudioTechnica AT95E cartridge, and a tonearm that is micro machined out of a single laminated mahogany, the Wheel emits not only warm and clear harmonies, but also exudes a minimal and lux aesthetic. The Wheel doesn’t run on batteries, but is an analog record player that has to be wired to a great amplifier, speakers, or headphones.

Click Here to Buy Now: $1563

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A coffee table that holds an electric fireplace is the ultimate winter essential

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A fully electric hearth puts a modern spin on an ancient household fixture.

Fire and light have always been at the center of homes, be it a TV or a fireplace. The latter has, of course, become less practical these days, and its absence from many homes has also resulted in a shift in family interaction. “Hearth and home” is a phrase that still carries some meaning today, and a designer is bringing back that long-forgotten home centerpiece by making it not only more practical but also safe as well.

Designer: Maximillian Burton

The fireplace and the kitchen stove once started out as a single and critical part of the house. The hearth provided not only heat but also fire to cook the family’s meal. Because of those life-essential functions, the hearth also became the focal point for families to gather and connect over a warm fire and hearty food.

Those are the practical and social functions that designer Max Burton is seeking to return to modern households with a coffee table appropriately named “Hearth.” At first glance, it looks like a stylish but normal table with a black tabletop and a shuttered base. Even in this dormant state, it already functions as a beautiful centerpiece for people to gather, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

Twist that tabletop clockwise like a giant dial, and the slanted fins at the base open up, revealing the electric heater inside. The twisting motion might remind some of a more advanced thermostat, and it almost offers the same capability. Once opened, the Hearth sucks in air from hidden ducts on its underside and then blows heated air out the fins, warming the entire room evenly in all directions.

While its top is reminiscent of a thermostat dial, the Hearth’s tapered and shuttered base is meant to evoke images of rising temperatures and fire. The glow that comes from the heater inside definitely helps that visualization and provides a warm and soft light that feels like an open invitation for families and friends to huddle and connect with each other, just like what people in ancient times did on cold Winter days.

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A transforming and multifunctional television set featuring a retractable screen doubles up as a bookcase!

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Giro is a multifunctional television with a retractable display screen that slinks away to transform the TV set into a simple bookshelf.

Living rooms are more like multipurpose rooms. We use our living rooms for everything from watching television to working out, and from eating dinner to doing homework. Taking a traditional living room setup, sometimes it’s not the space, but the single-purpose appliances within the space that limit all of the living room’s potential. South Korea-based designer Park Yoo Jung has developed Giro, a television that transforms its facade according to users’ changing needs.

To help facilitate all that our living rooms can provide, Giro morphs from a conventional smart television into a simple bookcase with the click of a button. Recognized by the Red Dot Design Awards in its Best of the Best category, Giro is the multifunctional living room appliance that creates customizable spaces as your needs change.

For the occasional living room workout between your lunch hour and the night shift, Giro maintains its initial form as a smart television so users can broadcast exercise classes to follow. Of course, Giro operates as an everyday television when needed, projecting movies and television shows chosen from a programmed catalog.

When users would like to transform their Giro television into a screenless bookcase, the rotating projector slinks behind the main platform to remain out of view for evenings spent reading in the armchair or beneath the bay windows. Once the projector screen is retracted, users will find a minimal, yet sturdy bookcase where they place artworks and books on display.

Designer: Park Yoo Jung

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Inspirational Living Rooms designed to act as your home’s centrepiece!

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The first room you encounter when you enter a home is the living room! A living room essentially creates the first impression of your home, and hence it’s extremely important to give this space the due attention it deserves. Your living room should be a reflection of who you truly are, your personality, taste, and aesthetics. And we’ve curated this collection of beautifully designed living rooms to give you the inspiration you need to create the living room of your dreams. These living rooms embody the major home decor trends of today!

The living room of A Touch of Resplendency by Studio M6 features a high ceiling and a glorious view of the snowcapped mountains. Neutral tones of grey and maroon, along with wooden furniture add a calm and soothing aura to the space. The aesthetics are rustic but homely.

This stunning living room in The Roma House by @buro511 showcases a color palette of greys and browns that harmoniously complement one another. The intriguing bookshelf with a fireplace underneath it creates a warm and intimate space, where you can spend some precious quality time with your loved ones!

This cozy living room by Sondos Ahmed is fresh and full of colors! A pastel color theme, minimal wooden furniture and ceiling lamps draped in plants give the space an almost Japandi-like aesthetic.

Julia Skochemaro’s modern living room is a great example of clean lines and neutral colors. The living room is beautifully lit up with natural light coming in from the big windows on one side while the minimal white lamp adds a minimal touch, merging with the white background and provide lighting without grabbing much attention.

This Medittarean-style living room by Mohamed Elasar is a refreshing and uniquely designed space. Hues of off-white, brown, and beige create an organic space that instantly makes you feel at ease. The jute furniture and textured wooden flooring add interesting details to the living room!

While pastel colors are not the norm, Ira Lysiuk and Liza Nikulina’s living room design uses pale pink to add a breath of freshness to the room! The room boasts of a simple two-tone palette, shades of neutral white and grey with the pastel color repeating itself in the table and the accent wall while the modern fireplace adds warmth to the entire space.

I love this clean and beige-themed living room by Fatima Mohamed! The fireplace design is extremely unique and modern, adding a futuristic touch to an otherwise classically designed space. Rustic vases, bowls, and planters make for little warm additions to the room.

This ‘outdoor living room’ by INODEQ is unlike any living room I’ve ever seen before! It’s the perfect integration of the outdoors and the indoors, creating a living room you can relax in while enjoying the outdoors, regardless of weather conditions!

Designed by Georgios Tataridis, this contemporary living room features soothing tones of brown and beige. The layout has been designed to ensure that one can enjoy the view from the large floor-to-ceiling windows. A smart and remote-controlled fireplace provides warmth to the open and free-flowing space!

Olivia Miller’s living room is an example of using a warm color palette throughout the room without overwhelming the senses. This design also balances the old with the new – with the modern gold-brushed coffee table to the traditional-looking jute-woven chair and even the wicker basket that adds a lived-in comfort to the room.