Fireplace mantel shelves

Requirements

Sometimes, it is not appropriate to use full surround mantels and thus a need to have a fireplace mantel arises, which are basically nothing more than an actual mantel with a top section. They are especially suited because many homes need to have a place in the living room where the entire family can gather around and the fireplace mantel shelves are an adornment to the fireplace that acts in a way that will warm many a heart. Fireplace mantel shelves are available in so many choices that you will be hard pressed to choose a particular one.

Materials

You can choose to have your fireplace mantel shelves made from either wood or stone and these are the more popular materials used today as both have always been closely associated with fireplaces throughout history. Choosing wood as the material for your fireplace mantel shelf is a good choice and there are hardwoods available in a number of different finishes. However, you will need to check with the building rules to see whether wooden fireplace mantel shelves are permitted or not.

If you choose stone, you will find that today this is quite a preferred material and you can choose from marble, limestone and also granite that can give your room an eternal feel as well as add a touch of exquisiteness to your room.

Price

Among the more expensive fireplace mantel shelves that you can find on the market today are those made from oak as well as cherry and a few of the other hardwoods as well. Not that you will pay any less for marble, granite oak and possibly even brick. You may even have to pay as much as fifteen hundred dollars for the wood fireplace mantel shelves while the stone ones can set you back anything from seven hundred dollars to two thousand dollars upwards.