June 2009 Weddings
Lucy Elizabeth 10.27.12
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D&RR: Mantles
You may remember this pic. Note the faux fireplace (that we get to keep - yay!)
What do you prefer over a mantle? Current thoughts are:
1. mirror (not like the seller's) either propped on mantle or hanging above
2. wedding photo (maybe like this? http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs159.snc1/5932_693364819323_14233525_40239535_4346684_n.jpg
3. wrought iron wall decor (something like this maybe? 
Other?
Lucy Elizabeth 10.27.12
Re: D&RR: Mantles
It's a personal quirk, but I don't like mirrors over fireplaces. My mom had one in her house my whole life, and I never realized how much I didn't like it until she replaced it with a large family portrait. The portrait looks SO much better. So, my vote would be for your wedding picture.
Above our fireplace now, we have a paining of the Eiffel Tower I bought in Paris and two smaller wrought iron wall sconces. So I'm a fan of the third option too.
#1 Wedding Pic
#2 Wrought Iron
#3 Mirror
I agree the picture is a personal touch. I'm kinda eh on mirrors in general.
Oddly, DH voted for wedding pic, which surprised me.
Confession (and the GTG girls can attest to this) - my apt right now has like 6 blown up wedding pics alone just in the living room. And those are just the ones over 11x14. My apt is a huge shrine to our wedding.
And I love it.
Lucy Elizabeth 10.27.12
#1 - Large picture (could be wedding), but I'm not a huge fan of having pics of "us" all over the place.
#2 - Mirror (I like mirror's)
#3 - The thingy w/ the candles (#3 only because, how are you going to light candles when they are up that high, and I have a pet peeve w/ candles that aren't used on a normal basis).
I was looking at some pics of mirrors over fireplaces, and while some are done modernly, I think I'm turning against that option.
philly, option #3 was just an example of wrought iron decor I pulled from Google images. I most likely wouldn't buy a candle piece, and if I did, I wouldn't light them.
Lucy Elizabeth 10.27.12
I currently have a mirror over my mantle and now I'm thinking I need to replace it but I still think it looks nice... but I do agree its generic and I did it because I needed something big because my ceilings go up another 12 feet and it was a cheap option.
Wedding picture... maybe - maybe not. It definitely depends on the picture. An artsy picture blown up on a big canvas or framed professionally, ok. A kissy picture not so much. I always think its wierd when people have giant pictures of themselves kissing. The other thing that would stop me from spending the money on a canvas wrap or big framed picture would be that I know I would want to do a family picture in the future and I plan to have kids in the next year or 2 so I would probably want to replace it soon. We have a canvas print of a more-artsy wedding print in our bedroom that I plan to hang forever and am in love with but it would look wierd in our LR.
I agree with pp on the candle thing... they are kinda in the class with mirrors IMO, they look nice but they are generic. And I wouldnt get one that had candles in it.
In our next house, I'm hoping we can hang a flat screen over our fireplace...
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Is the wedding photo I linked above too kissy? I like that you can't tell it's us because of the silhouette. I have that as either a 8x10 or 11x14 in a matted frame. Most of my other big ones are vertical.
I'm considering FINALLY buying a flatscreen once we get our tax credit. But I'm not sure I want to mount it.
Lucy Elizabeth 10.27.12
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I only have it in B&W. In fact, other than two enlargements, everything I blew up from the wedding that's in my apt are B&Ws. I love B&W prints in thick black frames. Goes with everything.
Lucy Elizabeth 10.27.12
How wide is the mantle? I would probably go with something larger than 11x14. I can't remember...did you get all your original images on a CD? If so, I'd check out MPix and get a wraparound canvas of the image at more of a 20x24 size.
Lucy Elizabeth 10.27.12
Agreed... you should go bigger. DH's cousin gave us a canvas print for a wedding present and we put it over our dresser in our BR and its 20x30
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Lucy Elizabeth 10.27.12
I love the silhouette one you posted. I also like the one of you guys in your signature on here. I think the silhouette is my fave though!
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Thanks! I wish I had the rights to my RTD pic. I have this one in my sig in a 11x14 frame but 8x10 pic. So both my options are just a wee too small. Unless I stack them? Or just blow up an entirely different photo. Well, at least we came to the conclusion on a wedding pic instead of a mirror. I can put my thick black rectangular mirror in the DR or on the adjacent LR wall.
Lucy Elizabeth 10.27.12
What about maybe a photo collage over the mantle? You could do various sizes and some vertical, some horizontal. Something like this...
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3038/2972550669_38ac17fc2b.jpg
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This. Here's another example:
http://imagebank.ipcmedia.com/imageBank/cache/f/fireplace-update.jpg
Lucy Elizabeth 10.27.12
I have a serious obsession with square frames, but don't own any b/c I always have trouble finding photos that fit them well...
oops! duplicate post... Nest you are a liar!! you said that you could not process my request the first time, but you did!!
I like mirrors. I think it has to be a large mirror though.
This gets my vote. LOVE. IT.
I survived the RoLex wedding and all I got was this lousy husband.
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almost 30 replies? You guys must have really missed my decor posts! Aww!
Thanks for all the suggestions!
Lucy Elizabeth 10.27.12
I'll put my vote in as a big fan of mirrors over fireplaces. Here's Mrs Paz from D&R's fabulous living room decorated for different seasons: