How to decorate a fireplace?

The fireplace is not only an effective heating device, but also a magnificent interior decor of the living room or dining room. Today fireplaces are installed both in country houses, and in city apartments. This can be done thanks to modern technologies for production of bio-fireplaces, electric wall and built-in fireplaces, etc.

And, although the fireplace itself is an excellent decoration of the interior, sometimes it also needs to be decorated.

How beautifully to decorate the fireplace in the house?

By the holidays we usually decorate our home with different decorative elements. Depending on the subject matter, it can be March 8, Valentine's Day, New Year, birthdays of your family members, etc. Let's find out how you can decorate the fireplace on the threshold of this or that celebration:

1. Before the New Year, hang on the fireplace boots or socks. They can be a purely decorative decoration or have a practical value: each little boot hides small New Year surprises for children. Christmas candles or LED lighting will be an excellent option for how to decorate a decorative fireplace fender with your own hands.
2. Numerous hearts and lighted candles - the main attributes of the Day of All Lovers , which is celebrated on February 14. Decorate them with your fireplace, stock up a bottle of good wine and have a romantic dinner for a loved one.
3. March 8 is a women's holiday, which is celebrated in our country on a grand scale. On this spring day, be sure to put a bouquet of snowdrops, hyacinths or pansies on the mantelpiece. And if you have a child, invite him to participate in the design of the fireplace, cutting out, brightly colored and hung on the fireplace portal a big eight of cardboard.
4. In Halloween - All Saints Day - the best decoration of your mantelpiece is a large pumpkin with carved holes in the form of eyes and mouth. Inside the pumpkin you can install lit candles.
5. And for any birthday , especially for children, such a decor as a locomotive of photographs, colorful flags, helium balloons tied to the fireplace, figures of the favorite cartoon characters of the child, etc., will do.