As in nature, a bit of green pairs particularly well with neutrals. A few palm tree prints, some bouquets of foliage and the hint of a tree to the left help to round out the design of this natural-toned room.

Clear demijohns are likely reproductions or younger antiques.

If you're not ready to commit to indoor or outdoor plant life quite yet, placing a few leafy greens or bright flowers in a vase can have the same temporary affect.

The most important design element is balance. When you step back and view the mantel, you want it to feel complete, not jagged or abrupt. In this example, an artwork series stretches across the elongated mantel and two plants at the ends anchor the look with vertical height.

A fresh breeze. Fling open all the windows on a sunny, breezy morning to give your home a fresh spring scent. Want to get an even greater benefit from the fresh air? String up a laundry line outside and let your sheets and towels dry in the sun.

Even these spare, modern photographs of palm trees add a warm-weather vibe to this beautifully simple room. All these natural colors and textures — wood, cream, sisal — look great together.

Exposed beans in dining room

pretty art

straight lines, fireplace as center piece

Long mantel

love the couches and tree pictures

Plants in vase

MANTEL IDEAS

love the greenery in vases on mantle.

Tall skinny beams

simple lines

Beams

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Pictures add a shelf with palms or vases with greens

Wall shelf for above tv

palette, coffee table, wood floor. oriental rug

plants in pictures with plants in real life

Idea for circle room?

Glass jugs and rustic wood combined, just as inspiration.

Single square chairs

Ceiling

Ceiling

Long Mantel

Aaaahhhh.......very nice

Chimney

Palm tree pictures

palm tree paintings

feuilles dans un vase

The green of the plants in the sea of white. The gorgeous lamp!

mantle & beams

Quadros

Simple living room with fireplace and exposed wooden beams

Planters

Like ours?

mantel

Wood along mantle spreads out

expanse

color palette, wood beam ceiling. fireplace ideas

Ceiling

philodendron leaves on mantle

New Mexico, South Texas, and Greece are nicely blended here.

Indoor plant tall vases

half wall fireplace. Interesting idea to put a wood mantel on top of the whole thing. Maybe a nice long piece of really thick rustic wood?

tiles around

The house is almost like this already. Easy "update".

Natural neutral

palm tree photos

Fantastic, unique, contemporary beach cottage feel

ceiling

fireplace simple flat wood

Vases

Long shelf

Fireplace,

Tree motif

Prints

plants, banana leaves????\

Long mantel

furniture layout, no couch facing fireplace

Ceiling

fireplace straigh mantel dont like

Painting

Living room layout

fireplace mantel idea

Series of prints

manrel

clean, crisp, elegant, simplicity. Cool look of all white, tempered by the warmth of wood.

mantle

plants

clean design, love wood beams & fireplace

spare photos of palm trees!!!

Painting palm trees

East living room wall with Brown and white picture of trees could look similar to this

Living room ceiling

coffee table glasses

Beams, greenery

pitures

The vibe

behind couch

Me gusta el diseno interesante

sofas/fireplace

wood beams

love this simplicity

greens as art

coffee table

Paintings

great space - love the photos above the mantle

white colors with textures added by green palms, glass bottles

arreglos con ramas

long mantle is cool.

cuadros

ceiling

Glass tiles

Nice and close, cosy look. I like the white and little bit of green combination, very refreshing

Decoration

Palm tree art

very cool, clean, southwestern

art

Photos of palm trees

bright textured neutrals

love how simple and relaxing this room is. Great, simple photos of palm trees.

ceiling beams

Stain beams

idea for mantle in family room

Ledge

Coastal - wall treatment next to fireplace

Art ideas

wood beams

New Mexico, South Texas, and Greece nicely blended...

cupboards either side of the fireplace

rustic modern

mantel

use shelf across lr at fireplace to make room seem wider

ceiling

white and natural colors

Artwork

can add storage/bookcases below for TV etc and paint brick above

built-ins

love the repetitive simple pics on wall

giant green leaves in the vase

long mantle!

artwork

Art, beams, wood

plants on a shelf

pics

couch and chairs

Extra Long mantel

ceiling beams

minimalism; exposed ceiling beams; plants; clean white furniture & light

Greenery

white & wood

It comes around again!!!

Lavender between the sheets !!

I love the stark simplicity of this fireplace wall.

sala

long mantel with cabinets below, simple decor on top

roof

Two chairs facing the sofa mimics the look of two sofas facing one another. Extra long mantel.

really clean look

fireplace on west wall of living room

den

Fireplace mantel display

Ceiling

love

dream living room

Shelf breaks up long wall

Beams

doing something like this, would mean you woulnd't have to worry about the ornat crown molding. But, instead of heavy cabinets, you could do open shelving underneath....

Estar

love it all

pictures

Clean and bright

Holidays home

like the fireplace

teto

family room

Palm tree pictures

modern styles

natural wood

fireplace

love this

beams

Love the wood on the cabinet idea

Ceiling treatment

family room

relationship of ceiling beams to fireplace and counter top of cabinets

fresh

love the beams

coffee table, lamp

thin beam

On a nice sunny day, open all your windows to air out things.

Love the modern slipcovered pieves,and the color scheme.

Ceiling beams

Wood beams mixed with natural color canvas and the oriental rug.

Pool/play house

look at those pictures.. love em

Style and color

wide horizontal mantel, white and wood, placement of art

Mantel lake

mantel

sofas and how they are across from each other

Mantel

wide mantel

beams, low mantle

long mantel with built in storage on both sides

Great firplace

Like the ceiling/beams

Fireplace long mantel

mantle

Canvas idea - 4 takes, one for each girl, on the same theme?

green, wood, cream colours