How Do You Design A Fireplace Mantle & Bookcase?
Fireplace mantels and adjacent bookcases located on the sides of the fireplace, or even above the mantel, create beautiful additions to a home. This home design feature will add to the resale value of your home. You can use the mantel and bookcase to display decor accents, pictures and collectibles, as well as books. Before you get started building, design a fireplace mantel and bookcase that fits your functional and visual needs. Take a photograph of your existing fireplace or completely stripped down without furniture, decorations or wall art in the way. By taking a photograph this way you can view the area cleared out at any time and use the photograph to help you sketch out possible designs for the mantel and bookcases. Sketch the empty fireplace and use the drawing as a blank canvas for creating your mantel and bookcase designs. Draw just the empty fireplace first, in three dimensions, capturing how sections of the wall stand out or sink in around the fireplace and how the hearth
