Why mantelscaping is the perfect spring decor trend
telegraph.co.ukher Instagram feed. ‘Even if the rest of your room looks messy, a mantel can be a grand moment.’ Here, style experts share their tips on making the most of yours. ‘Mantelpieces tend to be a focal point for a room and as such are an ideal place to display the objects you own that bring you happiness, in an ever-evolving way,’ say Angus and Charlotte Buchanan of creative design firm Buchanan Studio. ‘We like to think of it as “curated clutter”.
On ours at home we have everything from vases and candles to books, collectables, fresh or dried seasonal flowers, artworks and treasures like shells and driftwood from beach walks.
Moving things around, and frequently ringing the changes in terms of what you display, will help keep a room feeling fresh, stimulating and inspiring.'Floral artist Hazel Gardiner has developed a reputation for bedecking mantels in flowers – a trend that has exploded in popularity over the past year.
Ditch the environmentally problematic floral foam, she advises, and fill cardboard boxes or planting troughs with a couple of layers of scrunched-up chicken wire, then fold the wire over the edge ‘like a waterfall’ to cover the front of the box. ‘That’s basically your structure,’ she says, ‘then you just keep adding things in.’As covering a mantelpiece in bought cut flowers can rack up cost-wise, Gardiner advises a mix of dried, silk and foraged materials. ‘You could just use all greenery, which looks beautiful,’ she says, suggesting ivy, jasmine, rosemary, ferns and hellebores as seasonal options that could be brought in from the garden now.
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