Fireplace California Mantel

For ages, installing a fireplace mantel in your living room has been the symbol for elegance, class and creativity. At Calmantel, choosing fireplace hearths and mantel finishes leaves plenty of room for creativity and styling for you to do what you wish. Premium finishes and textures include stone, cement, cherry wood, oak, and poplar wood. The most common and warm wooden finishes are oak, cherry, and maple (available in our store). Each piece is incredibly detailed and will look fantastic in your home on top of your crackling fireplace. To add another dimension of usability to your fireplace area, overmantels are available.

How to Hang your Shelf and Mantel Surrounds

There are a couple different methods to hanging your custom California fireplace mantel and surrounds above your fireplace. Attaching it to your wall may be your best option, but make sure that your walls have strong beams that can support the weight of the mantel. Free standing styles put much less force on your wall, however, it is slightly misleading. It is still mounted to your wall, but only to prevent it from moving; free standing mantels have legs on either side to support it's weight, and are fastened to your wall securely with the included brackets.

Different Types of Mantles

Wooden fireplace mantels are generally fit for a small family home living room, because of their warm friendly appearance and their budget friendly pricing. For owners of larger colonial-style homes or mansions, an antique-style stone or pre-cast fireplace would be suitable; with antique-style fireplaces, there is little comparison when it comes to adding a touch of class to a large room. Check out our stone precast mantel selection that will radiate classy, modern vibes from your fireplace. Common antique mantel materials include cement and stone, but more expensive models are crafted from granite or marbles, and usually have exquisite carvings of figures, fruit, animals, or other figures on them. Whichever your choice, by purchasing from calmantels.com, you avoid all of the extra costs you would normally pay (like stripping and restoration).

Our custom precast and wood mantels at Calmantel will...

- Improve the beauty and value of your home.
- Act as a room focal point.
- Offer 99 selections for your fireplace mantel
- Give a choice of prices from economy to high-end.
- Use your fireplace as a shelf or display.
- Guarantee custom, high-quality craftsmanship.

What to Choose for your Fireplace?

Since you are purchasing a mantel to fit the look of your home and decorate your fireplace, it is necessary to choose the right fireplace mantel shelves that look the best in your living room. Bright colored rooms will obviously be well-complimented by bright wooden mantels. If you have a modern styled home, your large areas will look great with a radius mantel and more traditional homes may benefit from our beautiful antique styles. If you're having trouble deciding, keep these three things in mind: style matching, weight (will my walls support hanging this?), and budget (marble will be significantly more pricey than oak).

These should help narrow down your choices to pick the perfect fireplace mantel and be ready to order from our selection!