Wood Fireplace Mantel

One of the most popular and common mantel materials is wood. Wood fireplace mantels produce such a warm and comforting feeling it really accentuates the heat coming from the flame itself.

Your wood fireplace mantel can be large or small, recessed or protruding. The best mantels will be custom crafted by a woodworking craftsman. If you have the tools and ability this can be a wonderful do it yourself project, but you'll need to spend a LOT of time piecing it together and getting the routed grooves just right.

If you don't have the time, tools or interest in making it yourself then you'll want to contact a professional craftsman or visit your local home improvement store to see what prefabricated options are available. One of the latest trends is to get a do it yourself mantel kit that comes with pieces ready to assemble. I would consider this the semi homemade option.  Other than time saved, another major benefit can be cost (they are often far less expensive) and the satisfaction of doing it yourself.

We recommend the following stores for great wood fireplace mantels:

Decorative Concepts - has the mantel kit, and mantels for $197. The first step in ordering your Decorative Concepts fireplace surround is to select a surround style.

Central Fireplace - Compliment your fireplace with one of Central Fireplace's hand-crafted mantels. You may choose a corner, cabinet or room saver cabinet mantel in Venice, St. Andrews, or Bordeaux designs

Mantels Direct - MantelsDirect.com has Custom Fireplace Mantels, Surrounds and Shelves. We can make your mantel to fit the Fireplace Surrounds that you want.