The Mantel of My Dreams So, I recently made a change that’s given my living room a fresh, elegant vibe — I stopped decorating ...

Melissa is a writer who focuses on home design, trends and projects. She covers content for a variety of sites to help readers navigate everything from finding the right interior color palette to ...

Christina dresses up her white fireplace with flameless pillar candles and a festive wreath, proving that less is more when it comes to mantel decor ...

When Hilary Mantel was a young girl, she started seeing things that weren’t there. Along with the growing pains that plagued her adolescence, she suffered from frequent and debilitating headaches that ...

Hear us out: The fireplace mantel is the jewelry box of the house. Like the latter, it holds prized possessions and coveted family heirlooms, and most mantel decor ideas include displaying all your ...

Geraldine has over a decade of experience writing within the home improvement sector. Additionally, she has unique first-hand renovation experience as the previous owner of a house-flipping business.

People often call the kitchen “the heart of the home,” but we think a fireplace gives it a run for its money. With a fire ...

Maybe you have an ornate mantel wrapped in marble and intricate millwork, or perhaps you’re working with a charming, timeworn brick surround—either way, having a fireplace (working or not!) in your ...

In London, the ghosts of history are never far away. The past lies close to the surface of its narrow streets and the walls of its churches. At Gray’s Inn, the cluster of stately brick buildings where ...

LONDON — Hilary Mantel, the Booker Prize-winning author who turned Tudor power politics into page-turning fiction in the acclaimed "Wolf Hall" trilogy of historical novels, has died, her publisher ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Fernanda Eberstadt MANTEL PIECES Royal Bodies and Other Writing From The London Review of Books ...