Sage advice from a seasoned carpenter. In the finish carpentry world, fireplace mantels are often the aesthetic showpiece of a room. People use mantels to display family photos, treasured artworks, ...

Some years I go at my holiday decorating with great gusto, fueled by a long list of ambitious decorating projects I can't wait to try. (Once I hung a huge fallen branch from the ceiling in my dining ...

That's why we've tapped a few design pros to share the common holiday mantel decorating mistakes to avoid at all costs—think overlooking a color palette, ignoring proportions, and overcrowding the ...