| Candles, with good reason, are often-used | | | | they, too, add sparkle, are delightful with |
| decorative accessories on fireplace mantels. Lit | | | | silver-toned fireplace screens, tool sets, and |
| candles add flames that complement the glow of | | | | hearth wood holders. If you are fortunate enough |
| a working fireplace, and the candlesticks add | | | | to have some old mercury glass candlesticks, by |
| height to the mantel display. Yet the candlesticks | | | | all means use them with use them to decorate |
| also need to be of a material that will harmonize | | | | the mantel of a fireplace with silver-toned |
| with, not work against, your fireplace accessories. | | | | fireplace accessories. |
| You do not want the candlesticks' material to be | | | | Fireplace accessories, like many home decorative |
| discordant with the metals of the fireplace screen, | | | | accessories, are now available in bronze and |
| fireplace tools, and fireside log holder. | | | | copper finishes. These fireplace accessories have |
| Brass fireplace screen, tools, and other | | | | less shine than traditional brass fireplace |
| accessories, whether polished brass or antique | | | | accessories but more visual warmth and |
| brass, always work well with brass candlesticks | | | | character. With these fireplace accessories, a mix |
| on the mantel. In informal rooms, wooden | | | | of candlesticks in bronze, copper, and antique |
| candlesticks also fit well with brass fireplace | | | | brass makes a wonderful mantel display. Wooden |
| accessories. | | | | candlesticks also work well on the mantel when |
| You need not be limited to wrought iron or black | | | | using bronze or copper fireplace screens, fireplace |
| candlesticks when using black fireplace | | | | tools, and fireplace log holders. |
| accessories. Consider coordinating the candlesticks' | | | | Regardless of the finish on your fireplace |
| metal with the other metals in your room and on | | | | accessories, be assured that ceramic, porcelain, or |
| the mantel. If, for instance, the mantel has a | | | | painted wood candlesticks that echo the colors in |
| silver bowl, silver candlesticks will look great on | | | | your room are always a safe choice for |
| the mantel of a fireplace with a black fireplace | | | | decorating your fireplace mantel. |
| screen and tools. Likewise, a room with black | | | | Think not only of your mantel but also of its |
| fireplace accessories but brass lamps and other | | | | immediate surroundings, the fireplace with its |
| brass decorative accessories will be perked up | | | | fireplace accessories, when you choose |
| with brass candlesticks on the mantel. | | | | candlesticks for your mantel. The candlesticks |
| Silver-toned fireplace accessories, whether in | | | | need not be "matchy-matchy" with the fireplace |
| chrome, brushed steel, or satin nickel, are always | | | | accessories, but with some care in selection, the |
| complemented with silver-toned candlesticks on | | | | candlesticks will harmonize visually with your |
| the mantel. Crystal or glass candlesticks, because | | | | fireplace accessories. |