"The fireplace started out with a muted palette of white and beige, which looked stark against the black hearth. Here's how the DIYers behind the redo completed their makeover - and the trick they used to decorate it that I can't stop thinking about. Black paint does the heavy lifting. The black hearth looked too stark against the old white mantel and beige tile surround, but that was an easy fix for the DIYers."
"The basket decor hides a $2 DIY in plain sight. What really impressed me about this project, though, was the brilliant (and brilliantly simple!) hack for the basket collection hung above the mantel. That's because interspersed with the baskets are $2 place mats customized with black spray paint. The DIY was a smart way to pad out an existing basket collection so that it didn't feel too sparse."
An outdated fireplace with a white mantel, beige tile surround, and a black hearth created a stark contrast. Painting the entire mantel, surround, and hearth black unified the assembly, made the fireplace appear larger, and produced a modern aesthetic. A basket display above the mantel was enhanced by interspersing inexpensive $2 place mats spray-painted black to add texture and visual weight. The placemat hack is affordable, customizable in design and color, and adaptable to bulk up sparse basket collections or to introduce texture to a traditional gallery wall.
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