This Holiday Season, Decorate Your Mantel According to Your Favorite Design Trend

When it comes time to decorating your space for the holiday season, there’s no better place to start than your fireplace mantel. Often the focal point of a room, the mantel offers so many design configurations and options (and empty spaces to fill with elves, reindeers, wreaths, and other tchotchkes). As the focal point, the mantel can tie in a cohesive theme or style for all your holiday decor, across your fireplace and Christmas tree and throughout the whole room. So, why not add to your holiday collection with items for that space that fit your style—or the style you wish to achieve?

While minimalism had its time, maximalism is the design buzz word of the year, allowing people the freedom to add more decor pieces, layer patterns, and play with design trends in a whole new way. If you’re feeling brave this holiday season, mix things up and play with some other popular design trends. Maybe your home matches the very popular rustic aesthetic, and you’re looking for more items to match your current living room setup. Or is your style a cross between rustic and cottagecore, everyone’s favorite throwback style?

No matter your style and no matter your holiday decor needs, we’ve rounded up some of the best holiday items out there to fill your mantel according to the design style you’re aiming for: cottagecore, rustic, or modern. (Or perhaps all three?)

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• Cottagecore
• Modern
• Rustic

Cottagecore

1 of 3Courtesy of World Market

Pillar Candleholder

A pair of rustic candleholders is a top design choice for mantels and shelves anywhere, bringing a lived-in feel along with festive lighting.

Pier Place Rustic Wood And Pinecone Pillar Candleholder, $9.99-$12.99

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2 of 3Grandin Road

Christmas Village

Whether you’re looking for a quaint house figure for your existing decor or you’re looking for an entire village, Grandin Road’s ceramic houses fit the bill for tabletop or mantel-top designs.

Christmas Village Decor Houses, $31-$39

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3 of 3Courtesy of World Market

Mushrooms and Red Berries Wreath

Feel at home in your cottage(core) with a wreath full of faux mushrooms and berries and pinecones all over.

Faux Mushrooms And Red Berries Wreath, $29.99

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Modern

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Velvet Wood Garland

Etsy shop NewAndNostalgicCo offers a sleek, modern, wooden version of your favorite garland (available in the hues burgundy or butterscotch).

Velvet Wood Garland, $35

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Ceramic Winter Trees

Modern, ceramic trees can add a sleek element to a mantel, or the whole set can set the tone for an entire space.

Ceramic Winter Trees, Starting at $40

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3 of 3Courtesy of Crate & Barrel

A-Frame Christmas Ornament Tree

Crate and Barrel’s streamlined A-frame tree brings a simplified elegance to mantels and window ledges.

Large Zinc Double A-Frame Christmas Ornament Tree, $99.95

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Rustic

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White Birch Flameless Pillar Candles

A flameless candle not only looks great among holiday decor, but it offers a remote way to light up any area with its battery-operated device.

White Birch Flameless Pillar Candles, $39.95-59.95

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2 of 3Pottery Barn

Rustic Leaf String Lights

This string of copper lights can hang from a fireplace or snake around your tree or mantel. For added convenience, this set has an on-off timer switch.

Rustic Leaf String Lights, $59

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3 of 3Balsam Hill

Lantern Stocking Holder

Searching for a colorful element to your mantel? Balsam Hill’s red lantern stocking holder gives off a bright element to your rustic decor.

Lantern Stocking Holder, $89

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