Fireplace Decor and Makeover Ideas

Ready to spruce up your fireplace? Us, too! If you’re considering a full fireplace makeover or just want to add some new fireplace decor, you’ll find the best ideas here.

We’re talking easy DIY fireplace projects, items you can add to the mantel to decorate your fireplace with, and more.

First we’ll walk through all of the best DIY tutorials for Fireplace Makeovers and then move into decorating ideas for the fireplace!

Let’s get into the best fireplace make over and decor ideas!

DIY Fireplace Mantel Surround – Faux Cast Stone European Style

Any DIY-er’s out there? If so, get ready to totally transform your fireplace with this idea! Cami from Tidbits & Company blew it out of the park with her DIY fireplace tutorial.

This tutorial includes tons of details and even a very thorough video to watch to help you do this project yourself.

I LOVE how crisp and clean the fireplace looks after this DIY project was completed. Update your mantel surround into something more elegant and stylish.

Spray Paint the Fireplace Surround – DIY Tutorial

Learn how to spray paint the fireplace surround! Christin from My Homier Home will show you how to with this easy DIY tutorial.

DIY Lime Washed Brick Fireplace

Lauren from Bless’er Home turned an outdated, orange brick fireplace into the beauty that you see below.

Learn How to Limewash a Brick Fireplace for a new look in your living room. You won’t even recognize your old fireplace.

For full details on how to achieve this, click HERE.

DIY Wood Stained Mantle

Try this simple update – just improving the mantle! Shara from Woodshop Diaries shared this awesome idea and tutorial for improving a fireplace without a huge budget or time investment.

You won’t believe how much of a difference this wood mantle makes in improving the look of the fireplace.

Want to try it yourself? Click HERE for all the details.

Hang a Guitar Wall

If you’re a musician with instruments that can hang on a wall, we wanted to share this idea. Luci hung these two guitars next to her fireplace and we thought it was such a fantastic option!

DIY Painted Stone Fireplace

You do NOT want to miss this total fireplace makeover edition on Lemon Thistle blog by Colleen. Painting the stone and updating the mantel really made all the difference in how this fireplace looks.

If you want to grab all the steps to try it yourself, click HERE.

Simple and Neutral Fireplace Decor

Now let’s talk about decorating. Sometimes all you really need is to spruce up the decor to get a new look to your fireplace!

If you love the way Kelly from The Lily Pad Cottage designed her fireplace, be sure and click through to the full blog post for the deets.

Sring Inspired Fireplace Mantel Decor

Check out this fireplace from Suzy over at Worthing Court. It’s spring inspired, but could really work for any time of year!

My favorite thing in this design is the wood and metal arched panel above the fireplace. She can easily leave it up year round and just swap out the surrounding decor seasonally.

Lean into greenery for a setup like this. For ALL the details on how Suzy set up this fireplace display, click HERE.

Blues and greens as shown in the image above are a great color duo to focus on when decorating a fireplace if you feel stumped. It feels fresh, lively, and lived in!

Fall Inspired Fireplace Mantel Decor

Once the weather starts cooling off, it’s time to break out the fall mantel decor! We love how Linda from The Home I Create designed her fall mantel over the fireplace.

To grab all the details on how to recreate this look yourself, check out the post HERE.

Who else is majorly ready for fall now? I know I am!

Conclusion

Did you find an idea for your fireplace that you’d like to test in your own home? I hope you found just the inspiration you were looking for to update that fireplace!