Shari, I used off white paint in the mixture and it looks good with
my dark wood mantle.
I too, have experienced, white mantle envy, as I love to do up my beautiful cherrywood fireplace, and was surprised that my pinterest searches usually came up empty with
dark wood mantles.
I'm usually adamantly a fan of marble but don't love it with
the darker wood mantle.
Not exact matches
Oh Vanessa, I have to laugh, because I LOVE
dark wood, especially
mantles, but last week I made one from a door and my husband said it needed to be white so there was contrast with the
dark wood it was next to.
Though I have never been a big fan of river - rock fireplaces (they are often so
dark and heavy looking) your's has to be the best I've ever seen with it's pale rocks, mortar, bleached
wood mantle and shiplap chimney breast.