So, I need to find something for the middle of my fireplace mantle. I've been having problems finding a picture worth having up there. I don't want crap like an urn or tea candle fancy shit. Ideas?

9/7/2010 11:30:07 AM

I put a bigass wood frame mirror on mine, not hanging off the wall, but sitting on the mantle, slightly leaning on the wall.

that's one idea.

9/7/2010 11:39:48 AM

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"I put a bigass wood frame mirror on mine, not hanging off the wall, but sitting on the mantle, slightly leaning on the wall. "

thats what i have

9/7/2010 11:42:22 AM

if you can't find one big picture that you like, you can always get a bunch of pictures in the same frame and hang those up in kind of a collage type thing.

9/7/2010 11:45:55 AM

Gun rack!

9/7/2010 11:55:00 AM

I have a large black and white nude photo of myself. You can get it blown up to any size so that it fits the space and it sets people up for disappointment before they actually see you naked.

9/7/2010 11:58:06 AM

i used to put my collection of coconut monkeys and norwegian clay trolls on my mantle

do you have any coconut monkeys or norwegian clay trolls?

9/7/2010 11:58:31 AM

Could you post a picture of your mantle??

I've got 4 fireplace mantles in my house and have different shit on each of them. I used stuff I've compiled over the years in combination with random stuff I've grabbed at World Market and Marshalls over the past couple weeks. World Market has some great/affordable paintings that work well over mantles.

9/7/2010 11:58:44 AM

World Market has this:


Turn it landscape and it would look super cool.

http://www.worldmarket.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3596979

9/7/2010 12:29:05 PM

9/7/2010 1:16:46 PM

^agreed.

Or those glass jars filled up with like pebbles and shit

9/7/2010 2:15:58 PM

Photoshopped pictures of you with celebrities, world leaders, etc.

9/7/2010 2:19:30 PM

I continue to see this as "Manticore Ideas?"

I agree with Slave Famous

I would also support a tiny, porcelain manticore for the sake of the pun.

9/7/2010 5:28:36 PM

deer head

9/7/2010 6:10:26 PM

9/7/2010 7:15:37 PM

a nice clock?

9/7/2010 7:30:09 PM

what i would avoid is posting a picture of the room and specifically the mantle

9/7/2010 7:59:01 PM

I assume from the ` that you want your mantle to be hot as fuck?

9/7/2010 8:43:37 PM

I think having a mirror leaned up against the wall is a great meantime idea.

Do not go out and buy some crap to put on your mantle. Collect stuff over time. Allow your sense of design/art appreciation to develop.

9/7/2010 9:03:30 PM

the operative question here is: what do you like? don't piss money away on some random bullshit just because you feel like you need something over the mantel--that's what women and homosexuals do

[Edited on September 7, 2010 at 9:28 PM. Reason : btw, none of you mfers can spell...]

9/7/2010 9:28:02 PM

most standalone mollusks do alright for themselves--but i would suggest a crocheted doily

9/7/2010 10:25:04 PM

^^agreed. i think those signs you can get a kohls or wherever that say shit like "family is home" are super tacky and make me want to barf. if you've accumulated stuff over the years i'd look for something meaninful to you, but you also can't go wrong with the mirror idea.

9/7/2010 10:42:08 PM

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"btw, none of you mfers can spell..."

I mean, we can pull out the OED if you want to be picky, and it would tell you that both spellings are acceptable, as well as "mantalle" and "mantell." The spelling "mantle" with this etymological meaning dates back to at least 1734, so I'll give mfers a pass on this one.

9/7/2010 10:47:46 PM

rationalize it any way you want to, b

9/8/2010 12:03:11 AM

Then yes, I will choose to rationalize using the oldest and most respected source of knowledge about the English language there is. If the Oxford English Dictionary is ok with it, then I am, too.

9/8/2010 12:40:55 AM

bobblehead dolls

9/8/2010 12:52:57 AM

9/8/2010 8:52:22 AM

I like how FykalJpn got completely schooled, and still chose ignorance just to try to save face on the Internet.

9/8/2010 9:29:45 AM

i don't give a shit if you spell it properly or not, but dan quayle tried to play the alternate spelling card too and you see how well that worked for him...

^you're still butthurt b/c you can't spell supersede

9/8/2010 10:19:07 AM

What the fuck is an "mfrs"?

That doesn't look like the proper spelling.

(I have a clock on my mantle. Large, in charge, and displaying the wrong time)

9/8/2010 10:50:59 AM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbreviation

9/8/2010 11:13:57 AM

rationalize it any way you want to, b

9/8/2010 11:48:14 AM