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Boho Christmas Fireplace Mantel Decor

Modified: Aug 23, 2024 · Published: Nov 20, 2018 by Dannyelle Nicolle-Ramjist · This post may contain affiliate links · 8 Comments

Boho Christmas Mantel: Black and White Modern Boho mantel with lots of tassels, pom poms, fringe, bottle brush trees, stockings and garland.

Boho Christmas fire place mantel black and white.
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One of my favorite parts of holiday decorating is to create a beautiful festive Christmas mantel.  If you love boho decor, I think you'll love this. Our boho Christmas mantel in neutral colors of black and white is perfect for the Christmas season.  I used lots of DIY Christmas mantel projects, and I hope it gives you lots of Christmas mantel decor ideas for your own Christmas fireplace.

Bo Ho Christmas

My basement family fireplace is a real favourite of mine.  We moved into this house when it was just about 8 months old, which meant that it was new, but all the finishes were already picked of course.  For the most part it was very neutral.  A few things won't have been my choice, but I could certainly live with them.  But when we moved in the basement was un-finished.  We saved up for a while, and decided it should be our first major project in the house.  We had a three year old and baby, and we knew we wanted a big family room, playroom, tv watching, gathering space.

Boho Christmas Mantel

My brother-in-law worked for us on weekends, and finished the entire space.  It was the first place that I really got a chance to design.  I had the idea of making the fireplace surround out of concrete, and wood veneer.  My amazing brother-in-law was up for the challenge and created this amazing fireplace for us, bringing my design dream to life.  I love it.  I loved it when we put it in about 10 years ago (wow, time flies fast) and I still love it.  It has lots of drama, is modern, and a little unexpected.  And, it's always fun to decorate for the holiday season.

black and white Boho Christmas Mantel

Black and White Boho Christmas Mantel

This year we're doing Modern Boho with a black and white color scheme for Christmas in the family room.  My first project for the fireplace mantel was giving my deer head a little makeover.  The deer head is made of paper mache that I spray painted white years ago.  He still feels perfect for Christmas.  He got a bit of a boho makeover by wrapping his antlers in different black and white yarns.  It adds some fun texture, and was super easy to do.  I think this is a great idea for adding lots of texture to our focal point.

paper mâché deer head

One aspect of boho design is to add in well traveled vibe by adding treasures with a global influence.  Another element of boho design is adding lots of textures and natural elements.  This pretty star garland was bought at a shop where women from other countries can work on fair trade projects to help support their families.  It feels global, Christmas-y, and natural, and it adds texture -so it's ticking all the boxes. 😉

Boho Christmas stockings

Trees

On top of the mantel I did a collection of bottle brush trees in our black and white color palette.

black and white Boho Christmas

I love the tall ones -picked up at Hobby Lobby on a recent cross border shopping trip.  The rest are ones I had in my Christmas boxes.  I wanted to add just a few black ones to bring it in, but couldn't find any black bottlebrush trees while I was shopping.  So, I DIY'd these ones.  They started out green, and I spray painted them black, and then added some black glitter.  I only needed a few to tie in the black here, so this DIY worked out great.  It's a fun and easy way to bring in the black.

black and White Christmas mantel

I also included a few fun 3-D Christmas trees in warm wood tones.  These are from a few years ago, but worked perfectly here.

Boho Christmas stockings

Christmas Garland

Fringe definitely feels very boho so it was the perfect main garland here on the mantel.  It's easy to find at the fabric store, and you can purchase it by the yard to fit your space.  It come sin lots of different designs and widths.  The natural colors are perfect for our color scheme.  A macrame garland would be a great choice here too.  But the fringe gives a very similar look to macrame, and it's much easier.  It's the perfect boho Christmas decor touch.  I also layered it with some black and white felt ball garland, and more of the straw stars.  And then I added one strand of twinkle lights for a little Christmas sparkle this time of year.

This layered garland choice is a great alternative to using fresh greenery.  It won't dry out with a roaring fire, and it's a great way to add lots of texture and interest.  Wood bead garlands would be a great addition.

I hung the garland with command hooks on the side of the fireplace.  These are a great idea.  They're inexpensive and easy to remove after Christmas with no marks left behind.

Boho Christmas stockings

Boho Christmas Stockings

The DIY boho Christmas stockings are a favourite of mine.  I made the fun stocking tassels myself.  This was a fun way to add a boho touch to cable knit stockings.  For our pom pom stockings makeover I made a big tassel and big pom pom for each and threaded on some wooden beads.  These tassels would be a fun door knob tassels after Christmas time too.  A smaller version would be great Christmas decorations for the tree also.

black and white Boho Christmas

I love how this holiday mantel turned out -the black and white are fun, and a little something different.  This simple mantel display is full of texture, and interest, and the perfect festive touch for the holiday season.  This cozy Christmas mantel is one of my favorite holiday decorations.

Boho Christmas Mantel black and white

With a black and white Boho Christmas Mantel, life really is a party!

Be sure to check back tomorrow for the continuation of my Boho Christmas series.  I'll be sharing a fun DIY Christmas cushion for the couch.

More Inspiration

You might also like our Boho Christmas Tree here.

Boho Christmas Tree and DIY Macrame Feather Ornaments: black and white Boho Christmas Tree full DIY ornaments, plus a full tutorial for macrame feathers.

Also check out our Black and White Christmas Home Tour here.

You might also enjoy our Pastel Colourful Christmas Living Room here.

Colourful Pastel Christmas Family Room: Inspired by Anthropologie, with bottle brush Christmas trees, mercury glass, vintage ornaments, macrame, & pastel colours.

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  1. dnr says

    December 04, 2018 at 10:23 pm

    Jamie, thank you so very much.
    Dannyelle

  2. Jamie says

    November 21, 2018 at 8:15 pm

    This is so, so pretty, Dannyelle. I love the neutral with black and white.
    Hugs, Jamie

  3. dnr says

    November 21, 2018 at 6:54 am

    Laura, thanks so much. Can't wait to enjoy some fires here.
    Dannyelle

  4. Laura says

    November 20, 2018 at 11:09 pm

    What a fun and cozy Christmas mantel! Amazing job! xoxo

  5. dnr says

    November 20, 2018 at 9:46 pm

    Thank you. Everything is better with a little fringe, right? 😉

  6. dnr says

    November 20, 2018 at 9:45 pm

    Lucy, thanks so much. Boho is sure fun!
    Dannyelle

  7. Lucy AKINS says

    November 20, 2018 at 6:22 pm

    What a cute theme. I love all the tassels.

  8. Lolly Jane says

    November 20, 2018 at 12:44 pm

    Eek! Love all those textures together, that garland is just dreamy!!

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