Old House Journal

MANTELS in a Holiday Mood

WINTER BY THE SEA

his is another of the five fireplaces in Clineff’s home. Floral designer Sandra Sigman noted remnants of blue paint on the original paneling and built a coastal vignette on a bright-blue mantel recently added. She layered seashells, bleached fern, seeded eucalyptus, chamaecyparis, and smilax. She placed a globethistle wreath above: “There’s so much here, we didn’t need a

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