How tall should a fireplace mantel be




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Naomie Moore aka baileyanddaisey, Castaic CA on Apr 03, 2018
How high is your ceiling?Helpful Reply- See 1 previous
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Shore grandmom on Apr 03, 2018
It depends on how high your ceiling is. We have 8 foot ceilings and out mantle is about four foot high. In another house our mantle was about 4 1/2 feet high. My daughter has a cathedral ceiling and hers is about 5 to 5 1/2 feet high.Helpful Reply -
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Jo Ann Bradshaw Brown on Apr 03, 2018
thanks ya'llHelpful Reply -
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