No focal point. Painting too small for fireplace and hung too high to relate to mantel as a vignette. Too many items of similar size. Scale of books, pictures too small for space. With items displayed symmetrically, no clear focus.
Different frames give photographs nothing in common.
Lacks color, which would create interest. Large, colorful painting gives mantel a focal point. Leaned artwork at eye level helps relate it to mantel. Asymmetrical display directs the eye, emphasizing an order for viewing items. Rust color in painting repeated in vase, base of birds.