Spring Mantel

To celebrate the start of a new season that's upon us, I thought I would share the Spring Mantel at our store. It's nature inspired and all freshened up for Spring. 

The gray painted and distressed wooden pallet became the perfect backdrop for the mantel display. I used branches, logs, birds, green moss, and a succulent for a natural theme.

The folded book was so simple to make. All you need is a cover-less paperback book and five minutes to fold sections of pages... and that's it!

Sweet little birdies perched on branches.

I bought the wooden nest letters and simply painted them to coordinate with the backdrop. 

I love the aged look of this mantel in our store. It's salvaged from New Orleans and has tons of character, years of chippy paint and the curved detailed top is just gorgeous. 

Have a wonderful week!

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Spring Mantel

Now that Valentine's Day is over that means Spring is just around the corner. I'm really looking forward to warmer weather! Today I want to share with you our Spring Mantel that I put together for the store. 

It has a mix of nature- inspired elements including branches and moss, neutral colors from the canvas books, concrete and terracotta pots with fresh greenery, a framed bird print, and a little red bird. 

I adore this mantel because it has so many special details and the mirror really adds a lot of character to this revamped mantel.

To make this fun- shaped object, I simply folded the pages of a vintage paperback book. 

I added buttons, twine and numbered tags to the canvas wrapped book bundles.

This aged terracotta pot was a freebie at a recent estate sale. Can't beat that!

I like to play around and mix different textures and materials with old and new pieces to create vignettes around the store. This Spring Mantel has all of those elements combined.

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Christmas Mantel

This year I decorated the mantel at our store with natural greenery, magnolia leaves, pine cones, glittered birds and some moss and burlap ribbon to finish it off. It's hard to believe that it all started with just two strands of inexpensive garland and eventually it ended up looking so natural. I just kept layering and layering until I had the look I was going for. 

I use natural elements all throughout my Christmas decor every year. There's just something about the fresh smell and the beauty of nature that I never get tired of. 

This gorgeous mantel was originally oak and we updated it with a lot of paint and a little distressing. Check out the Mantel Makeover HERE.

Stay tuned in the coming weeks ahead. I'll be sharing more of my Christmas crafts and Christmas decor with you.

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Mantel Makeover

I hope you had a great weekend. We just got home from a fun weekend trip to Nashville. I haven't blogged in over a week and I just wanted to drop in and share with you this gorgeous mantel we put in our store last week. It has so many beautiful details that I love: the simple moldings, the mirror, the curvy lines on the top, and the shabby, distressed look. I think this mantel would make an excellent upholstered queen headboard! 

We found this mantel last year and it has been sitting in our back room at the store forever. It has been one of those slow going projects. I'm not even sure why, because it has so much potential, but just one that kept getting pushed to the back burner. 

This is what it looked like before we painted it. It had dark wood with burn stains that looked oh so blah and boring. As soon as we painted it the details and moldings were instantly highlighted and updated.

This mantel makeover proves that a little paint goes a long way. 

I'll share our weekend finds sometime this week. . . stay tuned. 

Thanks for stopping by!

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Spring Mantel

I just wanted to share with you the spring mantel I put together at our store. I gathered a few of my favorite things... architectural pieces, fresh greenery, a mirror, vintage books, old keys, and glassware. Then I added a few handmade items in the mix.

I took a plain frame- painted and distressed it, made fabric flowers, added my initial, a bird nest and eggs then hung it with burlap ribbon for a natural looking spring wreath. 

I layered moss in a silver container, added a small bright floral arrangement, and a fern for some fresh greenery.

This charming mantel was salvaged from New Orleans. Some of my favorite characteristics about this old mantel is the detailed curved top along with the years of chipped and layered paint- in all the right places. 

Happy Spring. Thanks for stopping by!

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Christmas Mantel

 For some reason I waited to decorate our mantel at the last minute this year. It was the only thing in our house that wasn't finished, so at 10:00 Tuesday night I decorated it. This year I went with all red decorations to add some color and sparkle in our house- I love a monochromatic color scheme. I used 2 garlands, white lights, red ribbon and tons of red glittery feathers and decorative sticks to complete our mantel.

Our store mantel is simple and rustic this year. I used fresh greenery, magnolia, red berries and pinecones. These textures add so much to a mantel and fake garland.

Have a Merry Christmas!

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Fall Mantel

Well it's time for some more fall inspiration! As you remember I had my front porch fall decor put out so early this year. I was probably rushing it a little but I just couldn't wait any longer to get it all out! This is one of my favorite times of the year.

Starting today these ladies will be hosting a fall decor series of great ideas and inspiration for this season. It's fun to see all these creative ideas. I've linked up to join in this year. 

Our Fall Mantel at the store.

I started with an antique gold mirror as the centerpiece and then stacked vintage trunks in the mantels opening. I added pumpkins, old books, wooden candle sticks, a concrete urn full of gourds, an orange vase with curly willow branches- from my grandmother's yard, a wooden acorn, and salvaged architectural pieces that I already had.

These black and white pumpkins are from Hobby Lobby.

 I then added a few collected pieces: an antique wooden spool, metal basket, wooden letter, and a small crock with festive accessories.

The mantel was originally from an old New Orleans house that was salvaged.  I just love the details and chippy paint.

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