DECORATING THE MANTEL for the holiday's can be fun and easy if you follow a few basic rules. The
best-looking mantels follow a loose decorating formula: something pretty (artwork or flowers), something reflective
(cue the mirror), something personal (a collection of favorite objects). Don't forget to layer various sizes and heights to
add interest to your mantel. Try stacking pumpkins or ornaments on vintage books, or stack items on mercury candle
pillars in either silver or gold. Ready for some inspiration?
Get your glitter on and
experiment with glitter
pumpkins. Bring in purples
and blacks for an extra
spooky mantel. See more
glittery ideas here.
Try incorporating white pumpkins on your
mantel this year to give a clean look. You
can scour the store for the right sizes
or paint them yourself. For a look that
enables some geometric creativity try
using a black sharpie on your ghostly
pumpkin.
Even if you don't have a "mantel", you
can decorate a side table or shelf for
the season! See Circus Berry for ideas.
Fall
Decorating for fall doesn't have to be expensive - or dominated
by orange. Get creative and throw in some of nature's gifts
or work outside of the expected color palette. Display bright
colored branches in classic autumn hues, and let nature speak
for itself — or bling it out DIY style by adding glitter to your
pumpkins. If fall to you is more of a trick-or-treat vibe check
out some spooky mantels concoctions here:
Traditionally nothing says
fall like bright orange
pumpkins. Decorating your
mantel can be as easy
as lining up a row of the
pretty colorful gourds!
holiday
MANTEL
