The grocery stores have been well stocked with tulips lately. I thought I would buy a few and decorate my mantel for spring! I love using white pitchers. I had these white pots stored away (from the last set of plants I killed). So I bought a couple “supposedly” easy plants from Lowe’s to give…
Oh the pressure to come up with something interesting for the fall mantel! Actually, I shouldn’t feel pressured at all…it should be fun to decorate, right? This year, I just went with a simple black and orange mantel! Ever since I switched out my rectangle mirror for a round one, I have had trouble being…
With the calendar flipped over to September, I suddenly feel the urge to update my mantel for fall! Although I have no idea what I am doing with my mantel this year, I thought I would recap some fall mantels from previous years… 2012 Design (full post here) 2011 Design #1 (There were three attempts that…
If you’re like me, you enjoy rearranging your fireplace mantel to reflect the seasons. This year, I decided to decorate a simple spring mantel with bunnies and flowers! In previous years, I’ve decorated with more color. For this spring, I kept things simple with black and white. That way I could coordinate with the black…
Recently, I hung a round mirror over my mantel. Originally, I had all kinds of visions of how I would decorate the space for Christmas but I ended up liking the mirror all by itself. So, I kept things simple. Just some garland, candles and of course the stockings. My kids reminded me that we need…
I finally got around to updating my mantel today. The beachy-shell theme wasn’t really working for me on this brisk October day! I hung a round mirror that has been sitting around here for the past few months. I worked with the black from the mirror and dove into the typical Halloween black and orange….