| ***We are one week away from closing on our new home and I can not wait to get back to sharing projects and decorating with y'all! Till then I thought that I would share my fall mantel from last year again. I think this is my most favorite fall mantel I have designed.*** Happy October first everyone! October is bringing in our first fall like temps this weekend with a few nights expected to be in the upper 50s. We can not wait! In celebration of October and cooler temps I wanted to kick off the season by sharing our fall mantel.  |
| I hope that you enjoy the tour!:) |
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| This year was the first year decorating for fall since we paneled the fireplace wall. |
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| Yep, The Fall Fairy decided to finally make a stop at our house! Let me tell you it was an all day affair! I was arranging things and thinking how I needed a few more things so I started digging thru all my stuff and forgot I had not one but two bins full of fall goodness in the pretty closet. Yes, I said pretty closet! We have his and hers closets and well mine is full of what my boys call my pretties!;) Some gals go for shoes I go for decor. |
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| My fall mantel display was created pretty much with stuff I already had. This cute Autumn sign I got last year at HomeGoods. |
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| I used the architectural piece bookends I purchased last month from HomeGoods to flank the wreath. |
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| The wreath is the only new piece! I just could not pass it up when I saw it at yes, HomeGoods on Thursday! It hopped in my cart and refused to get out. I paid $40 for it and tried to reason myself out of it since I usually make my own wreaths but I was adding up what all was in the wreath and by the time I purchased all the garlands and picks I would have been pretty darn near that $40 in the first place even with it all on sale. |
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| I needed some taller items on either side of the mirror so I pulled the topiaries down from the front door ledge and just stuck some fall leaves and a pumpkin in them. The shutters I just finished painting and were a gift from my mom. She got them at an estate sale. I have another set out in the garage that I am thinking of painting and selling. |
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| And here is what took all day! I did it layer by layer and would get frustrated so I would walk away and come back to it. I am not one that can just throw stuff together in a flash. It always takes me some time to achieve the look I am going for. |
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| Down on the hearth I pulled out my twigs I have had for years from Target and my candle sconce from a store called Illuminations that sadly closed up shop. It was divine! The only light in the entire store was by candles! |
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| For the lantern I just threw some picks on top with raffia ribbon. |
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| I am pretty pleased with how it turned out. This is the first year to decorate for the seasons with the new fireplace surround and flooring! And yes that is blue painters tape you are seeing! I am still working on caulking and repainting the baseboards!;) |
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| The Fall Fairy is not done and has left a few messes along the way. The dining room is still in progress as well as the landing and as soon as I get the trim painted behind the tv cabinet I need to decorate the top of it so there will be plenty of fall yumminess yet to come! |
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| Speaking of yumminess!! You MUST go out and get these tart warmers from WM! They are beyond yummy and our entire house smells delicious! Hope your weekend is going well and thanx for stopping by! |
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| I woke up this morning and found out that the fall fairy finally decided to stop by our house! |
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| She was very thoughtful and was sure to take a before pic. Thanx fall fairy!;) |
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| This is the magic she was able to pull off with only items I already had around the house. |
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| I am glad that she decided to leave the rooster roof tile. I think he still goes nicely mixed in with fall. |
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| She pulled out my fave candle sticks that I purchased a few years back from Illuminations. I loved that store and hated to see it close. The entire store was lite only by candle light. |
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| The fall fairy was also able to keep my HomeGoods frenchy vase and sticks. I think I need to get an initial pumpkin from HobLob to sit down there as well. |
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| The fall fairy was using her trusty book of fall inspirations I guess to guide her!;) She did a great job replicating it! |
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| No, really I found this site called PhotoFunia a few weeks back and love playing around with the vintage effects. I thought I would share it with y'all as well! This is our house in Baton Rouge that I did with a vintage feel. I want to find pics of all three of our homes and make a display with them. You can spend hours on this site but not to worry, I only spent abt 30 minutes. Thanx for stopping by to view a sneak peek at what I have been up to in the wee hours on the night while my men were sleeping. Hopefully by the end of the week I will be done and take ya on a tour of all my autumn glory. For now though I am linking up to Funky Junk Interiors SNS, Sunday Showcase Party, and Metamorphosis Mondays once it is up and running. Off to check out what HobLob has one sale this week and well some of the everyday mundane boring stuff too. Have a good one y'all! |
