Have you ever noticed how obsessed bloggers are with decorating their mantels?
Seriously.
What's up with that?
Back in the day (before I became a reader of blogs and peruser of Pinterest) I thought people only decorated their mantels for Christmas.
Silly, silly me!
Turns out mantel decorating is a year-long affair.
But what do you do if you don't have a fireplace? You kind of need one in order to have a mantel, don't you?
Not necessarily! A little creative shopping and you too can have a mantel to decorate to your heart's content.
I give you my DIY faux mantel:
Step one, purchase a pretty mirror. (I got mine several years ago at Cost Plus World Market.)
Step two, purchase a shelf ledge. (I got mine at Pottery Barn.)
Step three, decorate like a mad-woman. (Okay, so I haven't quite embraced this yet, but I'm going to. For now, though, my "mantel" is a repository for some family photos and my DIY "zinc" letters.)
How about you? Do you have a mantel? Do you decorate it? Leave me a link in the comments if you've done a mantel post. I'm looking for ideas for mine. :)
Very cool! I usually just decorate my mantle for the Christmas and Thanksgiving, and husband likes to put fake spiders up there at Halloween. Our living room is a little small so I feel cramped if there's too much going on up there, but I really like this idea that could be done elsewhere in the house!
ReplyDeleteVery good idea! :) It looks beautiful. I just started decorating mine within the past few months I think I caved because of blogging. It sat empty for several years before that though.
ReplyDeleteLook at you! Now that you have a mantel, you'll have to decorate it for every holiday. Where are the bunnies? Or wait...I best E is for Easter, right :)
ReplyDeleteOoooh that's a great idea!! Way to improvise ;)
ReplyDeletexox
Bailey
http://akabailey.blogspot.com
So so true! Keep on decorating like a mad woman - it looks amazing!
ReplyDeleteKelly
I love this, I don't have a mantle, I somehow always think of them as very American but I LOVE them. I need a faux mantle. This is a really great idea.
ReplyDeleteHow pretty! This is the first house I've lived in that didn't have a mantel. We have a wood stove in this one. (You can't put much of anything near a wood stove in the winter.) I miss it! I treat several of my shelves as if they are mantels...or fantels...which are faux mantels!
ReplyDeleteVery nice!!
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Frances
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