Since we don’t have a real mantel – I have turned the hubby’s speaker shelf that we built out of a stair into my faux mantel! And when I say that I turned it into a faux mantel – what I mean is that I have claimed all the space not being taken up by the speaker! Try to ignore the large speaker in the middle!
So on the right – we have my fantastic new Noel word art sign that I knocked off from Pottery Barn. I love how it turned out and love all the wonderful comments you guys have left me on it!
I also made this lovely little tree out of some of the mini ornaments they have been selling in the Target $1 bins. Anyone else pick those up? I will post a tutorial on it later this week!
Now on the left hand side – to mirror the height I had with the Noel sign – I put up a wooden Santa figure that my Hubby’s Nanny made. Yeah – you heard me – she made it. She cut it out of wood herself and hand painted it! Not just one – she made a bunch! Hand painted!!! I wish for that kind of talent!
I also put up a smaller ceramic Santa and a mosaic snowman hurricane vase! Very festive!
So there you go – it is pretty simple. But it looks great sitting over top of my TV! The height of the two wooden pieces is just perfect with the vaulted ceiling in the room! I have a few more tweaks I am making and then I will show you some of the rest of the holiday touches I have added around the house.
So what about you guys? What kind of mantel are you planning? Do you have a large speaker in the middle of yours? Probably not – that is probably just me! :)
Linking this up to
Tabletop Tuesday with Marty @ A Stroll Thru Life
Holiday Home Mantel Party with Layla @ The Lettered Cottage
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Your faux mantel looks great. There's a whole lot of cute going on there so you don't even notice the speaker. I have to decorate around speakers of assorted sizes also...two on my entertainment center and one on my hearth.
ReplyDeleteI love your decorations, especially the ornament tree and PB knockoff Noel sign! I might just have to copy those. ;)
ReplyDeleteWe do have a mantel, and although we don't have a speaker on it, we do have a large stereo system to the left of the fireplace. It's a real eysore, but what can I say - we like our music!
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I bought 4 packs of the mini ornaments at Target because I had been looking for them for years for another project, but am gonna use them for the ornament tree instead.
ReplyDeleteI love your mantle display. Your snowman mosaic is really cute too. I usually don't do much with my mantle as far as decorating for the holidays. I pretty much leave it as is and no, it doesn't have a speaker in the middle lol
ReplyDeleteLove the PB knock off...just did one myself. Your display looks adorable, really good job!
ReplyDeleteAh I love the little tree! I was late to the party on making an ornament wreath this year and I have lots left over. Love this idea! (And the Noel one too!)
ReplyDeleteNo large speaker, but challenges nontheless! I like your "mantle"!
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