Holiday Faux Mantel

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