What's a girl to do when she loves a decorated mantel, but Christmas is over and Spring has not yet sprung? Well, she creates a winter mantel, of course!
You all probably laugh at me because I always have to have my mantel styled just so. But it's the focal point of my open concept floor plan. And it's the first thing you see when you walk through my front door. I really love it that way. (That's why my flat screen TV is not up there ... I don't want it to be the first thing I see when I walk into the room!)
Let me back up a bit. The day after Christmas I went on a shopping spree. I wanted to find some specific Christmas items for my house at a steep discount. One of them was a Christmas table runner, and I was eyeing a particular one at Pottery Barn. While I was in PB buying my table runner, I spotted these cute little fir trees with burlap-wrapped bases. Oh so adorable! (I can't find them online, so they must only be in the stores.) I just knew I had to have two of them. They were marked down to $17 each. Happy me!
As I kept shopping the rest of the day, I knew I didn't want to pack them away in the attic with the rest of the Christmas things. I was going to use them on my winter mantel, of course! The whole idea came together in my head while I was walking the mall.
I wanted it to stay simple. I left the twinkle fluff (yes, that's what the fake snow is actually called. Twinkle fluff ... haha!), the window and the bird (from Hobby Lobby) up there from my Christmas decorations. I added the cute little trees, a photo of the family, my burlap wreath from my front door (remember it from my Christmas Home Tour?) and my Anthropologie candle.
Of course, now that my front door wreath is on the mantel, I need to make a bigger one for the front door. That's been my plan all along. And this time I promise to take pictures and share a tutorial. It's a really great winter wreath.
What do you think? Did you decorate for winter? (I think it's the hardest season to decorate for, but it's needed so you don't get too down from the cold, dreary weather.)
Happy Friday!
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