You knew my mantel was going to be the first thing I decorated for Christmas, didn’t you? I love starting with the mantel for any holiday or season. It’s an easy thing for me to decorate and it gets me motivated and inspired to decorate the rest of my house.
My color scheme for Christmas is green, brown, gold, and white. So the first thing I did was pull out things in those colors to consider decorating the mantel with. My decorating budget for this year is close to $0, so I’m trying to use things I already have around the house. Obviously not all of this is going on the mantel, but I like to keep my options open.
This is how it all came together. I love the colors I chose this year. They bring a feeling of comfort and peace to my home.
Not all my decor is shiny and glittery but I wanted the mantel to stand out.
The PEACE sign and bird were in my bedroom during Christmas last year.
You can never have to many trees displayed, right?
A pinecone wreath is the perfect wreath for my mantel. I found this one at a thrift store for only $3. I usually use a thumbtack to attach the wreath’s ribbon to the middle shutter, but this wreath is too heavy so I attached it to the wall behind the shutter and then just pulled the ribbon over the top. The JOY was in my bedroom last Christmas also.
There’s still one thing missing; the banner, bunting, garland or what ever you want to call it. I’ll be working on that later this week.
How are you coming along on your Christmas decorating?
Would you like to see some more mantels? Here are the links to my 2010 mantel and 2009 mantel.
