Mantel Decorations – Before and After
Mantel Decorations - After
Mantel Decorations
I built a custom mantel for our new home and it’s been sitting “naked” for almost two years with the exception of a few Christmas decorations this year. My darling wife has been begging me to go shopping with her to pick out decorations for our mantel so it wouldn’t look so plain.
We ended up buying some great stuff on clearance at Pier 1 Imports. The main focus piece of art is a really cool carved wood portrait of mums. It was quite a steal at only $99. We matched the artwork colors up with some vases and candle sticks.
Mantel - Before
Finding a piece of artwork that was the correct proportions was the hardest part. Our new mantel is very wide and has a very deep shelf on top. This was actually a result of a design to incorporate Old World Christmas lights that my wife collects. Luckily the piece we found is almost a perfect proportion of length to height to match the wall above the mantel.
I think we did a really good job. We spent a total of $200 for the piece of art, two vases, 3 candle sticks, the candelabra and all the candles. Another great place to shop for these kinds of decorative items is on Amazon
Do you have a mantel? How is yours decorated? What do you think of our decorations?
Looks great! It is surprising how a few small items can make such a huge difference
Great Job…big improvement!
Todd, looks great… Maybe you’ll be able to submit it this Summer for our Before and After event!