How to Create a Non-Traditional Fall Mantel
If Pinterest activity is any sort of barometer of what people are interested in, I think it’s safe to say that plenty of people love fall decor. The season of football games, bonfires, and caramel apples makes us feel warm and cozy as we prepare to nest indoors during the cooler months. As I thought about how I’d adorn my mantel for autumn, I decided to create a non-traditional fall mantel using natural items in a white and blue-green color scheme.
My mantel is non-traditional in the fact that it doesn’t consist of your typical fall colors like orange, brown, red, or yellow.
But in order to be considered a fall mantel, I included your basic white pumpkins and baby boos.
I also added beautiful white berries, which I can use at Christmas too!
So how do you create a non-traditional fall mantel? Start with an inspiration piece that isn’t necessarily fall-related. For me, that was my new Teco Art Pottery that I shared several blog posts ago. I love the blue-green hue and shape of the vases.
And I knew how perfect they’d look with white pumpkins.
Add white berries and a few vintage books to add height to the vases, and you’ve got a non-traditional fall mantel.
I added a few of my vintage bottles to the mix, for fun and interest.
And a few white ironstone butter pats to elevate a single Baby Boo.
For those of you who love the Teco Art Pottery as much as I do … I have some good news for you! PrairieMod is offering a 15% discount off any Teco Art vase to Town and Country Living readers now through October 7th!! Simply enter promo code TANDC15 at checkout.
When I introduced Teco Art Pottery on my blog, many of you fell in love with the Orb vase.
The vases are available in a variety of colors; green, aqua, royal blue, orange, red, brown, and white. You can view them at PrairieMod’s website.
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Beautiful color combination and textures for fall. Always love how you incorporate your pretty vintage bottles into your decor.
Mary Alice
Where do you get your gorgeous blue vintage glass bottles
I think you created a wonderful fall mantle. I like the combination of colors. I don’t do the traditional colors of fall either, doesn’t work with our décor.
Cindy
Your mantel is gorgeous, Jennfer! Nice to see some different ideas for fall decorating. Since my living room is yellow, fall decorating is easy…..Christmas is another story. It took me a while to pull it together, but I love my yellow living room at Christmas now. Thanks for your continued inspiration!
Love it. Love the Blue! I’d love for you to share at the party.
http://mychristmasjourney.blogspot.com/2016/09/fabulous-fall-party-link-your-party.html
Come over and link up any day! Happy Fall!
Lovely and simple just what i like and your colors are my favorite. Have a great day.
Oh wow. I am in love.
🙂 gwingal
This is so pretty and different for fall. I’m surprised I missed the post back in 2016 I thought I have been with you at least 3 years but I guess not. So glad you reposted and those vases are absolutely scrumptious. You must do something with them again.
The mantel is so pretty. I typically don’t do the usual fall colors because for one we have 2 blue velvet couches/sofas surrounding our fireplace and our front porch pots are full of blue hydrangeas and they are still blooming into October/November. I did see where someone added darker peony stems and their dried hydrangeas so that’s what I did. Those baby boo pumpkins are so sweet and on a dish made for a pat of butter? Even more sweet!
I had some faux dark blue velvet pumpkin stems that I cut up to add that spice of blue to my door wreath with some faux berry stems that actually to me look like burrs you’d get while walking in the thickets with your dogs…so whatever they are they made my wreath this year:0)
Love your mantel! Thank you for the link for the vases. I will definitely check it out.