A Few Traces Of Fall

Hello dear friends, how is everyone this week? As for me, well the projects here in the home front are taking much longer than anticipated, so it's going to be awhile before I'm able to reveal anything major! With that being said, I couldn't keep myself away too long from blog land, so I thought I'd share with you some photos of my "simple fall mantle." Be forewarned though, it really is a very plain {but hopefully still festive} mantle! :)

With the current state of our home, I really had to work with what I had. And truth be told, I wasn't really planning on showing my mantle at all this year. Why might you ask? Well, the hubs and I had plans to reface the brick portion of our fireplace, redo the hearth, and also remove the over-sized {and oh so crooked} mantle & replace it with a size appropriate one. Preferably a chippy, shabby one made of reclaimed wood.

This was supposed to be done by this December, but since there seems to be a delay in many of our projects, I figured I would go right ahead & share "traces of fall" in our mantle - even though it's still perfectly imperfect. :)

I decorated my mantle this year with what I call, the "Three P's!" Which translates to Pumpkins, Pomegranates, and a Pear! :) Here in our household, we really try to "eat with the season," if you will. And these three were in the equation.

So I pulled out some mercury candlesticks, pillar & votive holders. And instead of just using the conventional candles, I propped some pomegranates & pears on top of the them to add a splash of color and fun!

I wanted some more "green" in here, so I added a clipped hydrangea head and placed it into one of the mercury votive holders.

Can you tell this hydrangea is "faux?" lol Most likely so, but at least I'll have these all season long. :)

Then I added a little silver platter & scattered some faux autumn leaves {a 0.99 cent store purchase}.

To break up all the "silver" on my mantle, I placed a vintage french jar in between the candlesticks. To soften up the look a bit, I had planned to insert a few stems of white spray roses in this jar, but the day I took these pics - autumn's first rain arrived hard here in SoCali. So my daily walk to the local organic market where I usually buy my blooms, was put to a halt.

So just picture in your head, "white spray roses" somewhere on this mantle. :) I know that does not really relate to the "fall season," but roses are one of my favorite blooms, so I try to have them in my home as much as I can. :)

On the other side of the mantle, some "browns" were incorporated by an old vintage book that was already sitting on my mantle along with the old Jaz clock atop it. So I just left it there.

I didn't really want to put too much brown on the mantle because enough brown was already incorporated by the fireplace cover above. We picked up this piece recently, and what I love most about it, is that it is made from salvaged wood.

In it's {almost} entirety, this is what our fireplace + mantle looks like. I told you it was VERY PLAIN. :) Because our mantle is slightly crooked {you can't tell from the pic, but it is}, I did not want to prop any of my mirrors, pics or frames - for fear that it might fall. I have a little one, so that was out of the question. AND, I say this is what our mantle looks like in it's "almost" entirety, because in the expanded view, the mantle is actually a whopping 7-8 feet wide!!!

Well, there you have it - my simple fall mantle. :) I hope you enjoyed these photos of "traces of fall" in my home. Until next time, happy fall!

XO's,
Jessie


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