HOLIDAY MANTEL IN COPPER AND GOLD

Whenever I change up a mantel for the holidays,  I try to use what's already there as a starting point.   This mantel already had the MCM gold mirror and the copper hurricanes with preserved boxwood spheres.  They directed the color choices.  I added a faux Norfolk pine garland, copper ornaments, and a trio of gold tree toppers.

 I purchased this faux Norfolk pine garland at Kirklands.  It is so realistic.  I used it on my stairway too.

CEDAR GARLAND

I mixed three jeweled copper tree toppers with the pine garland.

TRIO OF TREE TOPPERS

These copper ornaments adorned my holiday tree many years ago.

COPPER ORNAMENTS

I love these houndstooth hurricanes.  Before the holiday decorating began they rested on a stack of books.

HURRICANE WITH PRESERVED BOXWOOD SPHERE

HOUNDSTOOTH HURRICANE

All I added to the mirror was a gold beaded garland.

MCM MIRROR WITH BEADED GARLAND

I have many chandeliers in my home.  This vintage pagoda pendant light is my favorite.   It creates the perfect reflection in the mirror.  I found the mirror and the Chinoiserie chandy on a vintage shopping trip with my Mom.  It's a very sentimental attachment.

VINTAGE CHINOISERIE CHANDELIER

How is your holiday decor coming along?

If you missed the post about my holiday trees from 2012 to the present, go here.

If you missed the post about foraged holiday decor, go here.

CLASSROOM EDUCATIONAL CHART AS ART

I'm convinced that art doesn't have to be in a frame.  One of my favorite pieces of "art" is a roll-down classroom educational chart.   It fits perfectly between a pair of windows in my sun room.  You'll also see that the chart was the inspiration for the earth tones I used in the room.

CLASSROOM EDUCATIONAL CHART IN MY SUN ROOM

Notice the zebra cushion on the Chinese Chippendale chair.  It's a pillow that fit perfectly onto the seat of the chair.  The geometric patterned pillows on the wing chair and sofa are the same fabric that I used on the draperies on the side windows.  (The side banks of windows aren't pictured, but you can see the draperies reflected in the mirrored frames on the window.)  I chose no draperies on the windows that face the back yard because there's only a field behind me and privacy isn't an issue.  Instead of draperies, I layered coral prints in mirrored frames directly onto the window grid.   

ANOTHER ANGLE OF THE ROOM

 Notice the pops of coral that complement the earth tones.

I think what I like most about the chart is the way it reflects into the mirror on my mantel on the opposite wall.  The chinoiserie chandelier is a vintage find.   

CHART REFLECTED IN MY GREEK KEY MIRROR ON MY MANTEL

I went for symmetry on the mantel.  I placed freeze-dried boxwoods into pairs of houndstooth votives.  I needed a bit of height for them so my go to riser is always books.  I chose ones with black and white dust jackets.

What do you use as art?

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