Fall Mantel Decor

Beautiful fall mantel decor with traditional fall colors and natural elements. Add some mini lights and candles for a pretty night time glow!

 

Seasonal Simplicity Fall Series

It’s time for week three of the seasonal simplicity fall series!  We’ve shared fall crafts and DIY projects, fall wreaths, and this week is all about fall mantels.  There are over 20 beautiful fall mantel ideas to help inspire you to create a cozy fall mantel {or even just a fall vignette} of your own.  You can find all of the projects at the end of the post, so be sure to check them out!

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Faux Shiplap Mantel

If you’ve been following along on Instagram, you may know that our mantel recently got a bit of a makeover. I have been wanting to get rid of the alcoves in our mantel for a couple of years now and finally did it!  We ended up putting faux shiplap up {like we did in our front entry and bathroom} to cover over the existing alcoves.  In case you’re wondering, there was nothing actually wrong with the alcoves, I just needed a change after living with them for 17 years. There’s really only so much you can do to decorate an alcove like that!  The boards are just covering them up, so we can easily remove them in a couple of years if we change our mind.

Here’s our fall family room and fall mantel from last year with the alcoves. I’ve had faux stems in those alcoves for as long as I can remember and I could never figure out anything else to do with them.  I was just ready for a change.

Our Fall Mantel Decor

Since we just finished doing the mantel, I’m still playing around with how I want to decorate it.  But, for now, our fall mantel is done. I used a fairly neutral color scheme with some traditional fall colors thrown in there along with lots of natural elements. Pine cones, pumpkins, and wheat, oh my!

For the top of the mantel, I layered some mini lights over a faux pepper berry fall garland and then added some pine cones and a couple of varieties of white pumpkins.  The wheat in some dollar store glass jars added a little bit of height and kept with the natural elements.  It’s pretty simple, but that’s kind of what I’m craving right now.

I used a sugar mold filled with pinecones and glass candle votives for the center of the mantel.  I always love the weathered look of wood against white.  It looks really pretty at night when it’s all lit up with the mini lights.

The one requirement from my husband {and the kids!} when I re-did the mantel was to keep the clock. {I didn’t keep the same clock but got this one.} We’ve always had a clock there and any time I tried to take it down to replace it with something else, they always requested that I put it back.  Apparently, no other clocks in the house are good enough. 😉

I kept the shelves quite simple as well, and tried to keep with the same natural elements for styling.

And there’s our fall mantel!  I’ll have some full room shots with it next week when I show you our full fall family room tour.  If you have any questions or decorating ideas for me, just let me know!

 

More Fall Mantel Ideas

Still not quite sure how to decorate your mantel for fall? Here are over 30 other beautiful fall mantel ideas and pretty fall vignettes to inspire you.  There’s lots of different styles, themes, and colors to choose from – I’d love to hear what your favorites are!

The Happy Housie // Bless’er House // Rooms FOR Rent // House by Hoff // The Turquoise Home

The DIY Mommy // Sincerely Marie, Designs // Craftberry Bush // Amber Tysl // Just a Girl and Her Blog

Maison de Cinq // So Much Better With Age // Hallstrom Home // Shabbyfufu //
Town and Country Living

Summer Adams // Finding Silver Pennies // Paint Me Pink // Clean and Scentscible
Nina Hendrick Design

Jenna Kate at Home // Modern Glam // Place of My Taste // In My Own Style // Kelly Elko

Rambling Renovators // Just Destiny // Deeply Southern Home // Setting for Four
Willow Street Interiors // Stacy Risenmay

More Fall Decorating Ideas

For more fall decorating ideas and inspiration, check out these posts…

Fall Front Entry Decorating Tips

5 Ways to Add Fall to Your Kitchen

Fall Favorites Free Fall Printable