My Favorite Common Elements Of A Spring Mantel And Hearth
I’ve discovered that I have a favorite “recipe” for decorating my fireplace for spring that I use over and over again. I love to use some variation of each one of the “ingredients” every year!
#1: A Backdrop – Not Just The Wall
This pretty much applies to my fireplace year round, not just in the spring. But, nevertheless, it’s what I start with. My backdrop consists of 3 things:
- a neutral color palette – this allows me to use any color that I choose for the accessories
- a tall element in the center – great for giving more presence to wreaths, art, etc.
- a pair of shutters, one for each side of the mantel – to extend the visual width of the wall above the mantel
If you missed it, make sure to read my post, The Secret To A Pulled Together Room And How To Achieve It, and you’ll understand just why having a backdrop is so important.
#2: Greenery Or Flowers – Think Outside Of The Box
There are so many ways to incorporate greenery and/or flowers – and it doesn’t just have to be some greenery in a pot! Some of my tricks:
- loading up a burlap tote with several bushes of artificial tulips that were recycled from a spring centerpiece
- filling a large dough bowl with greenery covered orbs
- placing faux boxwood orbs, instead of candles, atop chunky candlesticks.
#3: Texture Baby
Texture can be added with baskets, flowers and plants, branches, etc. Even the louvered shutters, that are a part of my backdrop, provide texture.
#4: Porcelain Or Crockery Containers
This is another element to fireplace decorating that you’ll find me using year round. I especially love thick, chunky, heavy pieces of crockery as opposed to delicate porcelain pieces.
#5: Just A Little Bit Of Color
Adding the color green for spring decorating kind of goes without saying, but my other favorite color to use in the spring is a soft shade of blue. It’s difficult to see in this picture, but I carried a bit of that same soft shade of blue from the hearth up to the mantel, by placing a blue candlestick inside the tall lantern.
So, tell me – do you have a favorite decorating “recipe” that you like to use? What’s your most used “ingredient”?
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Love the Wreath!
Those are all great ideas! I really like the lantern with the blue candle inside.
Lovely. I really like both mantels you have pictured. Light and airy!
Love the shutters!!!
Love the use of shutters. I use old chipped shutters all the time. They bring needed height and roughs up some of the “pretty” pieces I use so it isn’t too cute or fussy.
Love all your posts and ideas.
Gorgeous! I love that you include the hearth in your mantel decorating scheme. Your vaulted ceiling and high windows add to the drama of your mantel and fireplace area. I love that you’ve chosen décor pieces that fit with the large scale of that wall. It’s really so effective!
Your mantel is so lovely and so is the rest of your room. So cozy and warm.
Thanks for sharing at Thursday Favorite Things. Hope you come back next week so I can stop by again.
Bev
Your home and mantel are so beautiful. I love how you have decorated them for spring. Thank you for sharing your helpful tips at the #HomeMattersParty
Gorgeous home and a gorgeous mantle. Your rooms are always stunning. I will be featuring this tonight at my Winter Blues Wednesday party that opens at 8pm EST. Please stop by and pick up an I’ve Been Featured button. Thanks. http://diybydesign.blogspot.com
I have always loved to use green in the spring on my mantel, but I love your little touch of blue.
Can you tell me where I can purchase the center wood and iron piece you used on the mantel, it’s so beautiful.
Hi Leah. You can find the information that you’re looking for in this blog post: http://www.worthingcourtblog.com/the-things-that-i-get-asked-about-the-most-and-where-to-get-them/
I love the mantel with iron and wood frame , lantern letter H, Orb and vase. Where can I purchase these items
Hi Margie. You can find where to purchase the iron and wood frame in this blog post: http://www.worthingcourtblog.com/shopping-guide-to-worthing-court/ . The orb was purchased at West Elm (I don’t believe that they carry it any longer), both vases were purchased at TJ Maxx and the letter H was purchased at a local shop, but you can probably find them on Amazon.
Where is your wreath from? Im obsessed with it!
And the candle holders on each end of the mantel 🙂 I’ve been looking for something chunky like that and have been unable to find exactly what I’m looking for!
I love those chunky candle holders too! I found them at Pottery Barn. 😀
Hi Angelina. My magnolia wreath came from Magnolia Market. Here’s a link to it: https://shop.magnoliamarket.com/products/faux-magnolia-wreath
Where can I purchase the wood and iron frame?
I purchased this from Kirklands several years ago, but I don’t believe it’s available any longer.