Christmas Mantels Around America – My Very Merry Farmhouse Christmas Mantel
I am sharing my rustic farmhouse Christmas mantel with you, plus Christmas mantels from around America!
I’m so excited about my Christmas mantel this year! And I am honored to be sharing my rustic farmhouse mantel along with eighteen of your favorite bloggers from all around North America! I’m representing my home state of North Carolina. You’ll want to be sure to check them all out and see how we decorate differently in the regions of America. Scroll down to the bottom to see the links to their posts.
Red is making a comeback in a big way at my house this year! I had pretty much banished it from my Christmas decor after using it for so many years, during my Tuscan phase. What was I thinking??? 😀 But, as soon as I spied some tartan plaid Christmas plates, that I used in my Christmas Breakfast Nook, I was hooked on red for Christmas once again!
I kept my wreath simple by only adding a cute Nordic sweater garland (from Kirkland’s) to it. The garland is repeated down on the mantel, where it is mixed in with the greenery. Cute, squatty, little trees (from Hobby Lobby) flank the “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas sign (also from Kirkland’s). 
The shutters and large architectural piece pretty much stay on the mantel all the time, which makes decorating so much easier! For my Fall Mantel, I added another layer with the board that the wreath and sign are hanging from and left if here for Christmas. 
The shutters make a great backdrop for twig wreaths, with a Christmas ornament hanging in the middle, and red Christmas lanterns (from Hobby Lobby). When I was finished adding everything to the mantel, it seemed to still be missing something. Once I added the felt ball garland in red white and green (from Target), I realized that was just what it needed!
For the last several years, I’ve tried to do something different on my mantel – something a little non-traditional. But, I never have enjoyed it quite as much as this year’s version. Christmas red and green just might be here to stay at my house!
The tartan plaid dishes, that I referred to earlier, set the tone for my Christmas decorating this year. The shelves in my breakfast nook were the first to be decorated for Christmas and that theme carried into my family room!
CHRISTMAS IN MY FARMHOUSE BREAKFAST NOOK
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Check out the beautiful mantels from these fabulous bloggers!
CANADA:
EAST:
Atta Girl Says || Golden Boys & Me || In My Own Style || StoneGable ||The Everyday Home || The Rustic Life || Worthing Court
CENTRAL:
Cedar Hill Farmhouse || Edith & Evelyn || House By Hoff || It All Started With Paint || Maison de Pax || Town & Country Living
WEST:
At The Picket Fence || Classic Casual Home || Tidbits || Twelve On Main
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Such a gorgeous mantel, Suzy! It’s so cheerful and inviting! Thanks so much for organizing this fun tour! 🙂
So happy, so merry, so bright, so CHRISTMAS! Thank you!!
Beautiful as always…Thank you for your wonderful ideas
I love your Christmas mantel. Just beautiful. Thanks for sharing!
Love your Christmas mantel! Very festive decked out with red and green! I too purchased the sweater garlands at Kirklands. Aren’t they adorable? Your tree looks gorgeous! Wish you had taken a better snapshot of the tree so we could see it in its entirety. Thanks for sharing your Christmas home!
Hi Nancie. I’ll be sharing more of my tree tomorrow! 😀
Wow, your mantel is gorgeous! What a statement the sign in the middle makes! And your use of red is perfect…just enough to make it look festive! I love that you painted your fireplace brick white! So pretty! Have a wonderful holiday season Suzy! Hugs – Christine at Must Love Home
Love all of your Christmas decorating. Such a beautiful home!
Oh I would love to have a mantel. Someday! It looks beautiful!. Hope to see you link up with us at Family Joy Blog Link Up Party this week. Check us out http://thinking-outside-the-pot.com/?p=3206
What a gorgeous Christmas mantel. I love the plaid. You’ve created such beautiful farmhouse decor. Thanks for sharing at Snickerdoodle! Pinning to my Christmas Board.
I love all of this!! One of my favorite parts is the wrapped boxes in the basket by the fireplace. I have a similar basket, and never quite know what to do with it. I think I do now!! Thank you so much for sharing
Stopping by from Sunday’s Best. I love your Christmas décor. The mantel is my favorite, but I do love the plaid on the tree. It really gives the room a country feel. Thanks for sharing.
I love your décor this year. Although the other participants have some beautiful rooms, there is nothing as heartwarming as the traditional red and green for Christmas.
I really need to know how to achieve the shutter look. How do I make those and what color is on your shutters on the mantel? I love them!!!
Hi Rhonda. The shutters are painted with Rustoleum spray paint in Anodized Bronze. Are you asking how I attached the twig wreaths to them for Christmas? If so, I threaded a strip of plaid ribbon through the twine string hanger that was already on a Christmas ornament. I then looped the ribbon around the wreath. I used a thumbtack in the top of the shutter to attach is to the shutter. Please let me know if this isn’t what you’re asking! 😀
Hi Suzy,
Just to clarify the color on the shutters as being Anodized Bronze. I am hoping that I asked about the correct shutter. I just came across a prior blog about your bi-fold doors that you cut apart. They are on your mantel. These are the ones that I wanted the color that you used. It may still be the Anodized Bronze, but I wanted to make sure we are talking about the same thing and I feared that I may have asked about shutters instead of the cut bi-fold doors. It looks more greyish in color in the picture on the internet.
Hi Rhonda. Anodized Bronze seems like a weird name for a gray color, but that’s what these are painted with. The shutters on the mantel are a part of the bi-fold doors that I cut apart. I also used a couple of them on the wall in my dining room, which you can see here: http://www.worthingcourtblog.com/dining-room-before-after/ . Hope this helps!
Thank you so very much!! I’m going to see if I can find those at Home Depot and pick up the paint as well. I’m so excited about redoing things in my home and I just love your website. I am not too décor savvy, but you are teaching me. I’m forever grateful.
I love every single thing about your space! It really is just gorgeous and dreamy 🙂 Thanks for sharing it with us at Funtastic Friday!
So beautiful! I love plaid during the holidays and I’m swooning over all the touches of plaid.
I love everything but, those dishes and the little snowman so cute! Thanks for sharing at the Inspiration Spotlight party! Pinned & shared.
I would be spending a lot, a whole lot, of time sitting and enjoying this beautiful space