How to Style a Mantel for Autumn
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It is that time of year to start shifting and changing the look of my living room from my summer teals and yellow. I am completely in love with the mix of grey and gold that Target has put together in their new fall collection. With these beautiful home decor pieces in their stores I knew exactly where to shop for my updated fireplace look. Of course my rooms must have DIY in the mix so for this update I chose two projects. My first DIY project is a new mantel cover to add the modern and rustic touch I love. You can see the before in last year’s fall look. I started this project with a trip to my local ReBuild Center to find two very long pieces of white washed siding. With a little help from my carpenter friend (I plan to learn to use power tools someday) we designed and made this beautiful mantel in just a few hours. The great thing about it is that it can easily be removed when I am ready for a different style. My second DIY was to do a refresh on the large art piece that covers my television. This is something that I made last fall for my “splash of plum” update. I wasn’t ready to paint over the purple painting so instead I carefully covered it with a painter’s canvas. I then made three stripes with an acrylic black paint, watered down to paint watercolor grey and finished the look by adding a row of gold foil squares. Instant art and the perfect backdrop for my next step of styling with my Target finds!
The focal piece for my new mantel is the Target wooden bowl and white and gold pears and apples. These are items I will be using for years to come. I finished the mantel with two pieces of decorative pottery, the small gold polka dot vase and a white and gold bowl. The last thing to tie the mantel together is a wood twig. Mantel done!
For the hearth my main focal is this grey chevron pouf. Another favorite from this Target collection! I finished the hearth to look cozy and inviting with a gold graphic pillow, fabric basket to hold my match boxed, a basket to hold the grey polka dot blanket and a large gold polka dot vase. Now it is ready for those cozy fall weekends! Stay tuned for the rest of my updated living room look. Cheers! ~ Lia
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Where are the gray tile from?
Unfortunately I’m not sure :-/ The fireplace was finished when I moved in.
I’m obsessed with your painting!!! I’ve never done any watercolor canvas painting before, any advice/do’s/dont’s?
Thank you Morgan! That painting was actually a happy accident– I watered down black acrylic paint and just started painting stripes. I could tell the painting needed a little something more and grabbed my favorite go-to– gold leaf! So my biggest tip is to just pick the colors and have an idea what you want, but just go for it and have fun 🙂
Any tips on finding the wood for the mantle if I don’t have a rebuild center in my area? thanks!
You could look on Craigslist, or even purchase wood from the hardware store and distress it yourself!
Hey! Love this! How did you hang your canvas over the tv? Did you just hang it on the TV? I want to do this!!
Thanks Jessica! Here’s the tutorial: https://liagriffith.com/stylish-diy-tv-cover/
I LOVE your tv cover you made yourself! Did you ever happen to do a tutorial on it??
So you painted an existing painting with white acrylic paint, what about the grey? What is the gold??? :):) Can’t wait to hear from you
I don’t have a tutorial on it. But I should do one! It’s super easy and such an awesome addition to the room. I bought a ready-to-go canvas and used acrylic paint (I watered down the gray color a bit to make it lighter) to paint it. For the gold, I used mod podge glue to attach gold leaf 🙂 Super easy and fun to create yourself! Good luck!!
Thanks for the info, I actually bought all the stuff to make this today! Thanks for the idea and inspiration:)
So awesome! You are so welcome
Did you use gold leaf for the gold stripe? Thanks!
Exactly!! I looove gold leaf, if you can’t already tell, ha! 😉
I love the painting (DIY TV cover) with the gold horizontal stripe – where can I find that? This would go perfectly with my living room decor. Thanks!
I painted it myself. Just regular acrylic paint, give it a go it is fairly easy.
hi, I love your mantel and I am redoing mine right now. Can I ask how you did yours?
Thank you
I found some old wood at the rebuild center and simply had my carpenter make a casing that slid right over the current mantel. With a few nails it holds in place and I can remove it when I am ready for something new.
I would love details on your mantle art! Did you do a tutorial?!
No I didn’t but might have to make one;-)
wooow this is pretty and beautiful, very inspiring as well.
Thank you for sharing your idea, have a nice fall.;-D
So happy to hear, thanks for letting me know:) Happy Fall!
my favorites from target are the wooden bowl and pears too!!
I am really liking their new design direction!
Really beautiful!! Love the mantel and your new accesories
Thank you! I am also loving the new rustic look, especially for fall:)
I just recently discovered your blog…this is a perfect example of why I love it already. Gorgeously done! Thank you!
Yay!! Thank you, that is really nice to hear!
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