March 26, 2015
My Process For Creating A Spring Mantel
Looking at the red vases on the mantel, I felt we needed a few spring touches in our family room. I love the black clock and wanted to keep it, but switched out the red vases for the blue vases. Standing back looking at them, it just seemed we needed more gold. I swapped out the red candles for gold and switched out the candle holders, too.
Those vases just screamed out for orchids. Okay, well in my mind they did, anyway. The brass urn seemed like a perfect choice to carry the gold through the whole vignette, but it seemed a bit low. Books were the perfect addition for adding a touch of color and the extra height needed.
At this point, I walked away. Sometimes you just need to take a break. Coming back I realized I still needed something small on both ends. I remembered having seen a couple of ceramic birds at ‘Tuesday Morning’, which would be perfect for those spots.
Shopping For The Birds
The next day I went shopping. As I walked straight to where I had last seen the birds and then through the entire store, not a bird was in sight!
Totally disappointed, I started for the door. There was a display of bird baths on the right as I approached the door and in the middle of two of them were these adorable ceramic birds.
Elated, I picked them up, bought them, and I love the way they ended up looking on the mantel. It doesn’t take much to make me happy!
Don’t you just love the little birds? They help create a lovely spring mantel makeover!
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