Christmas Mantel Decor Ideas – Clean and Scentsible

December 3, 2020

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Stunning Christmas mantel with impartial tones and dried oranges. A number of different Christmas mantel decor concepts too!

Beautiful Christmas mantel decor ideas and Christmas tree with dried oranges.

Christmas Seasonal Simplicity Collection

Welcome again to Week four of the Christmas seasonal simplicity collection. I can’t consider it’s December already! Every week my running a blog pals and I’ve been sharing our favourite Christmas concepts with you – all the pieces from Christmas decor to Christmas DIY tasks and recipes! This week we’re sharing some stunning Christmas mantel decor concepts. You’ll find the entire designs on the finish of the put up, so you should definitely examine them out!

Should you’ve missed the earlier weeks, yow will discover them right here…

Beautiful Christmas mantel decor with greenery and dried oranges.

Christmas Mantel Decor Ideas

The mantel is all the time such a focus at Christmas {thanks Santa Claus!}, and one among my favourite areas to embellish. Whether or not you wish to preserve your mantel easy, otherwise you favor a extra extravagant design, slightly bit of affection can go a protracted methods! For our mantel this yr, I went with a comparatively impartial colour palette with whites, golds, and greens – BUT, with slightly pop of orange! I’ve been wanting to make use of dried orange slices in our decor for just a few years now and determined 2020 was the yr! I additionally used different pure parts reminiscent of pinecones, wooden tones, fake greenery and some cinnamon ornaments to tie all the pieces in to a nature impressed theme.

Beautiful Christmas mantel decor with greenery and dried oranges.

The right way to Layer a Garland on a Mantel

I believe an excellent garland {wherever you place it} is all in regards to the layering! Final yr I shared the step-by-step course of I’m going by once I put collectively our mantel and this yr I assumed I’d focus extra on how one can layer the garland on the mantel.

Layer 1: Greenery

Whereas I completely love the look {and scent!} of recent greenery, I often go for fake greenery as a result of practicality. To make your fake garland look extra practical, take a while to separate the branches and give it an excellent fluff. Begin with a extra stuctured, wired fake garland and then add on garland layers to get a fuller, extra pure look. Utilizing a reasonable garland as the bottom weaved in with a extra practical {and usually dearer!} garland will assist to avoid wasting slightly bit of cash whereas nonetheless wanting stunning. Should you actually love recent greenery, you’ll be able to all the time layer in some actual boughs and stems. It’s an effective way to get a few of that scrumptious pine scent with out having to place up a full recent garland.

I like an excellent garland draping down off the mantel, but it surely simply doesn’t actually work with our mantel as a result of its size and shelving under. For our garland, I simply lay it throughout the highest of our mantel and use just a few Command hooks to safe it. Should you’re going for a extra drapey look, nonetheless, you’ll be able to nonetheless use the Command hooks and simply use fishing wire wrapped across the garland and hooks to hold.

Beautiful Christmas mantel decor with greenery and dried oranges.

Layer 2: Lights

The lights are all the time my favourite a part of any Christmas decor – and I like LOTS of them! Even if in case you have a pre-lit garland, you may nonetheless need to add one other string or two. I wish to have the lights on as I add them to the garland so I can see higher the place they’re sitting. Ideally you need the lights to weave in and out of the garland so that they fall at totally different heights and depths.

Beautiful neutral Christmas mantel with dried oranges glowing in the lights.

Picks

Picks are a straightforward approach so as to add extra dimension and depth to your garland. I used 5 greenery picks and 5 pinecone picks all through our mantel to range the peak and enable some greenery to drape down just a bit bit. It simply offers it slightly extra worth and curiosity.

Beautiful Christmas mantel decor with greenery and dried oranges.

Ribbon

Ribbon is likely one of the easiest and most cheap methods so as to add some colour and curiosity to your garland. A wired ribbon makes it slightly simpler to form however a wider common ribbon works too. I like to chop smaller strips of ribbon and weave it in and out of the garland. You can make a reasonably bow and dangle ribbon down on both facet of the mantel.

Vintage deer head Christmas stocking hanger.

Fillers

I believe including the fillers are my favourite half. This yr I used pine cones and a easy dried orange garland. I completely love the glow of the oranges towards the lights and want I may seize it higher within the photographs. For different filler concepts, use Christmas bells, ornaments, different ornamental garlands, or actually something you need! Use these smaller gadgets to fill in any gaps. Be sure you range their top and depth to assist transfer the attention throughout the mantel.

I completed off the mantel with these fairly 3-D snowflakes {I used the small and medium sized snowflakes} and hung them with fishing wire and these clear tiny Command hooks. You’ll be able to see the hooks when you look carefully, however you don’t actually discover them in any other case. The snowflakes are so fairly and replenish the house properly with out being too overwhelming.

Pretty 3-D snowflakes hanging above a Christmas mantel.