mantels

Here's a post from CasaSugar Community member Seefree from the Su Casa group:

My kids are in a Halloween frenzy, and it's rubbed off on me! Instead of hosing down the house with generic store-bought decor, we're focusing on a few spaces, using DIY projects. The mantel is one of the easiest places to showcase a new holiday.

Keep reading for another cool Halloween mantel decorating photo

Here's a post from CasaSugar Community member stephaniepoli from the Su Casa group:

Valentine's Day is one of those holidays that just makes me smile, so I thought I'd bring a little of that happy feeling into our home this year with a mantel update. I just adore typography so what better way to show my love.

Typography, oh how I love thee...let me count the ways...

1. The "I love you" heart print is from The Love Shop
2. I received this gorgeous illustrated card as a gift with purchase from Eva Juliet. I usually craft my mister's Valentines so I thought the card would make a cute framed print.
3. The XO were scores from the Michael's dollar bin.
4. The February print is part of a leftover letterpress calendar I purchased a couple years back from Orange Beautiful.

For more photos of this space, visit my blog Love & Lace.

Have you decorated for Valentine's Day? Be sure to share photos in the Su Casa group!

One day, I'd love to own an old Victorian home with historic details like parquet flooring, crown molding, and intricately carved fireplaces in every bedroom. Unfortunately, you can't always get what you want — especially in a rental — so the only alternative is to fake it 'til you make it.

I love how Spanish designer Diego Ladino gave Mezzogiorno Restaurant in Madrid an age-old look by simply setting a beautifully carved fireplace mantel against an exposed brick wall. To keep it from looking bare, he added a vignette of antique prints on top and installed a chic sconce above it to light the area.

You can head to a local architectural salvage shop or scour antique fairs for a similar piece. Or, you can even order one online; Olde Good Things has a great selection of mantels to shop, including marble, wooden, metal, and stone mantels. Take it even further and scoop up a set of andirons to set in front of your new focal point. No one will even notice if any embers are burning!

Here's a post from CasaSugar Community member seefree from the Lovely Little Vignettes group!

After taking down the Christmas decorations, I was left with a bare naked mantel. I wasn't ready to put away some of my favorite DIY Christmas Projects, so I repurposed them into a wintry mantel! So warm and inviting, but also cold and snowy . . . perfect for the season! I shopped my house for all the Winter accessories.

Read how I made the magnolia wreath and created this Winter mantel at Hi Sugarplum!

Have you created any Winter vignettes lately? Be sure to share your photos in the Lovely Little Vignettes group!

Here's a post from CasaSugar Community member Courtneyd from the Lovely Little Vignettes group:

When we moved into our house last year, I knew I wanted to hang this photograph, "Girls Just Want to Have Fun," over the fireplace. The overall red tone would look great with the pinks, oranges, and cool-tone gray in the room. Since then, I've slowly been adding some of my other favorite knick-knacks to the mantel — a wind up toy frog, a palmistry hand, dolls, and for height, a vase full of corks, and I think the look I'm going for is finally complete.

If you want to see more photos of the room, you can view them at Decoration Inspiration from the Madd Hatter.

Be sure to share photos and details about your own home décor arrangements in the Lovely Little Vignettes group!