This year I really wasn’t sure whether or not I would do a Valentines Day Mantle, as much as I was saddened to put away all my Christmas decor I was enjoying the not so cluttered feel when it was all put away. With a little thought I decided I would go ahead and do a Valentines Day Mantle, but on one condition…that I wouldn’t spend more than a couple bucks to do it. I wanted to reuse some of my previous years mantle {HERE}, so with that in mind I started brainstorming and rummaging through my house.
I started by putting up one of my favorite things from last years mantle, the heart doily garland that I very carefully saved. I simply used brown twine and strung the inexpensive paper doilies. They are simple, yet make a big statement to me. I then grabbed a piece of foam core board that I had in my stash and cut it so it would fit the amount of left over gray & cream chevron duckcloth I had from the throw pillows I made this past year. I just taped the fabric to the foam core to create a backdrop for the mantle. I knew I wanted a clean color palette, so I stuck with the gray, white & creams. None of the traditional red & pinks for me this year.
I also reused the heart from last years mantle, I just gave it a quick coat of acrylic paint in a soft gray color. I then added the cute little canvas and easel I purchased from the Dollar Tree a while ago, I just spray painted the easel gray. I added my two little love birds that I have in my bedroom usually, and a couple white jax from my son’s room. The large mercury glass candle holders are from Christmas, I didn’t like the look of the candles that were in it so I took two little white vases I had and placed them inside. A little odd I know but I like the look of it.
The only thing I purchased for this mantle was the paper mache letters to spell “love”. I got them at Hobby Lobby and spent $7 after my coupons. I know I will use them all the time so I figured why not. I just gave them a quick coat of a metallic silver spray paint and placed them front and center.
So what do you think? I’m pretty pleased with how it turned out for a quick project. It’s simple, clean feeling, and I love the color palette.
Very cute!! The little sparrows are adorable and I love the doilies!! =)
Ergo – Blog
I love that this mantel is mostly white! SO clean and simple! Saw it in several link parties and every time it caught my attention.
you know what, i love that there’s nothing red in sight. definitely a good direction.
OMG LOVE this!! So pretty.. am getting ready to do my Valentine Mantle.. Great Inspiration!!
Looks LOVEly!!
I love your Valentine mantle! Seeing this makes me want to work on my Valentine’s Day decor. You did a great job!
Lori
Thrifty Decor Mom
So so pretty! You have the best ideas!
Super cute mantel! Love that its not the traditional red and pink!
Another great project on the cheap! This would also be great for Thrifty to Nifty Thursdays at A Jennuine Life. http://ajennuinelife.blogspot.com/2013/01/thrifty-to-nifty-thursdays-2.html
I really like this a lot. Chevron is my favorite pattern and I love the grays and whites. Great job. I am hosting my fist link party and would love it if you could link up.
http://ifitsnotbaroquedesignblog.blogspot.com/2013/01/my-first-ever-link-party.html
I just love this! I’m always a fan of white and I think you did a beautiful job with this. And it just so happens that I just finished a project today using the same chevron fabric, great minds think a like 🙂
This looks great. I’m planning my v day mantle and I’ve started making a garland with my sewing machine by embroidering little hearts. I found your blog through a linkup.
Lura
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Super awesome adorable! I am going to include this in a Valentine’s day round up on my blog later this week. Thanks for sharing at Pinworthy Projects.
Love the doily garland and using fabric covered board as a backdrop. I did that for my Christmas mantle~just covered an old piece of art from Target in muslin 🙂