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My Favorite Mantel Decor {through the years}

Last Updated: May 17, 2020 | By: Laura 3 Comments | Filed Under: Home Decor, Living Room This post may contain affiliate links.

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One of my very favorite places to decorate in our old house was my living room mantel. It was the first thing you saw when you walked into our home, so I wanted to make a statement there. And because it was directly in the line of sight from the kitchen sink, I wanted that space to make me happy. And I always redecorated it first each season.

So, since we now have a TV above our living room mantel in our new house (which I’m learning how to decorate around), I thought I would take a walk down memory lane and share some of my favorite mantel decor over the years.

First, let’s look at one of the first mantels I ever decorated. You can see how much my style changes as the years went on. When I started decorating my mantel, I used a lot of smaller decor items. And as the years progressed, I used large, symmetrical items (and less of them).

Lake Themed Summer Mantel {Reveal} | The Turquoise Home
Lake-Themed Mantel from Summer 2012

This was back when pallets were very on trend and I put together some pallet boards to make that blue and white striped background. It was the beginning of my DIY days! (Oh, and those buoys on the right were made from some fence posts I found on the side of the road.)

Plaids, neutrals and a few pops of autumnal color bring this message of gratitude home. I love the sweet reminder to be grateful this season - and always! | Grateful Fall Mantel | Details at TheTurquoiseHome.com
Fall 2015 Mantel

In the fall of 2015, I repurposed my striped pallet background for a solid white back drop, painted some pumpkins and added a blanket to my mantel! I was still using a lot of decor up there, but I like how it turned out with things I had on hand.

Such cute DIY projects, like the rope sign and the cheap large art! Relaxing at the Beach | Summer Mantel 2016
2016 Relaxing at the Beach Summer Mantel

The summer of 2016 brought about one of my favorite focal pieces I ever made on my mantel: the DIY beachy engineer prints. They were crazy cheap and it was the first time I’d really decorated with an oversized centerpiece and it was my new go-to look. I made the “relax” sign, too. One of my favorite mantels!

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2017 Simple Summer Mantel with DIY Canvas Art

The summer of 2017, my summer mantel was all about the simple, larger pieces and symmetry. I was playing with more understated decor and I love how it looked! And that framed beach art canvas was another DIY project I loved!

Pretty magnolia wreath Christmas mantel decor brings a rustic feel to the holiday season. Pops of navy and dusty blue are festive, yet unexpected! | Gorgeous Magnolia Wreath Christmas Mantel Decor
Magnolia Wreath Christmas Mantel in 2016

That Christmas I went back to a more full mantel look, but added in one of my favorite elements as a centerpiece: the faux arched window frame.

Simple farmhouse fall mantel with a DIY wooden sign
2017 Simple Fall Mantel

I turned back to the simple decor in the fall of 2017. And that started a season of making a large sign or decor piece to go in the middle of my mantel as the focal point. I made this “Be Joyful Always” DIY large wooden sign and it’s still one of the most popular posts on my blog.

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How to Decorate a Spring Mantel 2018

In the spring of 2018, I had brought the faux window arch back out and had added back quite a few decor pieces, but I still had the large olive buckets on each end of the mantel. I really loved that DIY peony wreath, so it’s one of my favorite mantels ever with the wood tones, chippy white paint and pink blooms! It’s the only spring mantel I included in this round up, so it must be special.

Green and Navy Christmas Mantel 2018
Green & Navy Christmas Mantel 2018

I embraced the simple mantel again with the Christmas mantel of 2018. I even introduced one of my favorite things in this space: my matching wicker chairs! I loved how they grounded the space and practically added more seating to my living room. I used another DIY sign for the focal point and I STILL love that sign today. (I never got around to make a tutorial, but I used these cut files and followed my DIY large wooden sign tutorial.)

A Simple Summer Mantel -->> wood frame, white mantel, plaid navy pillows, jute bamboo blinds
Simple Summer Mantel Decor 2019

Ahhh! The really simple look came back to stay in the summer of 2019. I loved the mirror I found at Target and you’ll see how I keep it on the mantel for each season until we moved.

Beautiful blues and browns in this fall decorated living room. | Fall Mantel Decor Ideas | Fall Decor
Simple Fall Mantel Decor from 2019

I kept the mirror in through the fall and replaced my large blue vases and flowers with shutters and some mini olive trees and a couple pumpkins. It was my favorite fall mantel ever!

Christmas Mantel Decor
Simple Christmas Mantel 2019

Then in a farewell mantel, I decorated my Christmas mantel with the mirror, and the shutters and changed the olive trees for some wooden stars, mini wreaths and some pretty gold bells. I love, love, loved this mantel!

I hope you’ve enjoyed my trip down memory lane and hopefully you’ve been inspired to use some of these decorating ideas on your own mantel!

Happy Decorating!

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  1. Karole Reid says

    May 25, 2020 at 5:03 pm

    Where did you get your curtains?

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  2. Melanie says

    May 21, 2020 at 1:41 pm

    I have loved this look back at your mantel decor! You impress me with your diy skills in making those big focal signs.

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    • Laura says

      May 22, 2020 at 10:08 pm

      Aww, thank you so much, Melanie! It was really a fun challenge to decorate it each season! xo, Laura

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