Simple Fall Mantel with a Farmhouse Sign
Create a simple fall mantel with a DIY farmhouse sign! It’s easy to create a fall mantle full of character without breaking the bank! Just a little creativity DIY elbow grease and a few faux flowers and you’re done!
I have started to become obsessed with a big statement piece on the mantel for each season. And this time I had a vision for a simple wooden farmhouse sign made from particle board and some simple 1 x 2’s. I love the visual impact and the message the verse sends. It’s my favorite mantel to date! (I always say that – haha!)
I wanted to keep things big and simple this year, because I hate to make things more complicated than they need to be. Who’s with me??
Simple is good, because who has time for complicated??
OK, so here’s what I did to decorate my house this year. I reused a lot of my decor and bought a bunch of one thing. You’ll see!
How I Decorated My Home for Fall
First off I decided on my color scheme.
When I went to open my fall decor boxes from what I’ve saved from year’s past, I realized that I was not into all of the orange anymore. I pulled out all of the blues, greens, neutrals I already had and started with that.
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Then, I utilized my galvanized metal olive buckets from the summer. I just replaced my lavender stems with cotton stems. And finally, I kept the eucalyptus and lamb’s ear and just rearranged.
The wooden box on the mantel is a DIY wooden box project I made this spring. I hope to have a tutorial soon about how easy it is to decorate it. You can probably figure it out on your own, but in case someone out there is struggling, I’ll have the very easy steps to making it look gorgeous.
One big thing I did this year was splurge on a ton of faux pumpkins. I typically like to use white, blue and green pumpkins in my decor every year, but I honestly just buy the real thing. Then I found some gorgeous blue and green and white faux pumpkins and the store this year.
(Pssst – I’ll have a list of all the links to all sources at the end of the post!)
So, I stocked up! That was my biggest splurge on my fall decor this year, but it was worth it and I can now use them for years to come instead of having to buy new ones every year.
The wheat bundles on each side of my DIY wooden box are from HomeGoods. They are super sturdy and I loved that they came with the green grosgrain ribbon already attached.
I filled my wooden box with pumpkin foliage from this store and lamb’s ear and eucalyptus.
And that was it! I just added more faux green, blue and white pumpkins around the room. I stacked some on the floor and called it a day. These simple decorations are perfect because my 2-year-old tends to leave them alone and I can leave everything in place for the whole season! Yay!
I also added some pumpkins to my console table underneath my gallery wall and added one of my fall printables in a rustic frame.
You can grab one of the 3 fall printables here.
Enjoy!!
Sources:
- DIY Wooden Farmhouse Sign – full tutorial
- DIY Wooden Centerpiece Box – full tutorial
- Tall Galvanized Olive Bucket
- Lamb’s Ear Stems
- Cotton Stems
- Eucalyptus Stems
- Faux pumpkin foliage picks
- Faux green, blue & white pumpkins + these + these + these
- Birch logs
- Fiddle Leaf Fig – faux, of course – more similar plants
- DIY Blanket Ladder – full tutorial
- “Be Grateful” sign
- Faux potted lamb’s ear plant
- Faux floral arrangement
- Slipcovered Sofa
- Leather armchair
- Floral pillows (on the couch)-no longer available
- Buffalo check pillows (on the couch)
- Console table
- Tiered tray or Tiered tray
- DIY Abstract Turquoise Art – full tutorial
- Magnolia Wreath
- Oversized Wall Clock-no longer available
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Love the sign and the mantle. Do you happen to remember where the pillows tucked away in the left basket of your console table are from? They are a plaid pattern. Thank you!
Hi Sara,
We don’t remember remember where that pillow came from! Sorry about that!
I love your color palette and fall mantle! And, great idea to invest in faux pumpkins – I need to do that too. So lovely!
Cheers! Kristy
You created such an inspiring fall mantle with beautiful moments tucked in throughout. Wonderful tour my friend!
I always love your mantel! Looks perfect every season I see it! 🙂
Great job on the sign, Laura! Love all the neutral touches of Fall in your home.
That sign is amazing! Wonderful job, Laura! And I love your beautiful living room!! Hope you have a wonderful weekend!
~Abby =)
Patti says,
The mantel and the room came out really nice Laura. Those lamb ears have been on my to do list, I have to go get some.. I have similar buckets. Today we went to the Silos, so awesome, so lucky to visit here. I did get cotton stem’s and olive stems. I will copy your look with that. Keep up the good work, always fun to see what you are up to.
Love it!!! Enjoy your emails and all your ideas!!
Hi Laura. I see that you have batten and board on your living room walls. Did you do that yourself and if so, do you have the DIY instructions? I’m ready to do that in several rooms in my home. Any suggestions would be helpful. Thank you! Your mantel is beautiful!
Gorgeous, Laura! Cozy, warm, welcoming and perfectly fall!! Thanks for being on this tour, friend!
Your home is so beautiful! Aren’t faux pumpkins the best? I found some awesome new ones at Hobby Lobby this year. Thank you for sharing the pretty printable in the barn wood frame. I have a similar frame I found at a garage sale this summer (it was from Hobby Lobby and I got it for probably a $1), and your post inspired me to do something with it for fall😊
Such a beautiful room! Love your wooden sign – that passage is one of my favorites. 🙂