Decorating a French Fall Mantel with Muted Colors

Here is a soft French Fall mantel using non-traditional colors and basic grocery store items to create a showstopping look!

I’m a big believer that anything you own should be able to be moved from room to room. That way, you can move things around to redesign your home for free and you’ll be sure to get more use out of your purchases. Win-win!

I used the matte gold candlesticks and pumpkins that were on my dining table and simply paired with with some eucalyptus branches to create a whole new look! The cool whites and sage greens are warmed with the use of the matte gold candlesticks.

I’ve used a mix of Seeded Eucalyptus and Silver Dollar, both purchased from the grocery store. My Trader Joe’s sells bunches for $2.99 and Safeway has them for $5.99.

The eucalyptus will eventually dry out because it’s not in water. I’ve found that it holds its color, but the leaves wither. Eventually, I’ll remove the eucalyptus to keep the other elements.

I have a very narrow mantel, so large pumpkins just won’t work for me. Instead, I’m using a combination of Baby Boos {the smallest ones} and Casper pumpkins, both purchased at my local grocery store.

I feel like pumpkins started showing up early this year so they’ve been available for a few weeks here. If you can’t find any, there are some great faux options, like {this one}.

I added in a few dried hygrangea as filler. These are white hydrangeas that turn green with touches of magenta at the end of the season. Sadly, these were the only blooms I was able to salvage this year since the rest dried up during a heat wave. I’ll let these dry so that I can use them in the future for Fall decorating.

In the center is a sweet vase that I’m fairly certain I picked up at Elsie Green a few years back. The opening of the bottle isn’t perfect and there’s no seam in the heavy glass, indicating it wasn’t made from a mold. It’s a piece I love and I thought it was perfect for the center of my narrow mantel.

The sides of the fireplace hold large candlesticks that I purchased last Spring. They were originally white but I painted them various shades of blue and then applied some gold to highlight their details.

I hope you enjoyed this look at my living room mantel decorated for Fall!

P.S. –

I’ve receive a lot of questions about the mirror that is above my mantel. It was a HomeGoods purchase about a year ago but the good news is that I’ve written about this type of mirror, including where to get one {HERE}

You can also learn the painting technique I used on it {HERE}

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