A beautiful blue and green mantel that will last from spring all the way through summer. Give these simple modern farmhouse-style summer mantel decorating ideas a try on your fireplace mantel this season!
I realized last year as I decorated my home for spring, that I typically leave my spring decor up throughout the summer months and don’t redecorate again until the fall.
We spend so much of our summer time outside and working on outdoor projects, that I’ve never felt a need to change up the decor inside for summer.
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With that in mind, I decided to decorate my mantel this spring in such a way that it will look fabulous all summer long. 🙂 I hope these simple summer mantel decorating tips will help you put together a mantel you can enjoy for both seasons!
SPRING & SUMMER
MANTEL DECORATING
IDEAS
If you’re new to the blog, I’m sure you noticed I have a non-traditional, rounded corner fireplace.
I’ll be honest, it was quite an unsightly spot when we purchased the house a few years ago (in fact, the realtor said it was the reason a lot of potential buyers didn’t buy the place!) but with a nice coat of white paint and a DIY wood mantel, it has been transformed into a beautiful focal point in our family room. 🙂
Décor on My Summer Mantel:
- Large Square Mirror
- 2 Bunches of Tall Floral/Greenery Stems
- 2 Clear Vases (of different sizes)
- 2 Small Greenery Plants
- 2 Small Pots
- Small Pitcher
- Small Floral Bouquet
- 3 Vintage Books
- Wood Bead Garland
The blue, square mirror used to be pink (we spray painted it when we decorated my son’s nursery years ago) and was in my daughter’s room for quite a while.
She recently started sharing a room with my son so I snagged this mirror for the mantel. Shopping my home is one of my favorite ways to redecorate without spending money!
This clear glass vase came from my Goodwill trip this week and I made the wood tassel garland.
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I got the small white pitcher, the vintage books and this smaller clear blue glass vase all at thrift stores too.
If you’re not sure how to find great home decor at thrift stores, click here to download my thrift store shopping cheat-sheet! You can print it, take it with you, and know exactly what you need, what to look at and what to buy!
I also have this post about what decor is best bought from thrift stores. 🙂
I typically get my floral stems from Hobby Lobby or Michael’s. I love these peach blossom stems because they’re tall and add visual interest!
Both of these pillows are thrift store finds and I got the faux fur rug at Overstock.
So, what do you think?
This mantel took me less than an hour to set up, and it will be a beautiful focal point for the next six months – awesome right?!
Trust me, you can do this too, I’d encourage you to just give it a try. 🙂
I’d love to see how your spring mantels and decor end up looking, so please share them with me!
You can email me, comment on this post, or even tag me (or #joyfulderivatives) in your social media posts.
Deb, unfortunately I don’t have this mirror anymore. 🙁 We sold it to buy new things (kinda my way of redecorating on a budget…) but I seem to feel it was around 24″ square on the outside and the mirror was about 16″ square. Hope that helps!
I love the mirror / can’t find it anywhere – can you send me measurements? Outside and inside mirror ? I am
Going to try to custom make
They’re Aged Beige by Behr. Can take on a greyish blue tone in certain lights, but definitely more of a creamy greige.
What color are your walls? They look blue. The fireplace and walls are gorgeous.
It was an estate sale find! I know – I wish I could find one somewhere to buy retail, but I’ve never been able to!
I’m curious as to where the black metal holder you have the ikea fejka plant in is from?
It’s Early American from Minwax! Our favorite. 🙂
What stain did you use on your mantel? Love it!
Katie, I’m not sure exactly what that plant holder is, as I got it at a an estate sale! I just thought it was a fun piece to add a little something extra to my plants. Sorry I can’t be of more help!
Can you please tell me what the metal hanging plant holder is and where you got it! Thanks
Lindsay, it was tricky, but here’s my best attempt at describing how we built it:
1. Start with a large piece of cardboard or paper and trace the round shape of your hearth. Use this as a starting point for your template.
2. Place it up where you want your mantel to be installed and adjust with scissors until it sits perfectly against the round of your fireplace.
3. Using a large plywood sheet, use the paper template to cut the top and bottom pieces.
4. Attach the top and bottom pieces together using supports and ends cut from a 1×6 or 1×8 depending on how tall you want it to be. (We also chose to install a second “top” piece that overhang for extra interest)
5. Stain the entire thing.
6. Install cross supports between two middle supports on the back side and then use those to attach to the drywall using anchor bolts.
7. Install the front wood piece out of 1/4″ plywood and small nails and then stain it as well.
Like I said, kind of tricky, but I think if you look up how to build a DIY floating mantel, it’s basically the same method just using a rounded template instead of straight boards and 1/4″ plywood on the front so it can round. 🙂 Hope this helps!!
I have a rounded fireplace too! Very unique, that’s for sure. I would love to know how you created the custom mantle! Ours is built in brick and it would look amazing with a wood mantle like yours! I love how you painted and modernized yours!!
Love the look of that mantle!