Mantle Update

After last week's post... I realized we needed to vamp up our mantle!  After looking back on my "Home" board on pinterest, I came up with a few ideas.  Thanks to Staples' photo enlargements and Hobby Lobby's 1/2 Picture Frames, here is the updated mantle!

The only new items are the "home" sign and the picture & frame.  Total cost $45!

Show Us Your Life: Mantles

When I saw Kelly's Korner was hosting a mantle party, I realized...  our mantle is in desperate need of some love.  Right now, there is NOT A THING on it.  I redecorated our entertainment center and snagged a few items from the mantle.  Hopefully we can get the mantle fixed up soon.  In the meantime, I thought we could stroll down "mantle lane" and look back at the mantle over the past couple of years.

See, we don't actually have a fireplace in our house.  I found this mantle 

at an antique store and loved it.  We have used the snot out of this!

It was first used in our bedroom, this was obviously the "moving in" stage. 

We later moved into our entryway, which is where it still lives today.

My mantle needs lots of love!

This was our mantle last summer, looking good.

But still needs something better.

Here was our New Year Mantle 2011.  

This was fun, but of course only temporary.  

Like I said before today, the mantle has NOT A THING on it.  

I am desperately searching pinterest and hoping to find great ideas. 

Check back soon & I hope to have an updated mantle post  :) 

Friday's Summer Showoff...

It's Friday and that means... SUMMER SHOW OFF here @ sixty-nine oh! four.

Today's party is all about your summer mantles! I have seen so many beautiful mantles floating around blogland and I cannot to see what you have to share! Grab a button from my sidebar and link up today with your summer mantle posts!

Here is a before and after of our mantle... It needed more of a "white" color scheme to lighten things up for the summer. Our entryway has changed dramatically over the past few months. Take a look...

Here is what our entryway looked like when we first moved in. I loved the red table and I just had to have it. That idea faded really quickly and I wanted more of a shabby look.

So, we did a little rearranging and too this mantle from our bedroom and moved it into the entryway. We slapped up a few frames and let it be. (yuck)

Luckily that did not last long, how hideous was that?? Then, this week I got to work. I spray painted a couple of candle holders, bought some fresh flowers and made 1 trip to Hobby Lobby for a special message. Finally, the mantle has been spruced up and seems a lot more like me!

Now onto the linky party...

link up here ladies & enjoy!