I’m so excited to be joining some very talented bloggers today to share our Christmas mantel for Christmas Mantels Around America!
We have two fireplace mantels in our home, one in the family room and one in the formal living room.
Since the formal living room is one of the rooms that hasn’t been renovated yet, we are sharing how we decorated our family room mantel.
The family room is where we spend most of our time, and now that the weather has turned cold, we are enjoying a fire in the fireplace on most nights.
Decorating the family room mantel this year was pretty simple, using greenery, ribbon, and decor that we had in storage, and decorating pieces that we usually have displayed all year long.
I rummaged around in the storage boxes and found these sparkly trees that I placed on each side of an old antique mirror that belonged to my sweet mother in law, Evelyn.
I added red plaid ribbon to one of our boxwood wreaths and hung it on the mirror above the fireplace.
Garland with twinkly lights, a few sparkly Christmas ornaments, and a couple of moss balls here and there, and we’re almost done.
This antique French clock with little St. John the Baptist and the Lamb is one of my very favorite pieces, and it sits on the mantel all the time.
I added a miniature bottle brush tree and some of my old nativity lambs to the clock case, giving it a festive holiday look.
(May contain affiliate links)
I keep two old antique architectural capitals on each side of the fireplace all year long.
They usually hold two large moss balls, so it was easy to wrap the moss balls in plaid ribbon and sit them on top of a green wreath. Quick and easy.
My sweet old nativity lamb, salvaged from a closed church, got a little festive with the plaid ribbon tied around the his neck as well.
I hope you have enjoyed seeing our Christmas mantel!
Be sure and visit the homes of the other bloggers and see how they have decorated their mantels.
Next time we’ll be sharing the Christmas tree in the family room!
Cheers,
Cindy
You also might enjoy Christmas After Dark
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Decorating styles can vary all over North America. Enjoy visiting these other fabulous blogs to see how they’ve decorated their Christmas mantels in the region where they live!
CANADA:
EAST:
Atta Girl Says || Golden Boys & Me || In My Own Style || StoneGable ||The Everyday Home || The Rustic Life || Worthing Court
CENTRAL:
Cedar Hill Farmhouse || House By Hoff || It All Started With Paint || Maison de Pax || Town & Country Living
WEST:
At The Picket Fence || Classic Casual Home || Tidbits || Twelve On Main
Beautiful. I love your antique sheep and lovely french clock. Your moss balls and wreaths decorated with sparkly plaid ribbon and mantle greenery with lights has a great festive look.
Beautiful mantel! And I’m so jealous you have two! Pinning away!
🙂 Linda
Beautiful mantel, Cindy! So cozy and inviting!
Just beautiful.
That clock is exquisite and the addition of the trees and little lambs is perfect. I love those capitols also. Your mantle looks gorgeous! Merry Christmas!!!
Thank you Pinky! Merry Christmas!
Simply gorgeous, Cindy! I swoon each and every time I get a look at your capitals with the moss balls displayed in them. And love all of your adorable lambs. So sweet.
Thank you Suzy!! Merry Christmas!!
Good Old Christmas Decor!! Love the sheep! Everything is so Pretty! Did you see the sheep Walmart had this year? I loved them because they looked vintage. Small like the ones you have on your Gorgeous clock…..
Thank you Nancy! No, I didn’t see the sheep that Walmart had! I will have to see if they have any more!! Thanks for the info! Merry Christmas!
Absolutely gorgeous. I love decorating the mantel, it is probably the thing I find the most fun and certainly the thing I miss most when the decorations are taken down. For now I shall enjoy though!
Gorgeous, Cindy. Love those trees…they look vintage.
Merry Christmas!
Mary Ann
Thank you Mary Ann! Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas Cindy! Your mantel is lovely. I especially like those little sparkly trees. I have been watching for old trees like these or white ones, both hard to find here. The red ribbon makes it festive! Pat @ Bringing French Country Home
Thank you Pat!
Yours is by far the best mantel of all of them! Merry Christmas!
Aw, thank you so much Elaine! Merry Christmas!
Beauty. Grace. Elegance. Classy. Magical touch. Spiritual. Inspirational. Heart and Soul. Everything that is you dear Cindy. I am always amazed at your unique talent for turning objects into an enchanting scenery, a veritable feast for the eyes. Thank you for always sharing with us your immeasurable talent. May God bless you dear friend and may he grant you and yours an amazing Holiday season, filled with blessings, good health, laughter and lots of love. xxx
Thank you so much LindyLou!! You are so sweet and too kind. Your lovely comment means the world to me. Merry Christmas dear friend!
Cindy…your mantel is exquisite!….and must say that the antique French clock is a showstopper!!
Thank you so much Shirley!
Simply beautiful. The sheep remind me of the manger scene.
I so admire the French jardiniere on the ottoman. Do you have a source for a similar one? Thanks!
Thank you Connie! The jardiniere is vintage, picked up at an estate market. I rarely find them anymore but I’m always on the hunt for them! We get them into our online shop periodically. Merry Christmas!
Just gorgeous, Cindy. I love the pop of traditional red and I too always use the same special Christmas decor items with meaning. I look forward to seeing the rest of your Christmas decor. Hope you have a wonderful holiday season!
– Vicki
Thank you Vicki! Merry Christmas!
Lovely Cindy! I love how you use allot of what you already have out year-round. I got rid of 1/3 of my Christmas décor a few years ago. I wanted to pare down…all this stuff has to get stored somewhere…if you use what you love and have out – that’s the best!! Nicely embellished Cindy!!
Celia
Thank you Celia! Merry Christmas!
Beautiful, as always. So festive and elegant. Love the clock, too! Merry Christmas from Susie at The Chelsea Project
Thanks Susie! Merry Christmas!
Lovely mantel! I love how you use your sheep. So pretty. And that clock? Gorgeous. Adding ribbon and greenery goes so far doesn’t it? Really gorgeous Cindy.
Nancy
Thank you Nancy!