Hi Friends!
Merry Christmas from our 1802 home to yours! This year, I thought it would be nice to show you how I decorated our mantle for the winter season! John loves decorating for Christmas, but I thought I wasn’t much of a seasonal decorator. Although without having a storefront to decorate this year, I enjoyed decorating our home for Christmas more than any other year. It was exciting to find new items to decorate with and make the house feel fresh again! I may have just used all my design energy on the storefront over the last 8 years so it was nice to have that energy for our home this year!
John and I found vintage thermoses from one vendor at a holiday craft show. I was so excited and told John I wanted them. He asked, “How many?” I said… “All of them!” He gave me the look that said, you’re crazy and I have no idea how this will look good, but I trust you! I wanted to do all vintage thermoses on the mantel mixed with pine trees and lights. That way, it’s not just a Christmas mantel, it can last all winter and look great!
So, that’s just what we did! We bought all the vintage thermoses that the vendor had and started adding them to our mantel!
I loved it, but it needed something more… colored lights. I usually ONLY like white lights, but with this vintage feel, the colored lights felt right.
Isn’t that better?
What else could make a thermos mantel any cuter? Gnomes I say!!!
Look at these cuties that I found in a shop in Saratoga Springs during their Victorian Walk.
The mini coffee cups in their hands!!! Stop it! I just can’t take all that cuteness!
So let’s recap the beauty of this design… It’s repurposed vintage items mixes with new locally sourced items, and topped with LED colored lights and pine tree art. What do you think? Will you decorate your mantel with vintage thermoses next Christmas?
Oh, and one other design tip. If you’re light on decor or just want to bring the beautiful outside indoors, try cutting pieces of pine trees and adding them to your favorite pitchers. I did that here:
Isn’t it so cute!
Now let’s take a look at the mantel from afar:
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