My Summer Mantel...

Well, its finally finished...

I have been staring at this wall for a couple of weeks now, trying to decide what to hang with my DIY pallet art that I revealed a couple of weeks ago. I have had numerous different configurations up, but I think I finally have one that I'm happy with...

What do you think?!

The frames were all ones that I already had laying around the house. I just gave them a coat of paint, distressed them up a bit & added a bit of antiquing glaze to them to give them that aged look...

This little wooden box I purchased at Hobby Lobby along with the little glass jars inside of it. This was the most expensive addition to the mantel, but with buying everything 50% off, I was still able to get it for $10.00. It's definitely one of my favorite pieces...I love the distressed look it has!

The pictures I already had laying around the house as well as the wooden "D" that I put in the larger frame. I just added a coat of brown paint to it & stuck it to the wall inside the frame with a little sticky tack.  I also had the little basket with the bottles in it from my previous mantel, I just added a little antiquing glaze to darken it a bit. The "Faith, Family, Friends" sign was also something I already had. I actually stole it from my living room to put on the mantel.

And of course, I took pictures from every different angle, so here ya go...

These hydrangeas I cut off of some of my bushes outside. I already had the jar, so just added some water!

This was all in all a pretty cheap mantel makeover since I used things that I already had laying around the house. If you read this blog regularly, you know that I made the pallet art for $1.00! If you missed that post you can check it out here.

The shelf is something that I have had for a very long time, I gave it a coat of paint for my last mantel project, but decided that I wanted to distress it & antique it a bit for this mantel. I really like the difference it made & think I will definitely leave it like this for my mantel this fall... 

Of the two mantel projects thus far, this one is definitely my favorite!!

I will admit, I am looking forward to decorating it for the fall though!!

 Can't you just picture some pretty cream pumpkins up on that shelf?!

 LOVE!!

Thanks for stopping by to check it out!!

Hope you enjoyed!!

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