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Finished the Fall Mantle...

ciao_bella — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 22:11:51 GMT

I finished decorating the fall fireplace mantle with what I had on hand in a box of fall things. The only thing that's new are the LED mirrored glass pumpkins and gourd. Not the best picture because I see the left side of the picture has more light from the floor lamp near the fireplace. It's such a large mantle (10 feet long) it's hard to decorate it.

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CarolinaGirl88 — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 22:18:15 GMT

Love it!! You did a beautiful job.

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Oznell — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 22:27:55 GMT

@ciao_bella , so sparkly and pretty. The lights, light colors and cream are lively against the brick fireplace. I love your ombre pumpkins and gourd!

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DSD2 — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 22:48:47 GMT

I love it so cheery and bright!

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Effie54 — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 23:02:17 GMT

@ciao_bella That looks really beautiful; very festive. I love fall. Great job!

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Pezzie — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 23:03:17 GMT

@ciao_bella I wish I had half of your mantle! Ours, the length is fine, but the width is so puny that most things are too wide for it, so it's always a struggle to find something suitable.

Your mantle looks so festive and bright. Thanks for sharing.

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haddon9 — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 23:15:57 GMT

The lighted pumpkins are beautiful! Very nice mantle!

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JudyL — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 03:14:18 GMT

Looks beautiful!

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LadybugDG — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 03:19:31 GMT

Very pretty!! ❤

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meallen616 — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 11:58:20 GMT

looks soo pretty!

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lynnie61 — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 12:23:55 GMT

@ciao_bella I love it. Enjoy it. It's very pretty.

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ciao_bella — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 12:49:33 GMT

@haddon9 Thank you! These are the LED mirrored glass pumpkins and gourd set that I bought a few weeks ago at BJs for $34 for all 3. Good deal considering how much the Q charges for 1 lit pumpkin.

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ciao_bella — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 12:58:37 GMT

The mantle is actually a slice out of a real tree, so the width is about 14" inches wide. You can't see it in the picture unless you get a close up but the front of the mantle follows the shape of the tree with some curves and knots, etc. My husband and I went to a tree place in south Jersey that had different types of trees cut in various lengths. Since my husband was a master woodworker by trade, he picked out the piece, length/width of tree he wanted and then sanded and stained it for the fireplace to use as a mantle. I can understand the issue with your mantle being short in width. Sometimes having an extra long mantle can be challenging to decorate because it so spacious it's hard to fill up and still look like you didn't just put things there.

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San Antonio Gal — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 12:59:17 GMT

Very pretty @ciao_bella . I wish I had your talent for interior decorating.

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ciao_bella — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 13:03:31 GMT

@San Antonio Gal That's really kind of you to say and I try, but I don't feel like I have the talent to make the mantle look like it deserves. It's such a beautiful mantle and fireplace, I sometimes feel like I don't do it justice when decorating it.

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CANDLEQUEEN — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 13:31:53 GMT

Beautiful. You did a great job! Love it.

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laceymom — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 16:08:03 GMT

Your mantle looks beautiful!! I have a similar one that is very long, but it makes it fun to find new things to put on it every year. I went crazy this year with the addition of Valerie's starry night pumpkins. In fact, about 90% of what I have on the mantle is from Valerie, most of them older pieces.

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PA Mom-mom — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 20:34:15 GMT

@ciao_bella Wow! That's a great story about your husband creating the mantel out of a rough piece of wood! That special mantel surly deserves to be well-decorated, and you did a beautiful job!

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AuntG — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 17:25:18 GMT

My mantle sits empty. Those who attached pictures, did a great job.

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Marsha2003 — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 23:20:38 GMT

I no longer have a mantel, so I'm enjoying seeing all the decorations here.