It’s summer and you’re looking for ways to decorate your fireplace mantel for the season! Right?! I’ve got lots of ideas here that anyone can do: see these 5 elegant summer mantel decor ideas!
Plus see 24 beautiful Summer vignettes and mantels with fresh new Summer decor inspiration in this summer design blog tour!
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Thank you Krista at The Happy Housie for hosting this fun ‘Seasonal Simplicity’ Summer blog tour!
I’m so excited to decorate my home for summer! I’ve already decorated my newly remodeled kitchen with summery touches and made a new peony Summer wreath for my front door.
Things are feeling brighter and lighter already and it’s a welcome change after this long winter we had!
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5 Elegant Summer Mantel Decor Ideas:
- Color Palette – Choose a color palette that coordinates with the colors in your living room. Since my living room has a neutral base, it allows me to be flexible with my accent colors, which I love to switch up for the seasons. I added a pop of fresh summer color to my mantel with timeless blue and white! See how to create a color palette for your mantel decor and living room. I love how these navy blue candles, white candles and white ceramic vase feel with my gray paint color and comfy ivory rug!
- Candles – Mixing wax candles and battery operated candles give the perfect mix of real flickering flames and convenience! I am obsessed with these battery operated dancing flame candles!
- Candlesticks – I love to mix and match my candlesticks! Here I used crystal candlesticks, ceramic, clear glass and mercury glass! I love the mix of finishes to make the white mantel look more interesting! Candlesticks add another layer of pattern and texture to a summer mantel.
- Air plants – I love the look of air plants for summer! These are artificial but there are also some gorgeous big and bold air plants you can use too! I added a few to my hubby’s military pewter mug and tucked a few more around the base of the candlesticks.
Finish your summer mantel look by adding a few things to the hearth area!
This will create balance and a complete cohesive look.
Here’s my recipe for decorating the hearth of your fireplace for summer:
- Baskets: I added a gorgeous fringe and tassel basket filled with gorgeous shibori print pillows and cozy pom pom throw blanket to one side of the fireplace.
- Vase: On the other side I added this beautiful tall white ceramic vase filled with faux fiddle leaf fig stems for some greenery!
- Greenery: Adding greenery to a living room is one of the key steps on how to design a beautiful living room! Adding green stems, or a houseplant like a palm tree, olive tree or fiddle leaf fig tree will add texture and color. See these Beautiful Houseplants That Ship To Your Door!
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Check out my DIY Summer Peony Wreath!
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Here is the entire summer mantel and vignette blog tour! Enjoy and happy Summer decorating friends!
Today I’m joined by a fabulous group of blogging friends who are also sharing their Summer Mantel or Vignette Styling Ideas as part of the Seasonal Simplicity Summer Series…
Today I’m joined by a fabulous group of blogging friends who are also sharing their Summer Mantel or Vignette Styling Ideas as part of the Seasonal Simplicity Summer Series…
The Happy Housie // Shabbyfufu // Lolly Jane //
Rooms FOR Rent // Modern Glam
The Turquoise Home // Taryn Whiteaker // The Handmade Home //
Jenna Kate at Home // Zevy Joy
She Gave it a Go // Town and Country Living // Tatertots and Jello //
Southern State of Mind // Tauni Everett
All Things With Purpose // This is Our Bliss // Setting For Four //
Life is a Party // Sincerely, Marie Designs // Finding Silver Pennies
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Love the simplicity of the candles lining the mantel. It’s so striking! xoxo
Thanks so much Ashley! So fun to be on tour with you again – Happy Summer! xo Heather
Just gorgeous! Thanks for the inspiration.
Thank you!Happy Summer! xo Heather
Heather your mantel is so chic and pretty! I pinned it to my summer board!
xoxo
Thanks so much Jennifer for your lovely compliments and pinning! Happy Summer! xo Heather
Stunning! So simple and definitely elegant. Enjoy your summer.
Beautiful ideas!! Love having a mantel & all the different ways to change it up! Thanks for the ideas!
Candle light is pretty in every season. Happy Summer!
These are so GORGEOUS! I will be using some of these ideas on my summer mantel!
Oh great! Thanks Amy for the compliments!! xo Heather
Another inspiring post, Heather! Like you, I love having my candlesticks out year round. They invoke sparkle and warmth whenever I enter the room and the inherited ones remind me of the special people I have had in my life.
Thank you so much for your lovely comment and compliment! I’m so glad you are inspired and have gorgeous inherited candle holders to decorate your mantle with! 🙂 xo Heather