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A Beach Inspired Mantel Summer Decor Ideas

by heather 40 Comments

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Home decorating ideas and tips: Learn how to decorate a Summer Beach Inspired Mantel with coastal colors and beach style accessories! Add pretty summer decor to your living room mantel with aqua blue candles, starfish, driftwood and capiz shell accents and a statement mirror.

Don’t miss the resource list of decor items at the bottom of the post to create the same look for your mantel!

Home decorating ideas and tips: Learn how to decorate a Summer Beach Inspired Mantel with coastal colors and beach style accessories! Add pretty summer decor to your living room mantel with aqua blue candles, starfish, driftwood and capiz shell accents and a statement mirror. Supply list of decor items included so you can get the same look.

  Well summer is officially here and to celebrate I’ve decorated my mantel with a beach inspired, coastal theme!

I grew up near the beautiful sandy beaches of a sparkling clear northern lake and we used to live near Virginia Beach, so I have a huge love for sand and sea, shells and driftwood!

A Beach Inspired Mantel Summer Decor Ideas

Everyone in our family is a ‘beach baby’!  Every summer since my boys were babies we spent days on the beach making sand castles, splashing and swimming, chasing minnows and collecting beach glass….we’ve even camped once on a beach for a week, that was so much fun!

Home decorating ideas and tips: Learn how to decorate a Summer Beach Inspired Mantel with coastal colors and beach style accessories! Add pretty summer decor to your living room mantel with aqua blue candles, starfish, driftwood and capiz shell accents and a statement mirror.

Having a beach inspired mantel brings back all of those fun family summertime memories !

Home decorating ideas and tips: Learn how to decorate a Summer Beach Inspired Mantel with coastal colors and beach style accessories! Add pretty summer decor to your living room mantel with aqua blue candles, starfish, driftwood and capiz shell accents and a statement mirror.

Some of my mantel decor you’ll recognize from my Spring Mantel and my Winter Mantel too!

Changing up just a few items is an easy way to create a whole new look, so ‘shop’ your home first!

Home decorating ideas and tips: Learn how to decorate a Summer Beach Inspired Mantel with coastal colors and beach style accessories! Add pretty summer decor to your living room mantel with aqua blue candles, starfish, driftwood and capiz shell accents and a statement mirror.

I kept several items from my spring mantel: the crystal votives, the white pillar candles and  candlesticks, the mercury glass candlesticks and the mercury glass votives….my husband’s military pewter mug filled with dried boxwood clippings from our yard is staying too!

Home decorating ideas and tips: Learn how to decorate a Summer Beach Inspired Mantel with coastal colors and beach style accessories! Add pretty summer decor to your living room mantel with aqua blue candles, starfish, driftwood and capiz shell accents and a statement mirror.

Home decorating ideas and tips: Learn how to decorate a Summer Beach Inspired Mantel with coastal colors and beach style accessories! Add pretty summer decor to your living room mantel with aqua blue candles, starfish, driftwood and capiz shell accents and a statement mirror.

To add a touch of beach decor I ‘shopped my home’ and added some starfish, capiz shell spheres, some aqua blue and teal colored candles and sand filled candle votives.  The only items I purchased were these beautiful driftwood spheres – I think they are pretty fabulous!

Home decorating ideas and tips: Learn how to decorate a Summer Beach Inspired Mantel with coastal colors and beach style accessories! Add pretty summer decor to your living room mantel with aqua blue candles, starfish, driftwood and capiz shell accents and a statement mirror.

Home decorating ideas and tips: Learn how to decorate a Summer Beach Inspired Mantel with coastal colors and beach style accessories! Add pretty summer decor to your living room mantel with aqua blue candles, starfish, driftwood and capiz shell accents and a statement mirror.

I love lighting the candles to give my beach side mantel a soft calm glow….

Home decorating ideas and tips: Learn how to decorate a Summer Beach Inspired Mantel with coastal colors and beach style accessories! Add pretty summer decor to your living room mantel with aqua blue candles, starfish, driftwood and capiz shell accents and a statement mirror.

Decorating my mantel for summer has me dreaming of the beach and the sound of waves lapping at the shore!  I hope it has you dreaming of the sand and sea too!

starfish

Home decorating ideas and tips: Learn how to decorate a Summer Beach Inspired Mantel with coastal colors and beach style accessories! Add pretty summer decor to your living room mantel with aqua blue candles, starfish, driftwood and capiz shell accents and a statement mirror.

Home decorating ideas and tips: Learn how to decorate a Summer Beach Inspired Mantel with coastal colors and beach style accessories! Add pretty summer decor to your living room mantel with aqua blue candles, starfish, driftwood and capiz shell accents and a statement mirror.

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Get the look of my Summer mantel! Click on the links below to see more about each item:

round mirror

crystal votive holders

mercury glass votive holders

square glass vase

sand vase filler

artificial boxwood stems

pewter mug 

mercury glass pillar candle holders

capiz shell balls

driftwood balls

blue pillar candles

white pillar candles

white pillar candle holders

starfish

How I painted my brown wood fireplace mantel to beautiful white

How I painted my beige fireplace tile to white

Wouldn’t it be fun to relax by the pool or on the beach reading the latest summer book release?

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heatherHeather is a Designer, True Color Expert® and proud military wife at Setting For Four Interiors. Heather offers online Interior Design and Paint Color Services. See all of our design tips & tricks on the blog and follow us on Instagram for more design and decor inspiration!

Comments

  1. Amanda says

    June 14, 2013 at 1:08 pm

    I long for the beach…going in July thought! Super excited. I just love this mantel!

    Amanda @ Dreamsicle Sisters

    Reply
    • Heather SettingforFour says

      June 14, 2013 at 9:07 pm

      I’m glad you like my Mantel Amanda and have fun at the beach!

      Reply
  2. Shannon Fox says

    June 14, 2013 at 2:47 pm

    What a fresh, pretty Sea Inspired mantel. Love the beach feel, and the candle do glow so prettily!!

    Reply
    • Heather SettingforFour says

      June 14, 2013 at 9:08 pm

      I love candles Shannon, they are just so relaxing and a mantel is a great place to place them! Thanks for your lovely comments!

      Reply
  3. Jessi says

    June 14, 2013 at 2:57 pm

    Love it, it looks so pretty! Pinning!

    Reply
  4. Angelina- JoJo & Eloise says

    June 14, 2013 at 4:26 pm

    This is absolutely GORGEOUS!!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE that mirror. This whole theme makes me want to pack up the kids and head to the beach 🙂 So fun partying with you again. 🙂 Pinning and FBing
    xoxo

    Reply
    • Heather SettingforFour says

      June 14, 2013 at 9:14 pm

      Thanks so much for your super-sweet comments Angelina!! I agree it’s been fun to party with you again!! 😀

      Reply
  5. Kim Wilson says

    June 14, 2013 at 4:47 pm

    So pretty! I love that driftwood sphere too! Pinned & shared the beachy goodness!

    Reply
    • Heather SettingforFour says

      June 14, 2013 at 9:09 pm

      Thank you Kim! The driftwood spheres are such a great touch of texture!

      Reply
  6. Becca says

    June 14, 2013 at 5:39 pm

    Such a beautiful coastal mantel, Heather … just looking at it makes me relax! I love your driftwood spheres and the candles all lit up is fabulous! (Kudos for including your husband’s military mug, too!) Where did you live in Virginia Beach? (And, sorry if we already chatted about this, lol.)

    Reply
    • Heather SettingforFour says

      June 14, 2013 at 9:13 pm

      Thank you so much Becca for your sweet comments! We used to live in Chesapeake VA! We visited Virginia Beach, down the road from us, as often as we could! We loved watching the dolphins play and seeing the pods of them with their babies swimming past the beach was such a thrill!

      Reply
  7. Courtney ~ French Country Cottage says

    June 14, 2013 at 11:10 pm

    Love this coastal inspired mantel~ soo pretty!! The silver mixed with the driftwood and candles- gorgeous. That mirror is perfect too! 🙂

    Reply
    • Heather SettingforFour says

      June 15, 2013 at 4:25 am

      Thanks Courtney! Coming from you those are such amazing compliments – tx!!

      Reply
  8. Jocie@TheBetterHalf says

    June 15, 2013 at 1:29 am

    so so pretty, heather!!! love it! sadly, my mantel has been neglected since easter. heehee

    Reply
    • Heather SettingforFour says

      June 15, 2013 at 4:23 am

      Thanks Jocie – so glad you like it!

      Reply
  9. My name is Rita says

    June 16, 2013 at 2:13 am

    I love your beautiful mantle! It is so pretty and refreshing.

    Reply
    • Heather SettingforFour says

      June 18, 2013 at 2:17 pm

      Thanks for the invite to your party! I linked up!

      Reply
  10. Kim M says

    June 16, 2013 at 1:59 pm

    Your mantle is beautiful, Heather and the paint color in the room is stunning. It is the perfect backdrop for your elegant summer mantle! Enjoy it! 🙂

    Reply
    • Heather SettingforFour says

      June 18, 2013 at 2:17 pm

      Thanks so much for your lovely comments Kim! I love this wall color too – Sherwin Williams Mindful Gray!

      Reply
  11. Marty Walden says

    June 18, 2013 at 1:54 pm

    This is beautiful, Heather! I love seeing your talent just explode!

    Reply
    • Heather SettingforFour says

      June 18, 2013 at 2:16 pm

      Wow – what a beautiful compliment Marty! You just made my day – thank you so so much for saying that!! I’m so glad you like my mantel – it was fun to put it together and makes me smile when I look at it! Have a fabulous day!!

      Reply
  12. Randi~Dukes and Duchesses says

    June 19, 2013 at 5:45 pm

    So pretty and so summery … I love it!

    Reply
    • Heather SettingforFour says

      June 20, 2013 at 11:24 am

      Thanks Randi!

      Reply
  13. Krista thehappyhousie says

    June 25, 2013 at 4:53 am

    So gorgeous! I love your mantel… the perfect mix of sparkle and rustic touches:)

    Reply
    • Heather SettingforFour says

      June 25, 2013 at 4:56 am

      Thanks Krista – I’m glad you like it!

      Reply
  14. Joanna Johnson says

    June 26, 2013 at 12:22 am

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  15. For My Love Of says

    June 26, 2013 at 7:10 pm

    Wow! It’s so fresh and classy! Did you say Virginia Beach, like Virginia Beach, VA? I grew up in Norfolk and live in Hampton now! Small world! Where did you get those darling driftwood spheres? I may have missed it, I checked the comments too. I would LOVE a few for around my home!

    Reply
    • Heather SettingforFour says

      June 28, 2013 at 7:28 pm

      Yes we lived near Virginia Beach, VA! Norfolk was close too! Hampton is a beautiful area you must really like living there! The driftwood spheres I picked up at HomeSense…it’s like HomeGoods..I’d check there! Thanks for your sweet comments!!

      Reply
  16. renée @ Singing With Birds says

    July 8, 2013 at 12:54 pm

    No beach nearby, but I adore the decor. For summer I love these beautiful colors and your husbands silver mug is a treasure. THANKS for not painting it!

    Reply
  17. One Shabby Old House says

    July 8, 2013 at 11:02 pm

    I was so excited to read your post and to find that you have other lovely mantels for me to look at. There are 5 lovely mantels in the old house that I will be decorating for Christmas and so definately need some inspiration.
    Thanks so much
    Becky

    Reply
    • Heather SettingforFour says

      July 9, 2013 at 12:58 am

      You have 5 Mantels!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow – that’s so fabulous Becky!!!! And I must say I’m so jealous – lol – all those mantels to decorate sounds so great! Thanks for your lovely comments! I’m sure you will have so much fun decorating your home and mantels for the seasons and especially for Christmas!!

      Reply
  18. Carrie @ My Favorite Finds says

    July 16, 2013 at 8:55 pm

    Hi, Heather. Love, love, love your mantel! As a Looksi Curator, I chose it as part of my beach/nautical themed collection for this month and I’m including it in a beach inspired round up on my site next week. No worries, everything links right back to this post. But I wanted to let you know how awesome it was! I had to choose 15 projects, and this was a “must have” in my collection!

    Reply
  19. Michelle says

    July 17, 2013 at 5:03 am

    I love your beachy thememed decor and especially the mirror what a stunning piece.

    Reply
  20. Katie @ Creatively Living says

    July 19, 2013 at 5:20 am

    I LOVE the mantel Heather! Beautiful!

    Reply
  21. Therese Feeman says

    July 26, 2013 at 3:50 pm

    Heather I so love your beach inspired mantel! I had to feature it today. It’s simply beautiful!
    Cheers to you and yours,
    Therese

    Reply
  22. jenny says

    August 7, 2013 at 9:14 am

    I love these stuffs. These are so adorable. These would surely bring elegance to one’s home.

    Reply
  23. malia says

    April 17, 2014 at 2:48 pm

    What a beautiful mantle! Can’t wait to see what you do this summer!

    Reply
  24. Rebecca says

    June 10, 2014 at 12:39 pm

    Beautiful mantel…
    Rebecca

    Reply
  25. Staci says

    November 8, 2014 at 5:14 am

    Amazing! I recently had my bedroom painted Mindful Gray, I love the mirror. Where did you buy it?

    Reply
    • heather says

      November 10, 2014 at 7:49 pm

      Isn’t Mindful Gray gorgeous??? I imagine your bedroom is stunning in that color!! I bought the mirror at HomeGoods! 🙂 Heather

      Reply

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