I am SO excited to partner again with Glade® to bring you this post on how I’m bringing fall decor into my home this year with decor and scent! There is such an emotional connection to scent (all it takes me is half a whiff of Dior J’adore perfume to be transported to high school!). Where could it be more important to be making these emotional scent connections than in our homes? Introducing seasonal scents at this time of the year is such a key (and simple!) part of getting your home holiday-ready.
About five minutes after we finished our new fireplace surround, I was itching to style it with all sorts of pretty seasonal accessories. But in the end I kept it pretty restrained on the mantel so that the autumnal garland could be the star (DIY tutorial coming tomorrow!). Though the votives, the small succulent plants and the Glade® Sense and Spray® Automatic Freshener play important supporting characters. There is a little color here, but mostly I wanted the mantel to be about texture.
I put two fresheners on the mantel for symmetry. I have the Cashmere Woods scent in both fresheners and they are making our large, high-ceilinged living room smell heavenly! Now it looks and smells like fall in here (a far cry from where we were just a few short weeks ago!).
Here’s a breakdown of how I styled our new mantel for fall, including a huge give away from Glade® to help your make over your own home for the holidays!
I think one of the best styling tips I could ever give is to elevate items you want to stand out or to make look more special. On a little pedestal, even an air freshener looks beautiful and sculptural! (well, it helps if your air freshener is as beautiful as Glade’s Sense and Spray!)
To make these pedestals for my fresheners, I stopped into the hardware store and found these little wooden post caps for a few dollars each.
I quickly spray painted them with this Aubergine color from Rustoleum – the perfect unexpected fall color.
I could have sanded the wood down a little more, but I liked the wood grain pattern and thought it would be pretty peeking through the paint. I think it looks cool and I’m glad I kept it!
The citron boxes the succulent planters are sitting on are just stationary packaging I picked up at Target (the boxes are actually really nice though – no noticeable seams on the corners)! Use what you got, right? :) The mercury glass planters are larger votive holders, also from Target.
The orangey mercury glass votives I lined up in the center of the mantel were clearance finds at Michaels from a few weeks ago. The color on these votives is seriously phenomenal – I’m loving them and wish I could had bought more to keep on hand for parties.
The herringbone basket we’re using for spare firewood is also a recent Target purchase (from the bath section). The little black tufted stool in front of the firebox is from Homegoods and the rug I’m trying in here for now is the same rug we had in our brownstone living room. I like how the neutral elements in the space (the rug, the floors, the fireplace and walls) all help the colorful accessories pop. This room was made for holiday decorating! :)
Now, for the fun part! Glade is kindly offering a beautiful give away package to a lucky LGN reader to help them bring a little seasonal flair into their home. Simply leave a comment on this post to enter to win a beautiful gray basket filled with a gorgeous striped throw, a deck of inspiration images and color palettes, a Glade® Sense and Spray® Automatic Freshener, an Apple Cinnamon scent refill, and a $200 Visa gift card!
Contest ends on Tuesday, November 26 at midnight PST. Winner will be chosen at random and contacted via email. Best of luck!
I have been looking all over for that Glade freshener since you first mentioned it but my little town hasn't been carrying them. Maybe soon. ^_^
Thanks for the great giveaway!
Love the fall touches on your gorgeous new fireplace! :)
I would love to win this gift basket to add some pizazz to my home. Thank you and Glade for the chance.
I'm always amazed at how you can take simple objects from every day stores and make them into something so polished and beautiful! Great job!
Very creative in putting it all together. I am enjoying your autum garland, beautiful colors, and I'm sure it all smells amazing with those cute Glade® Sense and Spray® Automatic Freshener. :)
Love this! The fireplace looks beautiful!
The garland is awesome!
good smells make such a difference!! I have tried so many different scented candles, these are pretty though so maybe I need to cross over…! love your mantle, can't wait to see the garland tutorial..
Love the pedestal tip!!! What a great tip!
Love seeing the way that the house is coming! For the fireplace, what a great way to use succulents in a fall-themed decoration. Love it!
Love the black mantle with some shimmer in the votives!!
i'm obsessed with your fireplace makes me wish i had one in my house to decorate :)
What a great collection for a giveaway! I so want to win this! And can't wait for the tutorial tomorrow!
I love the way the fall accents cozy up your new mantle! Seasonal touches can boost the warmth and personality of a space – I always love adding seasonal vignettes around my home – even if's its just a few sprigs of bright leave and late autumn flowers. Thanks for always inspiring me Jenny!
Your mantel looks fantastic!
I love glad products.
I am loving the black fireplace! Black is so grounding in a room and this fireplace is making a STATEMENT!
Thanks for all your inspiration –
The mantel looks fantastic! Yay Fall!
I love all that dessert foliage! I didn't know the desert was full of such beautiful plants until I went to college in Tucson. Loving your remodel!
I love what you've done in here! I can't wait to see the rest of the room!
I usually buy the bath and body works plug in scents- maybe I'll have to try glade! This is a stunning display!
I usually buy the bath and body works plug in scents- maybe I'll have to try glade! This is a stunning display!
Thanks for the chance to win! I actually just bought a refill for my Glade in Apple Cinnamon an hour ago! It's my to-go scent for autumn in my house.
Wow! What an amazing transformation.
Amazing mantel! We are going to be in our new house just in time to decorate for the holidays!! I am so excited! Since it has been boarded up all summer/fall it would be a perfect chance to use Glade to get rid of any stinky house smells!!!!!
The fireplace looks so sleek and modern. Great job! I love glad scents, especially their holiday scents :)
Wow! I would love to win this amazing giveaway! Thank you!!!
Wow it looks fantastic! I'm getting tons of great ideas from your blog. Awesome!
what an awesome giveaway!
Amazing, love the ombre effect of the garland!
Great giveaway!
Oooh, totally entering this contest! I've been admiring those Glade thingies since you first partnered with them, but I haven't seen them at my local grocery store.
I love how you concealed the cords of the TV; can you share that part at some point? My husband is a video game designer, and he's slowly turned me into a pretty big tech geek, so we have TONS of stuff hooked up to our TV. I can't pull off that sparse a mantel because I have to conceal all the cords and whatnot with a million little tchotchkes (you can see what I mean here). I'd love a tutorial on specifically that part!
This looks great! Nothing gets me in the holiday spirit like smelling all my favorite scents – pumpkin, cinnamon, peppermint, and pine!
Wow- you are amazing! SO many wonderful and unique ideas! Obsessed with your blog. It is a daily read for me!
What a lovely garland! I can't wait for the tutorial!
I love fall and all it's beautiful colors. I wish they lasted longer! I love your garland. So festive and colorful, especially against the beautiful modern black backdrop! Great job!
Wow, what an amazing giveaway! I love the striped throw!
Absolutely love the garland/black stone fireplace surround combo. And the accents and pops of color are gorgeous as usual.
Love how your fireplace/mantel turned out. Love the orange votives, too. Might need a desperation trip to Michael's today!
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I love your mantle- you did a phenomenal job with the fireplace surround and decorating the mantle- looking forward to seeing the tutorial for the garland!
Gorgeous mantel! Everything came together wonderfully. Such a great giveaway, very excited at the chance to win. :)
I love that bench!
Looks great!
Always an inspiration! Thank you and Glade for this giveaway…here's hoping I win! ha!
Love your fireplace makeover! Can't wait to see how the rest of the house unfolds! And here is to hoping I win the Glad giveaway — sure could use all of those great things for the holidays!
I love the mornings when I get to see a "finished" post! Very, very well done!
Johanna
What a great giveaway!! Perfect for this time of year! :-)
I love the mornings when I get to see a "finished" post! Very, very well done!
Johanna
So gorgeous! Would love to win :)
Great styling! Love the mantle – fantastic job!