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!
Looks great and thanks for the giveaway!
What a fab transformation. Putting the scents on display and them looking like they were meant to be so fab. Well done.
Fabulous Fall giveaway! Thanks Jenny and the
house is looking great!
We just moved and I can't wait to use your inspiring design for our new space. Love your blog!
Love the dramatic color of that fireplace. Funny, I couldn't tell the glad thing was an air freshener at all. Guess that's the point, eh?
Love your modern use of fall colors. The citrine yellow really kicks it up a notch. I like your placement of bench in front of the fireplace for those cold nights when you want to warm your tush!
Rachel
http://www.revovingmarket.blogspot.com
Love the mantel!!! I love good smelling things, and that throw is beautiful!
LOVE love love your styled fireplace.
It all looks good enough to eat! Excited for the tutorial:)
I love all the simple decorating ideas
It all looks good enough to eat! Excited for the tutorial:)
Cant wait to see the garland tutorial. Love everything here. Thanks Glade!
Cant wait to see the garland tutorial. Love everything here. Thanks Glade!
Wow I love your new fireplace! And I have used Glade Plugins but I love the new product so it looks like a pretty accessory!
Gorgeous, as always! Love the garland, so beautiful!
I want to cozy up next to that fireplace with a good book – what an awesome fall & winter spot! I need to do this in my house – including the great scents. Thanks!
I've been following your painting progress and especially love the Onyx on the fireplace. You're always inspiring!
Really loving the black contrast on the fireplace!
Gorgeous Jenny. I can't wait for the diy on the garland- it is truly stunning. and I love how the glade fresheners aren't just disguised into the decor, they actually accent and bring out the pretty gold tones in the garland. would love love love to win!!
Loving the contrast in the black fireplace. Glade products are looking hipper and hipper these days!
I love that garland! Scent is so important to me too. I love a good pumpkin/autumn candle.
That is the most architectural and pretty air freshener ever. I love the addition of the pedestal.
Love how the finished fireplace looks! Would love to win the Glade give away too :-)
The Glade air freshener is the most architectural one I've ever seen and I love the addition of the pedestals!
I'm so enjoying seeing what you are doing with your remodel. So inspiring!!!
I'm so enjoying seeing what you are doing with your remodel. So inspiring!!!
If you hadn't said those were air fresheners, I would never have guessed. So gorgeous!
Your fireplace is beautiful! The garland is beautiful as well and really does pop! I can't wait to see more pics of your living room. I appreciate that the scent pumps can be a part of the decor and not stick out. I have a scentsy warmer and besides smelling amazing it just looks good. Thank you for the opportunity for a giveaway! Keep on, keeping on, girl! Your house is really looking great!
I'd love to win! I love Glade products (and Target and Michael's for that matter)! The mantel looks beautiful!
We could definitely use some fresh, holiday scents in our new rental home!
I love the black fireplace and mantle.
Seasonal scents are my thing! I would love to win.
thanks for this amazing give away. even though christmas is everywhere in all the stores…our family is treasuring the moments that fall is still giving us….my little boy throwing leaves in our front yard, pumpkins still bright orange on the porch, and walking in the crisp air talking about thanksgiving.
your home is beautiful styled for fall. love it.
Your mantle looks gorgeous! I love the succulent and the votives!
Jenny- love your style! Thank you for your always in depth makeover posts. You have shared so many great products. Glade is lucky to work with you!
That garland is seriously blowing my mind, and I LOVE the idea of using pretty glass votives as mini planters!
Target + Home Goods are my weakness! I spend entirely too much time there, every single time!
Scent is one of the most wonderful ways to add a warm, inviting feeling to your home! I love the idea of adding decorative items on small pedestals; it adds a great dimension to smaller items!
That garland is blowing my mind, and I LOVE the idea of using pretty glass votives as mini planters!
I love the way your fireplace came out. I don't know if it's my monitor, but I love the different shades you can see in the black paint depending on the light and angle of the pic. Awesome giveaway, I'm crossing my fingers.
love it! i want those target votives now….
The fall my favorite time of the year. Beautiful mantel!
Perfect as always! Yay for fall
Love the new fireplace! So wish I had one in my house…
LOVE the mercury glass!
I love how you went "fall" instead of "Christmas" with the decor. Makes it much more classic. Love it!
Ashley
love it!
Beautiful garland, I'm impressed you found all that in AZ. The package from Glade seems very yummy. I hope I win!
Love the votives all the gold touches! A little shimmer really brings in the holiday feeling this time of year.
I love those dispensers. Definitely the best I've seen yet. And the orange throw is beautiful!