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!
I love glade and your blog! Would love to win!
Looks great!
scent is always top of my list for changing the seasons, nothing like a pumpkin candle to feel like fall or an evergreen to feel like christmas. love!
Love this! Gorgeous and fall perfection!
i got all my fingers crossed!
Your mantle looks awesome! I recognized those votive from target right away…I have a glass tree just like it. :)
I can't wait for the garland DIY.
Looks so great! I love the new Glade air freshener. And I can't wait for your garland tutorial!
Your home is stunning! I LOVE everything you've done so far and can't wait to see the rest of your home as you continue your remodel. I also love glade products and love to use them!
Lovely inspiration as always from you! Hoping to get some good use of that inspiration for my new house!
Lovely inspiration as always from you! Hoping to get some good use of that inspiration for my new house!
I LOVE everything you've done with your new home! I can't wait to see what you're going to do next!! I check your blog everyday for inspiration. I love glade products and use them frequently.
love love love it! Thanks for the inspiration :) I'd use rage GC to upgrade my fireplace as we'll!
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I love the autumn garland! Thanks for the awesome glade giveaway.
I love the autumn garland! Thanks for the awesome glade giveaway.
Everything looks absolutely stunning! You have such a good eye :)
The sconces are fab and that garland is amazing. It is all coming together so beautifully!
I just broke out the Cashmere Woods last week! Such a great fall scent!
Love the beehive shape of the air freshener, and I can't wait for the tutorial on that garland!
Just added Glade to my shopping list! Great mantle, wow, you've come a long way baby!
You are so creative! I never would have thought to make stands so simply! They came out beautiful! Can't wait to hear how you DIY'd the fall garland.
Fireplace looks amazing! :D
The fireplace and mantel look amazing!! It's really a perfect example of why I follow your blog; you use accessible items and ideas to decorate your house and to great success!! Love, love, love!
Will be looking for the Glade dispenser: Scent + good looking dispenser = Win Win…amazed by your fireplace transformation!
Wow! The fireplace really came together nicely. Love the suggestion for pedestals.. The give-away is also lovely and generous, Sign me up!
Your mantel looks lovely!
Beautful mantle! Thank you for the giveaway opportunity,
Thanks so much for the great giveaway!
Love how everything colorful pops against the black mantle! Need to try the Glade products instead of burning candles. Great post!
I was wondering what you were going to do with the "stuff" you picked along your way back. That garland looks fantastic. Very creative use!
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I especially like the painted pedestels….thanks for a great idea.
I love that the glade scent container was so hard to locate in the photo at first! I wouldn't have noticed it until you showed up what it was…
everything looks so great…I feel like I could actually smell it@
very cool and I love how seamless it all is!
I found your blog a while back when you did the Ikea custom bedroom storage closets. I was blown away. This past weekend I read your entire blog from the beginning and I must say you are one creative gal! I just went to Target last week and had that exact basket in my cart but I was birthday shopping for my grandkids and I just couldn't afford it at the time so I put it back :( I really wanted it too. So it would be nice if I won this and got a basket! :) Anyway, love your blog and looking forward to seeing your new home all come together. Thanks.
It would be great to win! Everything you have done with your house is so inspiring.
Love it all! Source for the sconces please.
I love smelling good stuff in my home, there's nothing better
Would love to do a similar garland for my new home! Beautiful!!!
The new mantle is beautiful and your styling is great! Off to Target this morning to pick up some of those votive holders and the Glade Sense and Spray! First family Thanksgiving at our house next week is about to look more spohisticated. Thanks, Jenny!
I love this!
Beautiful fall garland. Can't wait to check out the tutorial. Love the mantel. This is a great giveaway!
Love the fireplace. It looks so beautiful!
all of your ideas are so wonderful and not too difficult to copy Especially love the swag
Bonnie
all of your ideas are so wonderful and not too difficult to copy Especially love the swag
Bonnie
I love how natural and casual your garland is. It looks beautiful against your new black fireplace.
Gorgeous!! And I bet it smells just as awesome!
I actually bought this air freshener last week – I'd seen it on your post when it was on your shelf :) They're great!
The mantel is gorgeous. Can't wait to hear how you did the garland!
I love the votives with the succulents!
It looks lovely!