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!
Great Contest! Would love to decorate our mantel with the prizes!
It looks really pretty and I bet it smells great too!
Your fireplace and surround has turned out beautifully! I especially love the garland you created. And I can just imagine the great touch the fall scent adds. Thanks for the inspiration!
Those are the prettiest air fresheners I've ever seen! I would love to win!
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Your mantle came out great! I would love to add some fall scents to the house with Glade!
The throw looks lovely. Can't wait for the garland how-to!
Love your mantle. I'm a big fan of Glade, I usually get the apple cinammon scent but I'll have to check out cashmere woods.
Love your new fireplace and how you styled it!
Such great colors for the mantel. Love anything apple for fall.
It looks great!
the mantle decor is great.
Love the mantel, can't wait to see rest of the room.
Love the touches you made. We Arizona girls need to do what we can to keep things seasonal without the cold and snow!
What a great giveaway! Your mantel is perfect….
Great give away! I'd love to win and curl up under that throw with an extra $200!
Love having the smell of fall in the house!
Love having the smell of fall in the house!
Wow, the air freshener looks really nice actually!
Fantastic garland! You really are a master of inspiration :)
Who doesn't love a give away??
Who doesn't love a give away??
I love how your new house is coming along! Can't wait to see more.
Love the fall garland and the idea to use pedestals for special items!
What an amazing giveaway! Almost as amazing as your fireplace remodel!
wow this is an awesome giveaway, thanks for the chance to enter. I love how your fireplace turned out!
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Love how the fireplace surround came out – amazing job!
Love how the fireplace turned out and your styling looks great! The pedestals for the air fresheners are a wonderful idea.
Your fireplace looks amazing! I love the garland, did you make it?
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Such a perfect fall giveaway! I have similar gold and silver mercury votive holders that are lined up down my dining room table. They are so versatile and look great anywhere! I love the garland and can't wait for the tutorial.
I cannot believe how beautiful this turned out! I love the little pops of color.
i snagged some of the target votives too! what a find!
Your fireplace looks awesome and now so festive!
I love how your fireplace turned out. The first thing I do when I enter a building is smell it. Isn't that weird? Even my own home. I'm much happier when it smells yummy.
Thanks for the chance to win!
Amazing giveaway! I am in desperate need of some seasonal decor and my mantle, which has been style the same way for the past year, could use some serious updating!
Fingers crossed!!!
Great post! I love your mantel design!
i love the garland, can't wait to try it. i have the same bench, homegoods is awesome!
Beautiful!
I'd be thrilled to win!
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How fun! We are moving into a rental for a year while we build a house, and I would love to make it feel more designed and smell less like an old lady's house!
I've been drooling over seasonal mantle photos for weeks now, wishing I had a mantle to decorate.yours is wonderful, simple and fresh!! Im thinking of building a faux one to simply satisfy my decorating needs! The fabulous Glade giveaway could really go a long way to achieving that
Who knew air fresheners could look so nice? I thought they were just accents you put up on the mantle!
My goodness, what a lovely garland you created. I have followed your blog for over a year now, and you have inspired me to do so much more with spray paint!
I'm moving into a new home (95yrs old!) this week and I will definitely need to pick up some glade fresheners. I'm ready for the new house to feel like our home and a comforting scent really helps do the trick.
The mantel is perfect. Just the right touch of the season. So wonderful!
LOVE LOVE LOVE your fireplace and the fact you went bold with color choice….love it…you are soooo inspiration.
Your mantel is gorgeous! We're enjoying fall in Michigan and would love to add something special from the giveaway. Love Glade products, blankets, and baskets! Thanks!
Your mantel is gorgeous! We're enjoying fall in Michigan and would love to add something special from the giveaway. Love Glade products, blankets, and baskets! Thanks!
The fireplace is beautiful. Thank you for telling the sources for all the items.
Thanks for the give away!