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'm interested to check out the scent you mentioned. so many air fresheners are just too cloying. Beautiful garland!!
What a fun giveaway!
Love Glade and love the mantle decor. Thanks for the chance to win!
Ah, I love using the votives as succulent planters. I have a lot of gold mercury glass, and now I want to gather it all up and put it on the mantel. Super cute.
Looks so pretty!!
What an awesome giveaway! Your mantle looks amazing!
A great giveaway!
It's all so pretty…especially that garland. What a cozy spot!
So cute! I love the black fireplace!
Can't wait for the garland tutorial! It does NOT look like a DIY :)
I love seeing your home progress, Jenny! You are so inspiring!
I love reading your blog and following your style guides. You're such an inspiration and my home thanks you!
Gorgeous mantel!! Thanks for the giveaway.
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That blanket, one of those cool fresheners, and $? Sign. Me. Up.
Your mantel looks great! I love how the TV disappears. Can't wait to see the whole room come together.
I looove how your fireplace turned out! And it looks amazing with that garland!
Lovely mantel!!
Your family room is really coming together! Great job.
The fence post caps are a great idea, I think I will try that.
Love how that fossil stone slab turned out surrounding the firebox, so textural.
The mantel looks gorgeous.
Gorgeous! I love that garland and cannot wait for the tutorial!
Love the mantel!
Beautiful mantle! Thanks for the giveaway!
I love the color contrast with your mantle accessories! I wish I had a mantle to decorate :(
I love the color combo you did- how cute and modern! I wish I had a mantle to decorate :(
I love fall smells! It really does make the home more inviting!
Love the mantel! Turned out great as usual!
I really need to clear off my mantel and make it look festive!
Loving your mantle; it looks great!
There is nothing better than a decorated mantel… I all already thinking of ideas for Christmas including something that smells of balsam and cedar!
love the combination of colors and textures! looks fab (and i'm sure smells fab)!
Everything turned out beautifully! I love the garland especially.
We just bought the Glade Apple and Cinnamon refill last night! Love that fragrance!
great idea with the elevation. that throw can totally come live at my house!
Thanks for the opportunity, it would be great to win!
Holiday decorating is so much fun. Your mantel looks fabulous!
Thanks for the opportunity, it would be great to win :)
Holy moly! That garland! Loving what you are doing with your new home.
Love all your creative ideas and wish I could make my mantel as beautiful! Still can't believe those are air fresheners!
Love this, it's about time they start making air fresheners that you don't have to go through great lengths to hide. I can't wait for the garland DIY.
Your mantel looks wonderful! Your touched really make it look like you have welcomed the fall indoors. Would love to win this giveaway and do the same in my home.
Beautiful!
I love the mantel – it's undertstated yet impactful. I also love your blog!
Love apple cinnamon!
Fun garland! And the warm glow off the new fireplace is lovely! Happy fall!
It turned out beautifully! I love the glass votive from Target…and that is definitely one of the best-looking air fresheners I've seen. Well done!
I love how you pull everything together!
I completely agree – scent is such a powerful thing. I particularly LOVE fall scents! So many wonderful associations!
Love that throw!!
The Garland is amazing and LOVE glade scents at the holidays.