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!
The mantel… those sconces… *swoons*. Also what great give-away! Totally digging the throw!
I love the bench and garland! So pretty
Love the use of that candle holder for the succulent! Now I'm itching to decorate :)
Love it all! Great giveaway:)
Love it all! Great giveaway:)
This mantel and fireplace turned out amazing!! Love the garland!!
Your fireplace and mantel looking amazing. I hope this us the beginning of many happy memories that room.
What a lovely mantel. I'm dying over those votives.
I love all the changes that your home is going through.
That throw is gorgeous! And I love your mantel. It looks great!
I mean seriously, is there anything you CAN'T do?! You're amazing (so is this giveaway)
I was nervous for the dark fireplace, but I love it! It turned out great! Cant wait to see the rest of the room
Simple gorgeous. Here's to so many memories around that fire.
what an amazing giveaway! I'd love to win it! (I've never won anything before)
Looks amazing as always!
I love the the small votives you used in the center! And that basket of logs, it just adds a nice touch!
Lovely mantel! Perfect colors! And awesome give away!!
I love how the tv almost disapperes above the mantel. The fireplace turned out great! How did you change the GG sconces to have those cute round bulbs instead of the faux candle look with the silk shades? Did they need a new socket?
Thanks for the giveaway opportunity!
What a lovely mantle and a lovely gift.
Thank you!
what an amazing giveaway! I'd love to win it! (I've never won anything before)
That garland is gorgeous! I wish I was half as creative as you Jenny!
I love the drama of the black fireplace, those gossip girl sconces pop like nobody's business. Also, super impressed with those Glade fresheners, they easily could pass as a Nate Berkus item.
The new fireplace looks great!
That autumn garland is so beautiful. I love the warm colors against the dark fireplace and the pop of the mushroom sconces. Really great! Love it!
Love that garland Jenny! What a beautiful mantle.
Love the pedestals…
The mantel (and fireplace) look amazing! Can't wait for the garland diy. What a great giveaway!
That garland is BEAUTIFUL!!! And I am really digging your sophisticated black mantle! Great job!
I love how it turned out!
Love the mantel update! And would love the throw as well!
Your new fireplace and mantel look beautiful! So cozy. :)
Sweet! Love the styling on the mantel. I will have to check out Glade's products a little more…especially cashmere woods!
Thanks!
So lovely. Thank you for using what you've got! It reminds me of all the possibilities from the random things I already have around the house!
Jenny — I love, love, Looooove what you did with the fireplace! Gorgeous! I am seriously wishing my Boston apartment had one so I could deck it out like you did for the fall! I might use the votives and garland around the large opening to my living room. Love!
I am so amazed with what you've done to your new home, it is absolutely breathtaking! I liked your first post about Glade and picked up one at Target… But I could use another one for sure!! :)
I get so excited every time you post something! So much inspiration!
Love the new fireplace! I'm constantly trying to add personal touches to my apartment and your blog has provided tons of inspiration!
It's unreal how gorgeous your fire place looks, and you don't even notice the tv!
Such a pretty mantel. It's nice to linger in the fall a little while longer instead of rushing through to Christmas. Love the giveaway. Liz.
Jenny! I love love loooooove your mantel and gorgeous display! You are so talanted! Very much wishing my Boston apartment had a fireplace so I could deck it out like you did! Hoping to use the votives for displays and garland around the large opening to my living room! love!
The stone on your surround is just beautiful! Very earthy feeling, which actually goes well with all of your current accents! Lovely:)
Those Glade dispensers really are handsome. And you're so amazing at styling a space. I cannot wait for that swag tutorial. It's blowing my mind. xox
Oh, what a great giveaway!
I wants to win!
I love your blog….very inspiring!
This looks great. I was just wandering around Target sniffing various candles and things in an attempt to make my house smell better…
The fireplace looks phenomenal! And those mercury glass votives are fantastic! What a great find.
Fingers crossed for this one! What a killer giveaway!
Looks amazing! I would love to see a photo of the entire mantel though, since we're only getting it in pieces here (but the details sure are beautiful).
Great giveaway – I need to get moving on my holiday decorating!
Beautiful job! Your creativity is such an inspiration.
lovely! the colors are great!