Mantel Make Over

   One of the compromises I had to make when deciding on our house was to not have a fireplace. I love fireplaces; the sound of cracking wood, the soft light on a cold night, the wonderful smell that fills the house. As much as I love all of it, I loved our house so I had to give up my dream of that beautiful fireplace.

  However, our home did come with a lovely faux fireplace in the downstairs living room which gives me a mantle to play around with and decorate. I have had it the same since we moved in, candles, glasses, antiques and some books.

                          Here is a picture of the living room and you can kinda see the set up.

    I was redoing some of the other areas of the house and decided I wanted to switch up the mantel. I wanted something simple for summertime. I had just gotten some family pictures printed and wanted to use them but wanted to do something different that picture frames. I went hunting through y craft closet and came across some mason jars and decided to use those instead. I also added a picture frame that I tied some burlap bunting I made that spell out family across it. Sorry the pictures aren't the best, the lighting was not cooperating with me.

xoxo
Ashlea