Our fall mantle.

If you read regularly, you know how much I love mantles. They are kind of my favorite thing ever! If you remember, I blogged about my mantle inspiration here, and I want to show you all what I came up with! But first, lets take a look at what it looked like prior to any decorating.

Beautiful, but boring, it needed some color! Since most of the things in our house are in the brown family, we needed a big pop of color for the room. Since it was just painted we will probably wait awhile to paint, even though it desperately needs some color on the walls!

This is literally the only thing decorated in our entire house. In fact, I purposely didn't post a straight on picture because you can see the reflection of random toys all over the floor. The rest is pretty much in shambles. But, I am working on it! With two kids, it is not easy! 

Sources: Branches, glass vase, white pumpkin, ball: Hobby Lobby. Artwork: given to us from my parent's house (from American Furniture Warehouse), candlesticks, lanterns: TJ Maxx, stool: garage sale find, tin and wheat bundle: Home Goods.