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25 Fall Mantel Decorating Ideas to Make Your Hearth More Homey

 The Spruce

Decorating your fireplace mantel is a low stakes way to celebrate the changing of the seasons. Sprucing up this natural focal point can be as simple as adding a vase of seasonal leaves, or as elaborate as creating a full blown homage to autumn. Check out these fun fall decorating ideas that will make your fireplace mantel shine with seasonal spirit.

25 Inspiring Fall Mantel Decorating Ideas

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A collection of fall mantel decorating ideas with lots of inspiring ideas from farmhouse to more traditional fall decor. Decorate your fall mantle with pumpkins, gourds, wheat, dried flowers, baskets, and more. With the chilly autumn air, have your fireplace look warm and cozy for the season!

Is there anywhere cozier in the fall than gathered around the hearth? There’s something so peaceful and homey about decorating your mantel for autumn.

To spark your creativity, I wanted to gather some of our favorite photos of fall mantel ideas and inspiration. No mantel? No problem! You can still use these great fall decorating ideas to add a festive touch to any corner or gathering spot in your home.

Decorating your mantel brings a great spirit of fall in your home, especially if you have your front porch decorated too! After all, once guests are welcomed by a gorgeous autumn porch and entryway they’re again touched by the warmth of the season by a cute and festive fireplace.

Dressing up your mantel is an easy way to bring the colors and elements of the season into your home.

Think of yummy plums, golden yellows, gorgeous spicy oranges, and warm browns. Repeat fall motifs with symbols of the season—woodland creatures, autumn leaves, acorns, and signs of harvest.

You can use anything you have around the house, such as baskets, pillows, blankets, frames, mirrors, and vases.

Use natural wood and materials such as glass and metal, which pair perfectly with the fall season. Pick a theme, a color scheme, or another unifying element to bring it all together.

There are so many different ways to go about decorating your mantel. As you search for a theme, consider the elements and colors you’re already using in your home. There are neutral themes, pumpkin themes, and even white themes to go with any decorating style.  

Check out all of these beautiful mantels and see if any inspire you!

The rustic neutral accents in this fall mantle make the perfect display for the cooler months to evoke a warm and cozy atmosphere.

Use a collection of pumpkins and nestle tree branches into the empty spaces to fill it in. 

Add some candlesticks for a warm glow at night.

{ A Blissful Nest }

Picking a fall sign to display can be so much fun and add the perfect touch to your fall mantel.

We love this one and these gorgeous bouquets of fall flowers.

Use little burlap pumpkins and faux fall foliage. Add in baskets for pillows and cozy blankets.

{ I Dream Of Homemaking }

Sometimes simplicity is best.

This beautiful round gold mirror is accented with a few rustic wood candlesticks and a glass jar full of fall leaves.

A few small pumpkins are collected on this wood tray under the mirror with some more accent fall greenery.

{ The Home I Create }

Fall leaves on branches in the white pitchers are such a great way to draw the eye to the mantel.

I love that fall leaf family plate in the middle! This mantel is a great example of starting with a neutral pallet to switch in and out of themes throughout the year.

With the soft buttercream walls and white mantel, the accent colors can change and vary with the season.

{ Adventures in Decorating }

Add a fall chalkboard banner with leaf bunting and some personal favorite fall photos. This mantel captures the very best of trick or treating and autumn adventures for each member of the family.

Using simple white borders that double as mats, printed directly onto the photos, makes it easy to switch them when the season is over.

{ POP of pretty }

Adding teal in this fall mantel gives is a fun modern pop!

The gold branches and oversized flower make a statement and so does the beautiful feather sculpture. 

Decorate with gold pumpkins to add a little glitz to your mantel and don’t forget to layer in candles.

{ A Blissful Nest }

Add a DIY element to your fall mantel.

Using a few items from your local craft store, you can make a gorgeous fall wreath like this to be the center of your display.

The little “thankful” sign is a beautiful addition as well as the gorgeous Bordeaux velvet pumpkins.

{ Eighteen 25 }

Remember the bookshelves that flank your fireplace (if you have any) are also a part of the fireplace wall!

Add a few pops of color to them by adding votives and pumpkins. The natural elements of brick and reclaimed wood are perfect for a fall theme.

Again, a neutral pallet in the room means it’s perfectly ready to switch out for any holiday.

Don’t miss the beautiful jars in the upper right, filled with colorful seasonal treasures.

{ A Pretty Life in the Suburbs }

A different wreath adorns this mirror, but the pop of color was added with the teal blue!

Blue and orange play so well together as they’re complimentary colors. Your eye is immediately drawn to both colors in this scheme.

The silver accents are also perfect with the robin’s egg blue. The toile printed plate repeats the floral motif in the family lettering just below the mirror.

{ Chic on a Shoestring Decorating }

Some simple greenery from outside and mini white pumpkins makes this a beautiful neutral fall mantel display.

This mantle display has lots of texture from the wood lanterns to the basket of wood.

{ Michelle Janeen }

Have you ever thought about adding an old window and shutters to your mantel with a fabulous fall wreath?

This is a perfect “faux mantel” if your home doesn’t have a fireplace or hearth.

A floating shelf creates the same effect, and the shutters and window make a small space feel as though it has an extra window.

The natural elements in the wreath and other decorations go beautifully with the brick and the bright pop of green in the shutters is a real eye-catcher (and repeated in the other elements). Note the feathers in the pewter cup! 

{ Dimples and Tangles }

Fall is about enjoying the changes and giving thanks.

I adore this Give Thanks banner! These are so simple-stamped letter blocking on burlap strung with twine, but they have such a happy and airy feel, don’t they?

The other elements are all in shades of white and ivory with tin accents. It’s a rustic look with elegance and style.

{ Proverbs 31 Girl }

Even if you don’t have a farmhouse you can still create the feeling inside.

This beautiful rustic sign and barn wood beam really add a lot of classic farmhouse touch to this painted white brick fireplace.

The cluster of pumpkins are gorgeous and are quite the visual display!

{ Our Faux Farmhouse }

A chalkboard is a fabulous way to decorate for fall, especially with this basket and berries.

The lettering on the sign is beautifully done and a great combination of fonts! 

The bird adds so much whimsy to the mantel scape and the simple wreath looks great next to the mini pumpkins and gourds.

Notice how the bell shape in the filigree on the mantel is repeated in the shape on the sign above. This creates a great cohesive look.

{ Nest Of Posies }

Use the features of your mantel to give you inspiration.

This mantel has a lot of rustic elements in it from the brick to the dark beams.

She used classic rustic fall colors to compliment it. We absolutely love the chalkboard accents too!

{ Lillian Hope Designs }

Going all white with your decorations is never a bad idea.  

It gives off a classic and neutral look to this mantel.

That white corn is perfect with the matching white gourds. The bell jars over the top create an ethereal look that feels a little ghostly, but perfect for the season.

{ White Living }

Use items you find outside, such as an old piece of fencing.  

I really like how the leaves look like they’re being blown across the mantel. This could be recreated with paper leaves cut from simple butcher paper or kraft paper.

The branches and dried hydrangeas are an additional “found element” that completes this quirky, autumnal mantel display.

{ Thistlewood Farms }

Use greenery during the fall too for a fresh look!  

And pallets are a great way to put up a message you love.

This look could be done with mosses (as they’ve used here) or succulents which are quite popular and easy-to-find.

The woven baskets pair nicely with the porcelain dishes. I love this owl and found my own little guy in black for my mantel  (thanks to the dollar bin at Target)!

{ Love of Family and Home }

Several sprigs of berries and leaves work really well.

Use different frames for the chalkboard and different sizes for a balanced look.

These teal pumpkins pick up the blue in the chevron and solid pillows perfectly. The springs of orange Chinese lanterns are a festive bright color that catches the eye.

The rest of the pallet is quite neutral but simple and elegant.

{ The LilyPad Cottage }

Think about other aspects of fall, such as apples and grains of wheat!

If you don’t have a fireplace, you can do a faux mantel with a chalkboard fire below!

I love love love this idea and if you’ll notice, it’s even accented by the wall art of the chair silhouette in black. The sign and other elements are simple, but festive and sweet.

{ Just Destiny }

Fall really does help us sit down and be grateful for what we have.

That “Count Your Blessings” sign is perfect on the pallet backdrop.

Think outside the box and hang wreaths in other places too! Again, it’s fun to see a cute silver owl in this simple, happy design.

{ The Frugal Homemaker.com }

The whitewash pallet backdrop is perfect for the burlap banner and the sweet painting of the pumpkin.

This arrangement is so simple, but yet it works great for the whole autumn season.

The apples, the pumpkin, and the pine cones keep the theme of fall going.

{ The Turquoise Home }

Harvest time is during the fall season, so why not make decorate those letters to add the fall element to your mantel!

These simple woodcut letters can be found at many craft stores and adding paint, or paper can turn them into a fabulous design element.

You can use these letters for parties, tablescapes, and all sorts of other applications.

{ Hoosier Homemade }

Balance out your mantel with a few tall objects and several focus points like the wreath, sign, and rustic pumpkin.

The mirror and the sign are perfect and simple and the round wreath matches those darling circles around the letters in fall.

{ Landeelu }

Shiplap details and blue accents make this simple fall mantel stand out.

Add a layer of fall leaves and then place pumpkins and faux apples on top for an inexpensive fall look.

{ Jenna Kate At Home }

 

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Designing a fireplace in the house and garden: warm solutions

Create an autumn-inspired fireplace you'll love

With the onset of cold weather, it's time to fire up the stove and warm up your home. Fall fireplaces are a great place to place seasonal wreaths, garlands, and holiday decorations.

If you want to decorate an ordinary hearth with a natural, natural thing found on the street, or something simple that has the color of autumn, here are a few ways for you, dear readers of the Design Museum.

Autumn textures and colors:

With the ever-changing hues outside, why not decorate the oven with gifts from nature! Leaves, pine cones, straw, dry corn, and even the fresh scents of cinnamon and cloves bring warmth to your fireplace.

Mirrors and framed paintings can also highlight autumn themes. Try to distribute the color scheme throughout the hearth. Choose two or three tones that match with autumn.

Creating a unified autumn composition on your fireplace

Modern and minimal:

If you love autumn colors but don't want to go traditional, bring color in an unusual way. Use beautiful blown glass vases to decorate your fireside.

You can enter one dynamic design part. This fireplace in the interior draws the eye with its upgraded look, thanks to simple details such as a duck and decorative flower vases. It maintains an autumnal sophistication with beauty in the smallest details.

Simplified Fall Fireplace Decor

Deciding on the height and character of the décor:

Depending on the size and style, do your best to keep the elements in proportion and scale to the rest of the composition. Choose vases, mirrors and containers that complement each other.

Consider combining uneven groups, such as three or five, which will look more natural. Use an autumn garland, flower vases and miniature pumpkins.

The latter attract organic elements in an empty fireplace in an unusual way. If you want to group candles of different sizes, combine them by color, height, or apply additional shades to make the original interior decoration whole.

Fall can be unconventional and intertwined with the colors of the season.

Decorate your outdoor hearth:

Don't forget the outdoor fireplace. Autumn is one of the best times of the year to have fun and enjoy the fresh air with friends and family. Nature becomes a natural backdrop.

If you live in a wooded area, collect twigs and twigs and group them on the fireplace to attract surprised looks. A matching wreath or garland as decoration on or on either side of a large hearth can be a great option.

Decorate your outdoor fireplace with fall inspiration

Don't Forget Your Outdoor Fireplace / by Lands End Development

Heat up your home this fall with a modern indoor fireplace that is sure to speak volumes about your hospitality.

Whether you love the traditional hues of the season with rich organic decorations or opt for a subtle color, your home should express your personal love for this wonderful time of year.

Fireplaces in the interior

Do-it-yourself autumn home decor. DIY autumn home decor

Contents

  1. DIY autumn home decor. DIY autumn decor for home
  2. DIY autumn decorations. DIY autumn interior decor
  3. Autumn decor in kindergarten. Decoration of the room "Autumn decor with your own hands"
  4. Autumn decor of the fireplace. And we are already in autumn! Warm Ideas for Decorating Your Fireplace – Some Realized Examples
    • Autumn Textures and Colors:
    • Modern and Minimal:
    • Deciding on Height and Decor:
    • Decorate Your Outdoor Hearth:
  5. Autumn Decor Video // in the house // do it yourself

Do-it-yourself autumn home decor. DIY autumn decor for home

Children's herbarium is far from the only way to use the most beautiful leaves from the park, which reach the peak of their decorativeness in autumn. If you already know how to harvest colorful leaves, then you can make a huge number of do-it-yourself autumn decor items for the home, starting from wreaths, by analogy with DIY New Year's wreaths on the door, and ending with chandeliers, garlands and candlesticks.

The photo shows only a small part of the ideas in this direction. For example, you can make wall decorations, for this, whole leaves of a bright color are selected, gently dried with heat so that the color is preserved, and then carefully glued to the transparent glass of the photo frame. As a result, you get a real triptych on the wall, which is not ashamed to decorate any interior.

Garlands also look beautiful, for which multi-colored leaves, spices, dried citrus slices are used and all this is complemented by buttons from old beads.

And one more interesting craft - a garland that is hung on the door frame from the outside. It is also advisable to use dried natural leaves for her, but do not try to string them with a needle, as after drying they will have a very fragile structure.

It is better to stick them with quality glue to a ribbon or string, fasten them so that the garland is exposed to the wind as little as possible, which can quickly make it unusable. You can complement this door decor with a real broom, which looks most appropriate in the autumn decor.

Let's look at a small example of making autumn decor with your own hands, a master class on which you can see above. This wreath is just inspired by the theme of New Year's wreaths on the door with our own hands, it is made according to the same principle, only instead of needles, cones and other elements that we strongly associate with winter holidays, we will use bright red leaves and berries.

Do the workpiece for crafts in the usual way - look for a suitable base (in our case, this is a ready-made foam base, but you can use wire with foam rubber, old hoops, etc.), decorate it with a ribbon of a suitable shade. Then, armed with a glue gun, fix the leaves in several layers on one third of the circle or /, depending on the amount of material, on half of it.

Be sure to use additional accents, such as sprigs of rowan berries, wild rose, hawthorn, in a word, any berries of red shades. Do not forget to also make a hidden or hinged loop so that the wreath can be fixed on the surface of the door leaf.

DIY autumn decorations. Do-it-yourself autumn interior decor

Autumn. Time to enjoy nature - on the street and at home. Autumn leaves surprise with their colors and bring warmth and comfort to the interior. What kind of crafts can be made from leaves to decorate the house? We have a lot of great ideas! Do-it-yourself autumn crafts made from leaves, acorns, cones, rowan and wild rose berries, dried flowers will decorate your interior. 9Ol000 from maple branches

Even the branches are ideal for decorating the interior with your own hands. The beauty of autumn decor is that it does not require much time or money, but the result exceeds all expectations - look at the photos that we have selected for you.

Autumn table decor
Decorative branches for a floor vase
Branch and maple leaf wreath on the door
Beautiful autumn leaves decoration and colorful vases

Here is another interesting idea: crafts made from dry ears of wheat, which you can buy at any art supply store. Beautiful and practical. Delicate lush ears are suitable for placing accents throughout the house: hang a wreath on the door, bouquets on the bedside tables, decorated napkins on the dining table.

Dinner napkins decorated with wheat ears
Wreath of wheat ears
Bouquets of wheat

Or maybe you want to weave a wreath of leaves with your own hands? We have prepared a tutorial for you:

How to make your own autumn leaf wreath

You will need:

And this is how easy it is:

1. Pierce the leaves (20-30 pieces) in the middle and thread them onto the wire.

2. Bend the wire and shape the craft into a wreath.

Autumn decor in kindergarten. Decorating the room “Do-it-yourself autumn decor”

Marina Shalkova
Decorating the room “Do-it-yourself autumn decor”

Goal : To contribute to the expansion of knowledge about the characteristic features of this season, to develop interest in natural phenomena, to consolidate and expand knowledge about the gifts of autumn , cultivate love for the nature of the native land.

It is a rainy autumn outside the window, and my heart is somehow cloudy and sad. You need to create a warm and cozy atmosphere, then autumn will sparkle with other colors!

Do-it-yourself autumn decor will help us transform our center with the help of simple and very effective gizmos, and the resulting autumn mood will surely allow us to easily survive the autumn blues and enjoy this melancholy season.

We really like to please our pupils with vivid impressions. We have decorations for every season. So now for the fall we decided to do something new.

Autumn is associated primarily with leaf fall and the transformation of nature, but let's not forget that this is the harvest time, the most generous and well-fed season. That is why since ancient times it was with the harvest, vegetables and fruits that interior decorations were associated. We made all the design elements together with the children from colored office paper, used woolen threads to tie garlands and our own imagination and imagination, and, of course, a good mood.

Autumn decorates the park

Colorful leaves.

Autumn feeds the harvest

Birds, animals and you and me.

And in the gardens, and in the garden,

And in the forest, and by the water

Nature has prepared

All kinds of fruits.

The first thing that appeared on the side of the window was a home cellar with pickles and jams.

The children approached this matter responsibly, having done their work excellently.

Soon the plot of the application on the theme "Stocks of the hedgehog" appeared on the window.

The harvest of bright and appetizing pumpkins, juicy apples and pears, and ripe grapes has already been harvested.

The children came up with a common name for the composition "Autumn Pantry".

In addition to our composition, we came up with the idea of ​​decorating a window on a flight of stairs. All guests of our center are met by Mrs. Autumn herself.

Autumn peeped into my window, reached out sweetly and arrogantly.

She stretched out her hand-branch with a smile and enchanted with her singing.

About autumn rains with sadness, about the subdued rustle of leaf fall,

About colorful bright pictures on the edge of a thoughtful garden.

The children cut out autumn leaves on their own according to the templates and circled them with a colored marker.

In the course of the work, the children asked a lot of questions, reasoned and made their own conclusions, mastered new techniques of manual labor, there is a formation of confidence in their strengths and abilities, the creation of a friendly children's team.

Autumn fireplace decor. And we are already in autumn! Warm ideas for decorating your fireplace - a few implemented examples

Create an autumn-inspired fireplace you'll love

With the onset of cold weather, it's time to fire up the stove and warm up your home. Fall fireplaces are a great place to place seasonal wreaths, garlands, and holiday decorations.

If you want to decorate an ordinary hearth with a natural, natural thing found on the street, or something simple that has the color of autumn, here are a few ways for you, dear readers of the Design Museum.

Autumn textures and colors:

With the ever-changing hues outside, why not decorate the stove with gifts from nature! Leaves, pine cones, straw, dry corn, and even the fresh scents of cinnamon and cloves bring warmth to your fireplace.

Mirrors and framed paintings can also highlight autumn themes. Try to distribute the color scheme throughout the hearth. Choose two or three tones that match with autumn.

Creating a unified autumn composition on your fireplace

Modern and minimal:

If you love fall shades but don't want to go traditional, bring color in an unusual way. Use beautiful blown glass vases to decorate your fireside.

You can enter one dynamic design part. This fireplace in the interior draws the eye with its upgraded look, thanks to simple details such as a duck and decorative flower vases. It maintains an autumnal sophistication with beauty in the smallest details.

Simplified Fall Fireplace Decoration

Deciding on the height and character of the décor:

Depending on the size and style, do your best to keep the elements in proportion and scale to the rest of the arrangement. Choose vases, mirrors and containers that complement each other.

Consider combining uneven groups, such as three or five, which will look more natural. Use an autumn garland, flower vases and miniature pumpkins.

The latter attract organic elements in an empty fireplace in an unusual way. If you want to group candles of different sizes, combine them by color, height, or apply additional shades to make the original interior decoration whole.

Autumn can be unconventional and intertwined with the colors of the season

Decorate your outdoor hearth:

Don't forget the outdoor fireplace. Autumn is one of the best times of the year to have fun and enjoy the fresh air with friends and family.

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