Fall Mantel Decorating Ideas

Decorate your mantel for fall with gourds, leaves, garlands, and more, inspired by these real-home seasonal decorating ideas.

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Easy Fall Mantel with Crafty Garland

Welcoming Fall Mantel

Fall Mantel with Hydrangeas and Ruffled Felt Garland

Yellow, Orange, and Gray Fall Mantel

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Fall Mantel with Burlap Wreath

Bright and Simple Fall Mantel

Nature-Inspired Fall Mantel

Fall-Inspired Mantel with Earthy Accents

Orange and Blue Fall Mantel

Faux Fall Leaf Garland and Candles

Fall Mantel with Pumpkins

Simple Fall Mantel

Fall Mantel with Multicolored Leaf Garland

Fall Mantel with Frames, Candles, and Pumpkins

Fall Mantel with Ruffled Burlap Garland

Barn Door and Hydrangea Wreath

Fall Mantel with Natural Elements

Fall Mantel with Twine-Wrapped Vases

Simply Seasonal Fall Mantel

Fruit-and-Nuts Fall Mantel

Striking Orange-and-Black Mantel

Outdoor Elements on Fall Mantel

Pumpkin Topiary on a Mantel

Oversize Fall Mantel

Ceramic Pumpkins on a Mantel

Easy Faux Fall Mantel

Wheat-and-Pumpkins Fall Mantel

Silhouette Mantel

Woodland-Theme Mantel

Family Fall Mantel

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Tree-Theme Mantel

Wood-Chip Wreath

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Easy Fall Mantel with Crafty Garland

Burlap and harvest colors make a statement on Courtney's (athoughtfulplaceblog.com) mantel. She made the garland by cutting six triangles from a piece of burlap and adhering them to a length of wide ribbon using hot glue. She added monogram wine charms to the burlap to spell "gather," threading the metal rings through the burlap to attach them. Courtney also gave a tall vase a makeover with a coat of chalkboard spray paint and a welcoming fall message. She added a few small pumpkins and fall leaves, and finished the look by draping a strand of faux leaves around a large mirror in the center of her mantel.

What's your ideal holiday decorating style? Find out!

Welcoming Fall Mantel

Becca (adventuresindecorating1.blogspot.com) combined rustic and vibrant elements on her fall mantel, using a metal-and-wrought-iron frame as a focal point for her design. A vintage wooden pheasant figurine, a red fall sign, and small gourds placed under a glass cloche to give her mantel pops of color. Creamy pumpkins, candles, and burlap-wrapped pitcher add to the design, and a garland made from fall-hue wooden beads strung together on picture wire adds a fun layer. The mantel gains a welcoming glow with light-up branches placed in a pitcher alongside faux florals, natural branches, and feathers.

Fall Mantel with Hydrangeas and Ruffled Felt Garland

The vintage look of Myra's (myblessedlife.net) fall mantel can easily be re-created with backyard finds and an easy-to-make garland. The backdrop is a planked stove board, and old minnow buckets filled with dried hydrangeas add symmetry on either side. She added a "Count your Blessings" sign and a decoupaged book canvas for extra dimension and rounded out the look with candles, pumpkins, hurricane vases, and sticks from her backyard. To make her ruffled felt garland, gather a 1/2 yard of brightly colored felt and cut in half. Myra's felt was 10 inches wide, so she cut each width into four 2-1/2-inch wide strips. Adhere four of the strips together at the ends with hot glue. Measure approximately eleven feet of jute, knotting one end of the twine and threading the other through a large-eye needle. Stitch with wide stitches down the middle of the strip. To give your garland more dimension, make a second garland from the same materials; twist the two strips together and hang from your mantel.

Yellow, Orange, and Gray Fall Mantel

Emily (decorchick.com) went with a rustic look for her fall mantel, using several natural elements. A wooden bowl holds acorns beneath an antique window frame. Faux pumpkins sit atop a stack of paperback books tied together with twine and also on a vintage scale with a piece of scrap burlap. To create her bright fall wreath, Emily used colored yarn, a wreath form, and faux foliage. She secured the yarn with a dab of hot glue on the back of the wreath form and wrapped the yarn carefully around, alternating the colors. She added a few fall foliage embellishments with hot glue and florist's wire and hung the wreath on the window frame.

Video: How to Make a Flower Pumpkin

Watch how to use fall flowers to mimic the shape of a pumpkin for this clever fall decoration.

Fall Mantel with Burlap Wreath

Using a turquoise, green, and orange color palette for her fall mantel opened up pretty possibilities for Samantha (craftytexasgirls.com). The burlap wreath is the star of the show, made from a straw wreath form, a yard of burlap, ribbon, fabric scraps, and jute twine. Samantha used burlap from the remnants of a coffee bag, which added bits of turquoise coloring to her wreath. To make the wreath, cut burlap into 4-inch strips and wrap it around a straw wreath, using hot glue as needed to secure. Use rolled fabric scraps and hot glue to create rosettes, add a few buttons, and wrap the wreath with jute twine to create texture. Samantha made the bunting from leftover burlap and added a tall pillar candle, a pumpkin, an antique mirror, stacked books, and a few other items to vary the height and depth of her display.

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Bright and Simple Fall Mantel

Holly (mysisterssuitcase.blogspot.com) used bright colors and minimal embellishments to design her fall mantel. She accented the ends of the mantel with fall-color topiaries made from mini maple leaf swags stuck into candlesticks. Next, she transformed a clear glass jar into a rustic lantern by placing a small candle and a mix of cinnamon and bamboo sticks inside. To make her no-sew pennant, cut nine kite-shape pieces from double-sided fabric and fold the top half over. Iron the triangle flaps in place and adhere a button to each triangle with a dab of hot glue. Cut a length of jute twine, and string the triangles through it, using another dab of hot glue to secure the fabric to the twine. Finish the mantel?s symmetrical and colorful look by adding a row of bright green granny smith apples across the top of the mantel.

Nature-Inspired Fall Mantel

Courtenay (creeklinehouse.blogspot.com) decorated her mantel for fall with a mix of natural and store-bought elements. She found a goose weathervane on the property when she moved into her home and sprayed it with a clear coat to use as part of the display. She purchased the white pumpkins from a crafts store, spray-painted them ivory, and wrapped the stems with brown yarn. She gathered sticks from her backyard and added them to a mason jar and scattered maple leaves in various colors along the display. Her garland is made from real leaves glued to a length of twine, keeping the look simple and natural.

Fall-Inspired Mantel with Earthy Accents

Jo-Anna (aprettylifeinthesuburbs.com) likes to keep her mantel decorating simple; when putting together her display, she used fall colors and earthy accents. She stood birch logs on her mantel, accenting them with orange leaves, real squashes, and pumpkins. To give the mantel a warm glow, she fashioned tea-light candleholders from simple mason jars wrapped with baker's twine.

Orange and Blue Fall Mantel

Without a lot of space to work with, Lani (diapersanddivas.com) lined her ledge with narrow decorations and decorated up. She enhanced her "FALL" letters with orange glitter and put them next to a faux gourd, a glass cloche filled with small pinecones, and two narrow, tall white vases filled with faux yellow leaves. To add height behind the entire display, she found several mirrors with thick frames, spray painted them light gold, and hung them in a repeated pattern.

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Faux Fall Leaf Garland and Candles

Kristin (homespunwithlove.blogspot.com) likes to bring colorful fall elements into her home with fabric leaves. A bright garland, made from magenta, orange, green, and brown fabric leaves threaded together, hangs along the bottom of her mantel. To spice up ordinary pillar candles for her mantel, she secured a faux leaf on each with twine.

Fall Mantel with Pumpkins

Alyssa (everythinghasaplace.blogspot.com) looks for trends in color, texture, and shape when putting together her mantel displays -- then gathers various elements from her home, garden, and crafts stores. Two real white pumpkins anchor the ends of her mantel, and grapevine pumpkins sit atop painted wooden candlesticks to give the display height. A candleholder props up two glass metallic pumpkins and a gold papier-mache pumpkin in the center, and a fall garland in front brings everything together.

Simple Fall Mantel

When decorating her mantel, Barbara (curlywillowdiy.blogspot.com) likes to start with an eye-catching object in the center and build out. She adds identical objects to each side, making her fall mantel cozy and easy to re-create. This year, Barbara arranged faux leaf garlands and pumpkins for the main display and added symmetry with mercury glass candlesticks placed on either end of the mantel.

Fall Mantel with Multicolored Leaf Garland

Rachael (rmhouseofnoise.blogspot.com) used several bunches of colorful fabric leaves to create a garland for her simple fall mantel. She cut the stems off and threaded the leaves together using twine and a large needle. Once her garland was hung, she added a few accent pieces, such as small pumpkins, bird figurines, framed pictures, and a monogram plate.

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Fall Mantel with Frames, Candles, and Pumpkins

Tracie (cleverlyinspired.blogspot.com) collected picture frames in various sizes from thrift stores and garage sales with her fall mantel in mind. She removed the glass then spray-paintedthe frames white. She used clear fishing line to dangle a large faux leaf to the center of each frame. She set each frame on the mantel at varied heights to create a fun backdrop for her display. She then added a few white pillar candles, more faux leaves, and faux pumpkins spray-painted gold to complete her cozy fall mantel.

Fall Mantel with Ruffled Burlap Garland

Instead of the traditional colors of autumn, Beth (unskinnyboppy.blogspot.com) wanted to use muted tones of cream, blue, and green to coordinate with the existing decor in her home. She layered natural elements like ruffled burlap, stacked stone, basswood slices, birch bark candles, and rustic pottery, and interspersed them with decorative silver accents, Indian corn, and bundles of wheat. She created the ruffled burlap garland by gathering the edges of 6-inch burlap strips and hot-gluing them end to end.

Barn Door and Hydrangea Wreath

The abundance of natural materials in the fall makes decorating your mantel easy and fun! Head outside and pick up pinecones, dried leaves, and branches. Laura (findinghomeonline.com) used these materials to accent an old barn door and a dried hydrangea wreath.

Fall Mantel with Natural Elements

To get inspiration and materials for your fall mantel, Kate (centsationalgirl.com) suggests going on a nature walk. Pick up branch clippings, pinecones, acorns, and smooth stones, and give them a home on your mantel. Displaying a tall vase and an apothecary jar is a perfect way to show off your finds. A complementing display on a coffee table is an easy way to carry on the fall theme.

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Fall Mantel with Twine-Wrapped Vases

Maryann (domestically-speaking.com) loves a full mantel to complement the bountiful season. She created her plentiful mantel by layering pumpkins, acorns, pinecones, and leaves. To fashion twine vases, she hot-glued twine to recycled bottles.

Simply Seasonal Fall Mantel

To keep your mantel looking fresh like Lauren's (withtwocats.com), use one significant piece and complement with smaller seasonal elements. Lauren used the mirror as her focal point and stacked mini pumpkins beneath it. To finish, she placed seasonal flowers around the room.

Fruit-and-Nuts Fall Mantel

Glass containers are simple and versatile decorations that can be staples on your mantel all year long. Alissa (33shadesofgreen.blogspot.com) switches out the filler every season. Inspiration for her fall mantel came from natural elements such as acorns, leaves, and fruit.

Striking Orange-and-Black Mantel

A few mini pumpkins and a glass container filled with seedpod vase filler, pinecones, and faux leaves can give your house the autumn touch it needs. Displayed above the collection, a striking black mirror instantly sets the fall mood. Meghan (littlemacshack.blogspot.com) recommends using items on your mantel that are meaningful to you. Her Shel Silverstein books are constants through every season.

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Outdoor Elements on Fall Mantel

Laney (laneygardner.blogspot.com) looks to the outdoors for inspiration for her fall mantel. She covered sticks from her yard with a clear coat and mixed them in with dried flowers and feathers in a clear vase. She filled the base with faux leaves and accented with mini pumpkins and gourds.

Pumpkin Topiary on a Mantel

Simple and fun crafts can make your mantel look great. Re-create Gail's (gailsdecorativetouch.blogspot.com) pumpkin topiary by applying crackle medium to a fake orange pumpkin. Let it dry and paint white. Insert pretty faux greens into an urn and display the pumpkin using a wooden dowel.

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Oversize Fall Mantel

Dried pumpkins and gourds (available at your local crafts store) are great accessories to have during the fall season. They look fantastic and you can keep them year after year. Myquillyn (thenester.com) mixed the dried gourds with big, warty pumpkins from her local farm store. For extra interest, she used yellow and gold faux foliage mixed with pheasant feathers.

Ceramic Pumpkins on a Mantel

Allison (houseofhepworths.com) likes to keep her mantel display simple. She used a faux plant, gourds, and ceramic pumpkins in a variety of colors to give her home a touch of fall that she can reuse next year.

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Easy Faux Fall Mantel

Faux fall items can be used in a variety of ways year after year. Becky (cleanmama.blogspot.com) kept her mantel simple by placing miniature pumpkins and gourds atop oversize leaves. She filled a glass vase with crystals and gave it a touch of autumn by putting a leaf on top. Cattails in an ivory vase finish off the autumnal mantel.

Wheat-and-Pumpkins Fall Mantel

A mantel doesn't have to be complicated to be beautiful. Tara (tarahlowry.blogspot.com) placed wheat in clear glass vases aside a display of white pumpkins and Spanish moss balls.

Silhouette Mantel

Incorporate your family into your fall mantel by using pictures of their silhouettes. Simply trace their shadows onto black cardstock, trim, and place in an oversize frame. Kellie (thisblessednest.blogspot.com) painted her frame gray and added a hint of pumpkin-orange color. She also covered a foam board with several sheets of scrapbook paper before adding the silhouettes. Painted pumpkins finish her autumn theme.

Woodland-Theme Mantel

Wrap potted plants in burlap to give them an autumnal and natural touch. Kim (savvysouthernstyle.blogspot.com) accented her burlap-wrapped plants with faux branches she had on hand and a bird she found at her local crafts store.

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Family Fall Mantel

Mary Jean (onenuttygirl.com) used her family photo as the focus for her fall mantel. She found the frame and letters in a salvage store and finished her mantel with other goodies picked up over the years. As an interesting touch, she placed an old paperback book with the pages folded back in a hurricane vase. Branches tucked inside the pages add a touch of nature.

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Tree-Theme Mantel

While silhouette tree art grabs your attention, it's the trio of spiders in Audrey's (house-of-boys.livejournal.com/) display that gives it personality. She added fresh-from-the-farmer's-market pumpkins, a leafy garland, and candles to complete the fall flavor.

Wood-Chip Wreath

Beth (thestoriesofa2z.com) used leftover curly wood chips from a woodworking project to create her pretty wreath. She stripped an old wreath down to its grapevine base and hot-glued the wood shavings to it. A fluffy feather boa and more wood shavings add texture to the mantel.

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