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!
I love all the littel touches you added to make it special. I have a hard time envisioning a look sometimes,so thanks for the inspiration :-)
Tanya Patrice
Girlxoxo.com
Target + Home Depot + Michaels = my favorite go-to decor sources as well. As your mantel demonstrates, the possibilities at those stores are endless!
It's so exiting! It would be great to win. :)
Great giveaway! Would love to win because I am currently in the process of trying to add scents to my home!
Such a lovely collection of giveaway items. And I love how your fireplace turned out! So beautiful.
Great giveaway and love your new fireplace & mantel!
The pedestals are a great tip. Thank you!
Count me in, those glade dispensers are so pretty, almost like a beehive.
Awesome giveaway! The scent really does add a little something extra to home decor.
Love how it turned out with all added decors – very nice! and thank you for inspiration.
Wow Jenny, I can only admire your skills.
Thanks for the continuing inspiration :)
Love the way the fireplace turned out! You go girl. As for the Glade stuff, awesome too! You're awesome Jenny.
Love how you styled your mantle, and the redo of the fireplace is stunning!
Beautiful styling and beautiful giveaway! Thanks so much!
Super cute! And you did it on the cheap, which is always great.
What a cozy atmosphere! I love it, but, unfortunately, it'd be impossible to have a mantel in my tiny apartment. It's a great giveaway, I guess it's not open to European readers. Thanks for the inspiration. Best regards from a reader from Barcelona, Spain,
Marta
http://abilingualbb.blogspot.com.es/
It looks SO good! Once again I am hugely impressed by your vision and skills. I hope you take a little time, in between all your jobs, to sit in front of the fireplace and enjoy.
Thanks for sharing
Emily
The fireplace looks lovely – so inspirational! Ohh, and I would love some cinnamon smell in my apartment.
Beautiful fireplace, scents do add a new level to home decor.
Love the garland, perfect way to add Fall to any room!
SO pretty! Thanks for the great ideas and awesome giveaway!
this post just reminded me that i used to have a sense n' spray, an older one from when they first came out, and i have NO IDEA where it is anymore and further no idea when i ever even moved it…!!! and now i am missing my favvvvvorite scent, clean linen i believe it's called…yup, definitely need a new one! :)
I love the mercury glass – such a great idea for the holidays :)
Hello! Lovely mantel, and great giveaway… Thank you for Boeing so inspiring
What fun color pops. Everything on the mantel stands out and feels so special and deliberate. I love that you kept the styling pretty minimal and let your textural garland take center stage. I cannot wait to see the tutorial for that!
What fun color pops. Everything on the mantel stands out and feels so special and deliberate. I love that you kept the styling pretty minimal and let your textural garland take center stage. I cannot wait to see the tutorial for that!
Hello! Lovely mantel, and great giveaway… Thank you for Boeing so inspiring
Beautiful mantel and I'm sure it smells divine!
Your home is really going thru beautiful changes, keep up the good work.
Loving the mantel!
Love your garland and am so excited for the tutorial!!! The giveaway is lovely too!
Great giveaway! You've certainly inspired me to shop the house a bit as well as add a few new things for a sensational look.
Great giveaway! You've certainly inspired me to shop the house a bit as well as add a few new things for a sensational look.
Fall scents are my favorite!
Great giveaway! Thanks for your wonderful posts!
You are so right about scent creating the right mood, great giveaway.
And I love the sconces!
I love how your fireplace turned out
I would love to try the Glade Sense N Spray.
What a beautiful arrangement and such great ideas. Thank you for sharing!
Looks great Jenny! Love that fireplace surround! What a great giveaway, crossing my fingers…… :)
Beautiful fireplace and mantel. I'm heading to Michaels today in search of those votives!
Thanks for the inspiration! Since moving in with my boyfriend, we've been trying to combine our styles and this mantel is a perfect representation on what we have agreed upon!
Your mantle looks fabulous!
Love the fireplace and the garland is beautiful! Thanks for the chance to win. Debra chedeb5353@hotmail.com
I love Autumn!! Thank you for your inspiration!
Amazing! Thanks for the giveaway!
wow. gorgeous. i love that you didn't put too much on that brand new mantle and cover it up.
Thanks for the giveaway!
Love your fireplace and I am a huge fan of Glade scents. I partically love the Cashmere Woods that you used. The giveaway collection is awesome and I would be over the moon to win it!
So beautiful!