My Fireplace is Decked Out!

Hi everyone! I am linking this post to Susan @ http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com for Met Monday

and The Nester @ http://www.thenester.com/2009/12/christmas-tour.html

Please visit these two wonderful blogs to view what other participants are sharing with us.

Join me as I show you my “before & after” of my fireplace! Here is my “before” picture of my fireplace. No Christmas decorations whatsoever.

And here are my “after” pictures. If you’d like to see photos of my Christmas tree, you can see them here.

Ok, let’s take a closer look at the mantle! :) This year I decided to decorate this area in cream, gold, and green, with an accent of red. I used two of those plain garlands and added clear lights to it. I found these lovely magnolia flowers at Michael’s. I love how they go with my pictures above the mantle. I also placed gold ornaments and gold Christmas picks I found at Hobby Lobby. I spray painted the pinecones in a gold color. The finials were from a sale at Hobby Lobby during the summer. They used to be a gold color and I decided to paint them an ivory color. The angel is my red accent.

Would you like to see a close up of the angel? :)

I made some bows with gold and cream ribbons for the edge of the mantle. :)

I purchased two live poinsettias and placed them next to the nativity scene. The poinsettias are a light yellowish with pink. They were 2 for 9.00! :) Great buy!

Mr. Santa is proudly standing here.

This is the reason for the season. :) The birth of baby Jesus. :) I have 3 nativity scenes but this one is my favorite. They are white in color with 24 karat gold. I purchased these years ago.

And that is my tour of my fireplace. I hope you enjoyed looking at the photos as much as I enjoyed showing them to you. :) Have a wonderful day.

Sandra