Simple Summer Mantel
A couple of weeks ago, my Mom & I hit an ‘antique’ sale in their countryside neighbourhood. I figured since I was looking for country & farm inspired treasures, what better place than out there! And I wasn’t disappointed!
If you are a regular reader, you probably already know about my love of all things ‘farm’ inspired! I have been slowly collecting treasures, including my little distressed table, and I was on the hunt for a weathered window frame. What did I spy? A treasure! A perfectly distressed, white (because I have to have white), beautiful window frame.
GORGEOUS. $4. Yes please. (This is where that Ikea ad comes to my mind: ‘Start the car! Start the car!’)
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Gorgeous no?! |
I tossed around the idea of spray painting it with Varathane, like I did my table, but decided I didn’t need to since it wasn’t going to be used for anything except decoration.
But what I did envision that it needed was some chicken wire. So 5 minutes before we were about to head home, I spied a roll of chicken wire in my parents garage. Snip. Snip. All set.
Total project cost $4. Whoot! Time it took to put it all together. 5 minutes. Double whoot! It was almost too easy. But this frame is exactly what I had envisioned for my home!
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Love the chicken wire! Love the chippy paint. Just love. |
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Lovely. I just wanted a fresh and clean look for the hazy part of summer. Except I think it’s missing something! Keep reading! |
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I had to add this pretty peony. Something was missing on my mantel, then I remembered this old bottle that I bought at that same sale. It’s an old cough syrup bottle. Perfect for single stems!
My mantel again, with a little change I think that it needed!
Perfect now. Do you redecorate for the seasons? Are you always moving things around like I am? It’s a bad habit I have, I tell ya!
Gorgeous! LOVE the window frame, and the arrangement is just beautiful. Want to come do my house?
Stopping by from Sugar Bee Crafts.
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Love it. I just added chicken wire to a picture frame. That stuff is awesome!
Visiting from Under the Table and Dreaming. I think the pink peonies are beautiful. I used the light and dark pink peonies in my wedding, and I think they look great on your mantel!
Love your mantel! (and the window)
catching you this week
gail
I love your mantel. Love the window with the chicken wire. I have several old windows that I use in my house and one that I added chicken wire to myself. So nice to visit with you from Donna’s.
Blessings…Amy
What a great old window frame! I too combine some chicken wire and an old window. I really love the original paint on yours!
So pretty!!! I am doing the glass thing. I am always changing things around. =0) I have been doing it since I was a teenager. I would change my room around it seemed like every month or so.
Thank-you! I love to change things around too – you sound like me – I was always changing my room around too as a kid!
Thanks for stopping by!
Jo-Anna