Decor: Fireplace Mantel

We are officially moved and settled into the new place! I am planning on doing a little photo shoot and (maybe) a video tour of the house next week. We finally have most of our photos, curtains, etc. set up so I feel like it's presentable :)

Until then, I wanted to share my latest decor obsession: our fireplace mantel! Our fireplace was one of the major selling features of the house to me, and I knew I would have a lot of fun decorating the mantel for holidays. To me, that makes it feel more like 'home'.

When we first moved in, I wasn't really into fall-mode yet, so I decorated it with different sized frames and some floral arrangements, to keep it contemporary and chic.

Please excuse the blurriness. Cell phone cameras...so hit and miss sometimes!
I got the mirror at HomeGoods for $30 and I was ecstatic when I found it. It was on clearance for some reason, and one just like it was the next row over and it was $75. Score!
We already had the frames from our art wall in the last apartment, so I just tried to arrange them in a balanced fashion.

...fast forward to three days later, and I had the fall itch! Leaves started to fall and it was 44 degrees that morning, so I was definitely feeling in the spirit to start decorating for autumn. I went to the Dollar Store to try and get inspired, since I didn't really know what feel I was going for. Knowing that I wanted to incorporate Halloween, but still make it autumn-y, I thought pumpkins worked for both as well as leaves and branches. I managed to spend $20 on a bunch of small pumpkins (carve-able!), faux leave garland, spiderwebs, plastic gourds, some spooky rats and a crow, a little skeleton man for our door as well as one for our mantel and some glass vases to use for acorns, etc. I have yet to fill the vases with acorns or other autumn-themed items, but improvised and cut some branches from the tree in our backyard that had leaves that were changing color.

Cute, right? I made the bats by printing out a silhouette photo from Google Images and cutting them out. I stuck them up with double-sided tape. Easy peasy! I think I might add some more to fill in the space above the mirror, but I haven't decided.

The 'Boo' wooden sign was from last year's Halloween decor, seen here. I found a few spooky printables on Pinterest (the 'Keep Calm' and black cat) and put them into frames we already had from our art wall.  I already had the photo of the old oak tree (behind the crow) and I thought it worked. I really love how it turned out.

To transition to autumn/Thanksgiving, I think it will be an easy replacement of turkeys and printables. Maybe a Thanksgiving bunting? Meanwhile, my Scentsy has gone to fall scents - I currently have Clove and Cinnamon in. Totally sets the mood, even though the weather is being stubborn and is 82 degrees out as I type. Come soon, fall weather! 

Thanks for stopping by! Again, I hope to have photos up soon for all of you that have asked for them..thank you for being so patient! :)

xo,

Kelsey

We're moving!

After almost 2 years of living in Corvallis, Erin and I are moving to Eugene. It'll be so sad to say farewell to this beautiful and humble city and say hello to a much bigger city, but we're pretty excited for the change.

With Erin's new job located in Eugene, he's been commuting an hour each way to work and it's just rough on everyone involved (including our truck!). Our new place is a 15 minute bike ride to work for Erin, and I'll be able to ride my bike 10 minutes either direction to restaurants, shopping, etc. It'll be the first time in my life that I'll be able to do that. I really can't wait!

Our new house is a sweet 1950's ranch home located in a hip neighborhood in Eugene.

Isn't it precious?!

Send us your good vibes for our move this week. It'll be our third move in two years - honestly I hope we don't have to move again until we buy our first place.

Both sets of our parents are coming up to help us, so that's exciting as well. It'll be neat to have them see where we're living as well as catch up and have family time.

I'll post photos of the place once we're all set up!

Xo,
Kelsey