Thursday, October 9, 2014

BOOtiful Parlor Mantle {Halloween 2014}

 

I love to decorate the parlor mantle seasonally, and it is always fun during the month of Halloween.

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On the lower mantle, two mercury glass silvery pumpkins top vintage, leather bounds books.

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My favorite oak crested bowl is filled with gold-leafed pumpkins, glittery hands, and a crowned skull.

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There are insect specimens sprinkled here and there along with a faux barbed wire garland.

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On the upper mantle, two skull and crossbones votive cups add pizzazz.

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My large clam shell at the base of the mantle is filled with pumpkins, glittery chains, and faux bones. (Notice! I have not gold-leafed the inside yet.)

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Check out my 2014 Halloween posts:

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Halloween nightfall facade

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BOOtiful parlor mantle, y’all!

15 comments:

  1. Good morning, Ron! Your parlor mantle is just BOOtiful! Can't wait to see the gold leave in the clam shell! Have a great day! xoxo

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  2. Just so fun and beautiful. Love this Ron.
    Kris

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  3. Ron,
    Really - really hauntingly cool. I love your bugs in glass (or lucite) and glitter chains ... Love it and after all a skull must be adorned with a crown!!! Come enter my Edgar Allan Poe giveaway.
    Vera

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  4. Ron it looks great! I love how you decorate for the seasons!

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  5. perfect Ron! I love Halloween and am a bit sour not being able to decorate yet, hopefully next week I'll be up to it already!

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  6. Love your bootiful mantel, Ron!
    Especially loving those insects in the lucite blocks -- awesome!

    You have a gift!
    :)
    xoxox
    A

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  7. Pretty and creepy all at once! Love!!!

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  8. Love the mantle and all the scary things on it.
    Mary

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  9. Wonderful two-tier mantle gives you many options for decorating! You are very lucky to have it!

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  10. I enjoyed seeing what you've come up with this year! I still remember last year's too! The skull looks awesome with the gold pumpkins. I like how you filled the big clam shell with the pumpkins and chain. That's going to take a lot of gold leafing to do that big shell but it will be fabulous when you are done!

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  11. You've thought of every detail! love the skull wearing the tiara and the paperweights with bug specimens inside.

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  12. Creepy mantel, full of great decorations...I could have used that skull with the tiara with my tablescapeIe just posted today. Your clam shell is quite unique filled with pumpkins. You know how to party my friend...xo

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  13. Eeeeeeeeeeeekkkkkkkk!!!
    The crowned skull.
    Creepy Y'all!

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