Italianate Mantel

My new Angels and Nativity

combined made for a very

Italianate design.  Along with

the cathedral styled mirrored

screen it all came together

and created a beautiful

vignette

I used the command hooks 

on the mantel and used a wire

to loop around it and the garland

to hold it tight to the front edge.

 The angels are sitting on a

wreath to give them some 

height and hide the base

I added some flowers to enrich

 the look of the garland

I love this nativity- it's simplicity

says it all

I added these leaves by slipping

them behind the mirror and

a gold beaded garland to

add some body

The tree is a 9 ft. pencil tree

which fit in very nicely and

I didn't have to fight for a

spot to set it.

I used coppery brown and gold

ornaments along with a mix of

angels, stars, chandeliers, finial styled 

ornaments and golden icicles

 The chandelier ornaments and angels 

were new last year from Macy's- 

their early sales were great!

 The twinkly star like ornaments were

from Pier 1 Imports last year

These new white and gold ornaments

were from T.J. Maxx this year

The tree topper is a Capiz

Star of Bethlehem

I looked for several years 

and finally found this one.

 My new tree skirt from an 

Etsy purchase

 I mentioned in a previous post with

our other tree the quality of these tree 

skirts are wonderful and I'm really happy 

with their looks.  With such a small profile 

tree I wanted a smaller sized tree skirt.  

I felt lucky to have found these.  They are 

two sided so I can go either way!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/kdcurb

I am not being compensated for showing
her link, I'm just sharing info.

Our living room is a multipurpose room.
My desk, a large screen tv, stereo speakers
and a game table are all part of the scene.
This room was an addition to our approx.
1100 sq. ft. home in the 90's. It's roughly
a 20 x 22 room and gave this tiny house
a breath of life it needed.

Thanks for stopping by

I am joining From My Front Porch to Yours

for  the  
First Annual Holiday Mantel Party

and

2805 Blogger Block Christmas Tree Party 

I hope you enjoyed what you saw!