Hi friends and Happy New Year!!
It’s been a little while but I wanted to say ‘I’m Back!’ after spending some time off with my family for the holidays. It always feel so good to recharge and refresh!
A friend of mine recently decided to get one of those big black boxes above her mantle and it got me thinking – that would be a great blog post on how to style the mantle! It can be a tricky endeavor to navigate between a clean vs. cluttered look so I thought I’d share how I style my mantle as well as some mantle inspo.

The mantle is one area of the room I often switch around depending on the season…or my mood. And lemme tell you my husband is a real stickler on not allowing anything to obstruct the view of the TV. So I’ve embraced a ‘less is more’ look and have been happy with the outcome. Mantles with oodles of knick knacks and trinkets can look cluttered and if anything make the black tv seem more of a focal – which is definitely not the idea. Here are some mantle/TV combos that are spot on.










This is a great post idea, Colette — I think this is such a common problem for people. Sharing!
Our TV is set in the middle of our built-ins so I'm kind of partial to the one with nothing around the TV and the things on the shelves out to the side. But I think the one from I Heart Organizing (love her!) is beautiful too.
Wow! So many great ones to choose from! I love the dark gray mantel with the succulents! And I love the idea of stacking small bowls too. I always see such cute bowls in stores but tell myself I have plenty of bowls in the kitchen. Next time I'll buy them for decorative purposes in other rooms of the house! ~Chelsea
This is a great post with great inspirational ideas! Makes me wish we had a mantle. Haha!
XO! Vanessa