My $15 Fall Mantel (Er, Bookcase)
October 03, 2012
On Monday I told you about the fall decorating challenge that has been organised by Jeanette at This Dusty House, and how I was a bad blogger and didn’t get my shopping and planning done on the weekend. Well, yesterday after work (because while I planned on going to the dollar store at lunch I had to go to a meeting instead – drat) I made a mad dash to the dollar store and tried to figure out what I was going to use to decorate my mantel/bookcase. It was HARD!!! It might be because Dollarama had a lot more Halloween items than ‘Fall’, but it’s more likely that I’m not great at trying to decorate on a deadline – I like to think and rethink my decor choices before making a decision (ahem - exhibit A, the chairs I bought over a year and a half ago and haven't touched yet).
Anyways, I picked up a few things at Dollarama, and a few things at my local mom and pop grocer. The rest were items I had at home. Here are the items I used (and yes that's a stuffed bear - I'm a kid at heart, and he's cute):
- Brown paper (to wrap the mums)– owned
- Twine (to wrap the mums)– Dollarama – $1
- Candles – Dollarama – $1
- Candleholder – owned
- White bowl – owned
- Gourds – Local grocer – 2 for $1 = $3
- Mums – Local Grocer – $3
- Fall leaves – Dollarama – $1 x 2 strands = $2
- Apothecary jar – Owned
- Mirror – Owned
- Bear with pumpkin – Dollarama – $1
Don’t forget to see what the other bloggers participating in the challenge were able to do – click on the links below to visit their blogs.
- Jeanette @ This Dusty House
- Martina @ Adventures in Building Beauty
- Amanda @ Living in a Green Room
- Becky @ Casa Caudill
- Amelia @ House Pretty
- Abby @ The Crabby Fox
- Casey @ Waffling Design Blog
14 comments
Looks great! I love this challenge.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE IT! And now I think I need to check out my little local grocers to see if I can find some of those amazing gourds and the little mum for so cheap. All the ones I've seen have been huge and, well, still cheap, but, you know - huge. Also, I love how you brought the little teddy bear in. Such a cute little detail!
ReplyDeleteThis looks awesome! I love that you successfully followed the challenge, unlike myself. Hah. I am so into the local grocer stuff, decorating with nature is the best, especially since Fall means so many awesome colours! Yay!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty! I love all the colour you used (despite going neutral myself, haha) and that mirror is so pretty. I really like they way you disguised the flower pot too, I have to try that!
ReplyDeleteI swear, all of you guys have much better Dollar Stores near you than I do. I ended up going to Tuesday Morning and shopping the clearance aisle at TJ Maxx. I also added some grocery store items. Which reminds me, I need to post my reveal.
ReplyDeleteI love all the orange! It all turned out so pretty!
ReplyDeleteI also bought leaves and considered leaves in a beautiful jar like that, but the colours didnt work for my space. Love it for your place! so pretty!
ReplyDeleteI saw little gourds at the Loblaws superstore last night, so I think a lot of places have them. The little mum plant surprised me - I too had only ever seen thm in mammoth 'use me on your front porch' size.
ReplyDeleteYou know it's funny, every time I read American bloggers talk about the Dollar Tree I think your dollar stores are so much better than ours :)
ReplyDeleteThe dish that the gourds are sitting in is just perfect! The way you balanced the colours with neutrals, it looks very well put together.
ReplyDeleteI think it looks lovely! This posts reminds me how bad I need an apothecary jar...
ReplyDeleteYou should definitely keep on seasonal decorating. This looks lovely and all on a reasonable budget!
ReplyDeleteSo cute!! I love the color combination and the creativity.
ReplyDeleteVery nice, very cheery!
ReplyDeletexo Nancy