A Winter Mantle With Architectural Salvage

I’m talking architectural salvage for mantles today,..your welcome.

I’m in love!  Have you ever walked into a store and just literally loved everything.single.thing.in the store?!?  That’s how I felt when we stopped by a Nashville architectural shop.  On a totally honest note…almost everything in there was above my price pointe but a girl can still dream right?

I did walk away with these goodies though.  Some spindles and balustrades with beautiful patina and one piece with some amazing chippy paint.  I wasn’t sure when I bought them what exactly I was going to do with them.

Candlesticks?

Group them together in a basket or a crock?

In the end, I just stood them up on my fireplace mantle and knew that was where they should go for the winter.  Who doesn’t love a winter mantle with architectural salvage?

I bought the gate above the mantle about 20 years ago and have carted it around from move to move to move.  I’m not going to lie…over the years I have received the side eye look multiple times as I declared, “We have to take this!  I love this gate!”

I picked up the oil painting for $3 at the thrift store.  I think I bought someone’s collection that day because I picked up a few paintings that day.

Some old books and a Hearth and Hand vase with some brown sticks from Hobby Lobby finish off the mantle.  The candles are left over from Christmas and I think I’ll keep them up all year.  They are the battery operated ones with a remote control.  I love the little flickering light.

I hope you have a great weekend!  I’m seriously going to try to be on here a bunch more.  I know.  I know.  I’ve said that before.  This time I mean it.

 

Nancy