This post is sponsored by At Home. However all opinions of the products and the design of our simple summer mantle decor are my own.
Our Simple Summer Mantle Decor is mix of summer whites, purple hydrangea and pops of blue with a theme of God and Country.
We have teamed up with At Home Stores and 7 other talented bloggers to bring you a Summer Tour of Homes as we share how we bring summer indoors. We also have an opportunity for you to win a $50 gift card to the At Home store!
Be sure to visit all 7 homes but first take a peek at my Simple Summer Mantel Decor.
Step into my Den and take a peek at our Simple Summer Mantle Decor.
It’s so very hot here in the deep south, we don’t spend too much time outside in the summer. Instead, it’s pleasure to bring summer indoors with summer decor. After more than 35 years of housekeeping, you’d think I had plenty of home decor and I do but styles change and sometimes we just need a nice change so I was thrilled to participate in the At Home Challenge to bring summer indoors!
First things first, I shopped my home for summer pieces which would fit my theme. After taking stock, I knew I needed a couple of anchor pieces for the hearth. I wanted white because I’ve used shades of red and blue in the rest of the den which I will show you soon, so check back!
With a plan in mind, I headed out to the At Home store, grabbed a shopping cart and entered my happy place.
What screams summer more than pretty purple hydrangea blooms?
I spotted these beautiful giant silk hydrangea on the floral isle and just had to have them! They are so big, I only needed three.
Take a closer look at my new white chippy porcelain vase. I love the versatile color and the details.
This print of a classic cover from the Saturday Evening Post June 16, 1917 is entitled Necessary Height. A favorite artist from American history, Norman Rockwell seems to be showing us a couple of boys indulging in pretend play during WWI, with one playing a recruiter, (notice the “recruiting poster”) and the other sweating his yet to be reached height requirement.
We picked this piece up from an estate sale a while back and I just knew it fit perfect with my theme and the frame matches our boat paddle.
I just adore my new pair of chippy metal cylinder candle holders in blue. The candles are battery powered which I love. They blend well next to my small blue glass milk bottles, don’t you think?
We’ve had our Lion and the Lamb figure for many years and used it in various places around the house.
I found the Nothing is Impossible figure among a large selection of tabletop signs in the At Home store. It was exactly what I needed to create balance and continue my theme.
I placed a single floral stem in each blue milk glass bottles, which came from Cracker Barrel, to match the cream colored candles and add that pop of color to my summer mantle decor.
This white wood with a metal roof gazebo lantern stole my heart the instant I laid eyes on it!
We’ve had the boat paddle for a long time. It was a vacation purchase. We tend to enjoy home decor shopping when we are vacationing. Do you do that?
You know what it feels like when you are shopping for something and you don’t know what it is but you know, you’ll know it when you see it? Well that is what I experienced with this gazebo lantern. I actually had something else in my shopping cart and put it back.
I also picked up a package of small natural orbs to place around the battery powered candle in the gazebo lantern.
We picked up the large framed print while on vacation last year and it’s found a permanent home above the mantle. This piece illustrates Isiah 40:31, one of my husband’s favorite verses. We took it down for fall and Christmas decorating.
Be sure to stop back soon for a peek at the rest of our Summer Den Decor. Here in the deep south, the heat of the summer will be with us until late September. I’ll be quite ready to switch to fall decor by then and looking forward to it.
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Marilyn Lesniak says
I love the vase with the purple hydrangea flowers. those shout the south to me! Thanks for sharing at #OverTheMoon!
Kathleen says
How fun! I love the vase and lantern too. What a great store. Thank you for linking up to Tips and Tricks. Pinning this. Hope to see you again next week.
Julie Briggs says
Lovely, summery ideas! Thank you so much for sharing #HomeMattersParty
cathy says
Decorating my mantle is one of my favorite things to do! Love your ideas!
Jasmine Watts says
Those flowers are beautiful! Your mantel looks lovely and I need to update my mantle. Thanks for sharing great giveaway!!
Christina Aliperti says
Gorgeous! I love the blue and white shades, the gazebo lantern and the Norman Rockwell print. Everything looks so nice together.
Amanda Love says
It sounds like a great place to buy decor especially if you’re redesigning a room! I really like the things that you bought especially that lantern. It’s safer too since it’s battery powered. I
Carol Bryant says
What fun decor you have. I love the Norman Rockwell cover on your mantle. So classic!
CourtneyLynne says
Omg loving the mantel!!! Sometimes the more simple route is the best! Looks elegant:)
Kelly says
Those flowers are beautiful! They bring a great pop of color to the whole space.
All my best,
Kelly
Liz Mays says
Ahh, I’m realizing how plain my mantle looks now. I love what you did with yours.
Bella says
This is a beautiful display. All of the decorations go together perfectly, I need to update my mantle.
zan says
Wow! I got to say, this mantle was well themed. I love the pieces you chose to bring in summer. The hydrangeas look so real and I love the chippy look of the vase. How fun is that gazebo lantern? I saw those and wanted to get one but went with something else. I know the feeling you are speaking of “wanting to get something” but not sure until you see it.
adriana says
Those hydrangeas look so real, I love them! Especially since hydrangea season is so short – I love having them in my house as much as possible! Such a fun giveaway too – we don’t have any At Home stores in NY!
Beverly says
Your mantel looks lovely, Shirley. I love the new pieces that you’ve blended so well with some of your well loved pieces. It all comes together for such a pretty look. I can spend hours in At Home stores. I never leave empty handed!
Jenn @ EngineerMommy says
That mantle looks beautiful. I love all the touches you’ve added. That is a great giveaway. Thanks for sharing!
Shirley Wood says
Thanks Jenn. I wish you luck with the giveaway!
Jeanine says
Super cute decor. I have a shelf in my living room that could use some sprucing up for summer and I’d love to get some summer decor for it at some point!
Shirley Wood says
Jeanine, I hope you entered the giveaway and I wish you luck. Shopping in the At Home store is such fun!
Sarah says
What gorgeous mantle decor ideas. Super simple yet elegant in their own way!
Shirley Wood says
Thanks Sarah. I’m usually a less is more kind of girl.
Mimi Green says
I love all of the thought you put into your decor. The blue was a nice pop of color along with the flowers.
I need to makeover my living and dining room area real bad.
Shirley Wood says
Thank you Mimi. You have such good tastes, I’m sure you will have beautiful makeover’s. I hope you share them with us on your blog.
Katie says
I love those purple hydrangeas! So pretty. You’ve made a very nice assortment in your display.
Pam says
I love shopping at At Home. We just picked up everything we needed for my son’s first apartment there and they had some great deals.
Shirley Wood says
Don’t they have some great deals! I hope you entered for the Gift card, if you win, you can go back and get something for yourself!
Lora says
I love to use Norman Rockwell artwork in my home. I don’t have much out right now, but in our last home we used a lot in the playroom. It’s such classic and timeless art!
Shirley Wood says
I wish we had more Norman Rockwell prints. I love them too!
Sarah @ Making Joy and Pretty Things says
I see you fell in love with the lantern aisle too 😉 Love your choices! The purple hydrangeas add such a beautiful pop of color, too!
Shirley Wood says
That lantern aisle really had my attention but when I spotted the gazebo lantern my heart skipped a beat and I just knew, this is the one!
Kathleen Kennedy-Leon says
what a fantastic giveaway. I love the colorfulness of the flowers and the pretty vase idea. Also liked the hurricane lamp–that would look great on my mantel too!
Shirley Wood says
The flowers really do a good job of bringing summer indoors. Good luck on the giveaway!
Alli says
I love the Norman Rockwell print and the lanterns. The touches of blue are nice also. That print just makes me smile. Great job.
Shirley Wood says
Norman Rockwell did such a great job of providing some form of entertainment through some rough years in American history. I wish I had a room full of his work!