Love Your Mantel! 3 Ways To Use Beautiful Flowers

What do you do with a gorgeous big armload of beautiful flowers? Decorate your mantel of course! I was at the store and could not resist the siren call of these beauties! The soft lovely pink of the roses, the delicate purple blush of the tulips, the dusky round eucalyptus. I just had to bring them home!

But now – how to use them? I couldn’t decide – I had so many ideas! So, I thought I’d just start in and see what happened!

Little Galvanized Bucket

My first idea was to put them all in this little galvanized bucket I had gotten a long time ago.

The bucket (and its lid) was originally supposed to keep a stash of birdseed out by the feeders. Convenient, no? Well, no. The raccoons or somebody figured out very quickly how to open it, and then it rained. You can guess the rest. So the darling little bucket was just waiting to be used for something beautiful.

I looked all over and couldn’t find this exact bucket for you. But here’s something very similar:

Galvanized Flower Bucket

For my mantel, I was thinking something reasonably minimal and open feeling. A fresh airy look for spring. So I used a couple silver candle holders (in keeping with the bucket.) Also, some lovely champagne mercury glass ones. These are beautiful, and so amazingly light! They’re some of my very favorites.

Mercury Glass Candlesticks

Silver Candlesticks

My grandma’s vintage mirror has that delicate open work at the top, so that seemed a good fit. Plus the darker color lent a little weight to my basically light colored mantel.

I really liked the way it turned out! But then I just had this bee in my bonnet to try another idea.

Cut Crystal Vases

Something a little more glam.

Like cut crystal vases maybe! (Ok, they’re really water glasses, but hey, they hold flowers too!)

Actually, these are some of my favorite water glasses ever! I use them all the time. Not only for gorgeous flowers, but for water glass gorgeousness at the dinner table too!

You can find these lovelies here:

Cut Crystal Water Glasses

I decided to use all the same elements, just change out the flowers! As you can see, it’s a whole different look! Even though they make a lighter, more elegant mantel, they still have the airy spring feeling!

And with the candles lighted, it’s lovely romance all the way!

But by this time, I was getting into the spirit of the experiment! I had yet another idea for yet a different way to decorate the mantel!

Lush Garland of Flowers

Isn’t there something so lush and beautiful about a garland of flowers? They always remind me of a garden of nymphs and fairies – a bed of roses! So I made my own little bed of roses!

Once again, a whole different look for the mantel, while still using all the same pieces.

This is rich and opulent! Luxurious abundance that’s still bright and springy.

Whenever I decorate with flowers like this, I put the stems in flower tubes to keep them fresh. Tulips particularly, go through water pretty fast. So be sure to check and refill every day in order to keep your garland prettier longer!

You can get tubes here:

Flower Tubes – Green

Flower Tubes – Clear

I just loved all the different looks I got using the same flowers, candles, and mirror! And it was so fun to play around with them. There are always so many options to make your mantel gorgeous!

Here’s another pink flower option – this time for a tablescape. It was in the fall, but you could leave out the pumpkins and have a lovely spring table!

Have you ever made more than one arrangement of the same flowers? If you have, tell us what you came up with! And if not, what do you think? Comment below – I’d love to know!

Happy Mantel Decorating and Happy Beautiful Flowers, Everybody!

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Click on the pictures for links to pieces I used for this mantel.  If the exact item isn’t available any more, I chose a similar option.

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