Wait Until You See This Fall Mantel

Looking for inspiration to decorate your mantel for the fall and holiday season? Here is a beautiful and easy way to decorate your mantel.

Maybe it was all that talk over the weekend…

…about what I’m buying now to decorate for Christmas.

But all that decorating excitement carried over to Monday.

And while I didn’t start decorating with my favorite faux garland that I have and love to use for Christmas…

I did start decorating our mantel with something else for Fall.

Any guesses?

If you watched my Instagram stories from earlier today…then you already know.

I’ll give you a hint.

You know your girl here loves her Pampas Grass.

If you also love the look of pampas grass, then you might be interested in the quick tips I have shared previously about how to maximize pampas fluff, cut down on the shedding and styling them.

You can see my quick tips on using pampas grass, HERE in this Instagram highlight.

Last year, around this time a dear friend offered me that chance to give her beautiful Pampas grasses a haircut.

And this year?

I returned…with helpers.

Yes, this year I decided to take my friend up on her generous pampas grass offer and actually wound up making two trips to bring home enough to…

yep you guessed it.

Create and decorate our fall mantel with pampas grass.

But instead of placing them in a tall vase or container…I wanted to create a pampas garland effect, similar to how I would decorate our mantel with strands of Christmas garland.

But how?

I was stumped myself.

Until?

Until, I came across another blogger’s instagram, who had a hack for styling mantels with floral picks.

The magic ingredient?

Chicken Wire!

Say what?

Yes! Chicken wire!

I know!

I am SO excited to share this chicken wire decorating hack, for hanging garland and floral picks on your mantel this holiday season!!

One trip to Home Depot for a roll of chicken wire and your girl was in full tilt, fall mantel decorating mode.

Are you ready to see what this fireplace looks like now that it has been decorated for Fall, with a DIY pampas grass garland?

I can’t wait to show you…

come and see!

Wait Until You See This Fall Mantel

Are you ready to see the fireplace mantel decorated for Fall in all her pampas grass garland glory?

Here she is!

Ta da!

Just in case you missed the before and after.

Raise your hand if you want to know how I decorated this Fall mantel using chicken wire.

Oh good.

I’m ready to dish the decorating details so you can do it too!

(or hire me to to it for you – HA!)

After I gathered my Fall inspiration pieces and had a general vision in my head for how I wanted to decorate with the pampas grass, I got started with installing the chicken wire on the mantel.

First, I unrolled the chicken wire on the floor.

(I bought my chicken wire from Home Depot, but you can also order it on Amazon HERE as part of the Prime Early Access Sale.)

Next, I pressed and stuck a clear command hook down onto the flat part of our mantel and hung one end of the chicken wire on it.

Then, I stretched the chicken wire across the front of the mantel and placed a second command hook in the middle-ish of the mantel to hang the center of the chicken wire from.

I did not attach a command strip on the far end yet, because I was unsure how far I wanted to extend the pampas grass garland down the mantel.

Next, I placed a 3rd command strip hook close to the far left side, in order to hang another piece of chicken wire VERTICALLY down the left side of the fireplace trim.

Now, that I had my chicken wire base installed, using 3 command hooks to hold it in place, I was ready to start placing the pampas grass stems!

I began placing the pampas grass stems through the holes of the chicken wire.

In case you are wondering…

This is about the time when I began to wonder if I had any clue what I was doing!

HA!

But this is what I have learned.

Anytime, you try something new, that you have never done before…

There is going to be doubt.

In case you don’t know what you are doing…some of the time…or most of the time?

Read this…it will make you feel better.

Doubt is a normal part of the process…a lot of the time.

Where was I?

Oh yes.

Placing the pampas grass stems one by one into the chicken wire backdrop frame.

I started adding the pampas grass stems from the left corner, because I knew I wanted to have the pampas grass pointing in two different directions, all stemming from the left corner.

Once I had a few pointing away from the corner horizontally, I started adding pampas stems pointing towards the floor.

Next, I began adding more textural elements of color with hydrangea clippings and another variety of natural grass. (also from a friends yard.)

I kept adding pampas stems across and down, feeding it through the chicken wire, until I was satisfied with the fullness of the pampas grass garland.

Once, I knew where I was going to thin out and end the pampas grass garland stretching across the front of the mantel, I was ready to cut off the remaining chicken wire that was dangling and hanging out on the far right side.

I placed the last command strip onto the top of the mantel to hang the far edge of chicken wire on it.

And after all that placing and fluffing of pampas grass stems and hydrangea clippings?

I stepped back to look at what I had just created!

Not too bad for a first time pampas grass garland creator if I do say so myself! 🙂

One thing I do know?

The view from washing my dishes just got a whole lot prettier!

Who would ever know that by looking at this DIY Pampas Grass Garland…

That there was a backdrop of chicken wire and command hooks holding this beauty together!?

Do you know what else I love about using chicken wire to decorate my mantle?

I love that I still have space ON my actual mantle to place decorative elements!

Like this new ornate gold mirror 🙂 and of course my absolute favorite new Amazon purchase, these flameless LED taper candles have plenty of room to show off, because the garland is hanging on the front of the mantle instead of on top of it!

That’s what I call a Win and a Wrap friend!

There you have it!

The decorating secret I have been bursting to tell you about ever since I discovered it and used it to decorate my mantel yesterday!

I can’t wait to use this same technique using chicken wire to decorate my mantel for the Christmas season!

I’m thinking about offering this type of mantel decorating for the holiday season…

If you think you might be interested in finding out more about what this holiday mantel decorating service would look like, send me a message HERE or email me: [email protected]

In the meantime…

If you need me?

I’ll be sitting here. 🙂

…enjoying the new view and dreaming up Christmas mantel decor. 🙂

Of course, I will probably use my favorite faux pine garland (so many of you messaged me after this post and told me you ordered it too – you will LOVE IT!) and add in layers using these stems and these and these and maybe these.

I almost forgot!

Amazon Prime is having an Early Access Sale RIGHT NOW!

The Early Access Sale is a spin off of Amazon Prime Day and is a two-day only event.

The sale started today and ends Wednesday, October 12th at midnight!

I am continually adding my favorite sale items, including Lightning Deals (which means the sale offer expires once they reach a certain amount of claimed orders) to my Amazon Storefront.

Click HERE to go my my Amazon Storefront to shop the Prime Early Access Sale!

Oh and if you don’t have a friend who offers you to give her pampas grass a haircut?

I found these pampas grass stems on Amazon which look very similar to the texture and color of the pampas stems I used for my Fall mantel. I have them listed in my Amazon Storefront also.

I hope you loved this Fall Mantel reveal!

Living on a prayer,

Heather

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