Thrifty finds...changing the mantel.bottles.birds and balance

Changing the Mantel ... 

I love my green bottles and needed something light, airy and cool looking for the mantel because it is just so hot and dry right now. 

  

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Not lucky enough to have fresh flowers to display, so silk will do.

 This is a tall fireplace so this piece of decorative fence works really well to draw the eye up and add height in the center.

The pretty little bird always seem to find a place on the mantel. Here he sits atop a fragment from the bottom of a cement bird bath. I thought it was interesting and just could not discard it. 
The darkness of the beautiful antique frame anchors this center section.

 The concrete yard art that I made (here) complements the two cement birds and the cement fragment. 
 

 The split bamboo bird cage has been around for a long time and just sits around waiting to be used somewhere.

Night shot ... a string of white lights is needed for an otherwise dark fireplace. 

90% of the items used in this decoration were thrifted. 

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