Hello everyone and welcome to our early fall blog hop! Today I’m joining 11 fellow bloggers to bring you some fall and Halloween inspiration. We’re hoping to inspire you with lots of fall decorating ideas, and today I’m sharing this year’s simple and neutral fall mantel.

As I’ve mentioned before, I’m not a huge fan of the oranges and rusts that are the traditional fall colors and I know a lot of you aren’t either. Instead, I wanted to create a neutral fall mantel using some of the colors I used in my fall home tour, but even softer.

I love the idea of using items from nature to convey a sense of the season. And I wanted the look to be a soft and simple version of fall. So I focused on greens and creams; using both green and white pumpkins and seeded eucalyptus. Eucalyptus is my absolute favorite green to add this time of year. I love it’s casual, drapey look – and it’s inexpensive, as well as long lasting. What’s not to love about that?!

Simple and Neutral Fall Mantel

I started by layering several bunches of eucalyptus over the surface of the mantel. Usually buy mine at Trader Joe’s but many markets also carry it this time of year.

I then added white and green pumpkins and played around with the order until I was happy with it. It still looked a little sparse when all I had were large pumpkins, so I added some small white ones to balance it out and fill it in.

I’m so partial to white pumpkins! Aren’t they gorgeous?! I wrote a post on my love for white pumpkins last year – click here to get even more ideas on decorating with white pumpkins.

The sheaths of wheat were something I already had from last year. I loved the way they tied in the green pumpkins so I used those on either end to give the whole mantelscape some height.

And there it is! A neutral fall mantel that is simple to pull together, and can easily last all season! For more neutral fall decorating, click here.

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Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you’ve been inspired to create your own simple and neutral fall mantel. And I hope you’ll go on to visit some of the other bloggers sharing their fall decor ideas below!

Fall Blog Hop List

Mysha at Remington Avenue
Me! at Maison de Cinq
Ashley at Curls and Cashmere
Janine at Happy Happy Nester
Judy at Life is Better at Home
Martha at Simple Cozy Charm
Olivia at Reinvented Collection
Julie and Jodie at The Design Twins
Jackie at Finding Lovely
Joan at 2 Ladies & a Chair
Ashley at Modern Glam
Kim and Lacey at Styled with Lace

Happy Fall!

Sheila
xo