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Greetings! And welcome to our It’s Fall Y’all link party!

We’re kickin’ the series off with our mantel party- and Rhoda, Kate and Sarah are all hosting Fall-themed parties over the next 9 days too- so make sure you stop by their blogs to see more/share your Autumn inspiration on the dates listed above!

And a quick note before we get this party started- if you don’t have to have a fireplace mantel to link up here today that’s a-okay! We’d love to see your Fall-themed shelves and ledges too- so link ’em up, Buttercup!

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Our friends at Southern Accents in Cullman, Alabama are sponsoring our party today.

We’ve worked with them on a few other fun projects, and we always love what they put together, so we commissioned them to create a reclaimed wood art piece for our Fall mantel this time around…

The patina on the old boards they used is absolutely awesome…

(HUGE thanks to Southern Accents for creating it for us!)

We kept the rest of our display pretty simple. We left our Pottery Barn wall sconces up, and used a couple of bundles of wheat (from TJ Maxx) to bridge the gap between them and the wood art. After that, we used a wooden ball (from a flea market) and some candles and candle holders that we had around the house…

…and instead of running out to the store to buy new, taller candles to fill our tall glass cylinders- we just filled them with acorns we got (40% off) a few weeks ago Hobby Lobby, and then placed a couple of our short candles on top of them. (Note: We don’t plan on burning any of these candles!)

The big, twig acorn sitting on the right side of the mantel came from Queen of Hearts Antiques in Buford, Georgia.

We got two of them while we were there shopping for stuff for the Morrison’s living room…

We originally thought we’d hang them from the ceiling over the mantel, but we decided to just use one of them on the mantel instead.

Now it’s your turn to share what you’ve had fun creating this year! You probably already know the link party drill, but just in case you’re not sure how it works, this is how it works:

1. Scroll down this page ’til you see the little blue “ADD YOUR LINK” button. Click that, and create a descriptive name for your link like, “Spook-tacular Shelves” or “My Monochromatic Fall Mantel”. This will make it easier for folks to browse through all the links.

2. Choose a thumbnail image to go along with your link, and make sure to link to your Fall-themed mantel/shelf/ledge post, not the main page of your blog.

We also created a fun little badge to help promote the party- so if you link up, we’d sure appreciate it if you’d post the code in the box below at the bottom of your mantel/shelf/ledge post on your blog!

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Thanks in advance for partyin’ with us- and we look forward to seeing you at Rhoda’s Fall Door Decor link party this Thursday; Kate’s Fall Craft link party next Tuesday, October 4th; and Sarah’s Outdoor Ideas link party Thursday, October 6th!

PS- The burlap pillow on today’s Featured Post slide came from Samantha who has an Etsy shop called The Nest.

(She also writes a blog called The Nest too!)

We thought we’d try barn swallows instead of crows or bats this year- LOL!



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    • Kevin

      Hi Emily! You HAVE to visit Southern Accents next time your in Alabama, there is soooo much cool stuff there! Thanks dropping by! 🙂

  12. Lisa

    Your mantel is simple and stunning! I just adore the wonderful patina on the wood art piece. It’s exactly the color I want to paint a piece of furniture in my home. Thanks for hosting this fun linky party!

  14. april

    I love the rug in your livingroom! Would you mind letting me know where it is from?
    Thank you so much!
    April

    • Kevin

      Hi April!

      The rug came from Pottery Barn. It was our one splurge in the living room! Thank you for visiting today! 🙂

  17. Catie

    Hey Kevin and Layla! Your mantel looks lovely. Your home has such a cozy, homey vibe. Just the way I like it.

    I can’t wait to see your show. I’m soo excited for you guys and Shaunna and Matt. What an amazing adventure you’re all on!! I know the show will be a great success. Best wishes to all of you! = )

    ~ Catie

    Oh and thanks for hosting this awesome party! Can’t wait to check out all the different mantels linked up.

    • Layla

      Thanks Catie! Glad you liked the mantel! We had fun putting it together! 😀
      We’re excited to see what happens with the show too! Hopefully we’ll know something by Christmas.
      And if it all works out, we’re really hoping to have Shaunna as a part of our production crew too. She’s such a talented gal and we’d love to have her around for all the room redo action! 😀

  20. Mindy

    Okay well, yours is pretty much perfect. Love the giant acorns.
    I’m pretty excited to check out some of these links.
    And off I go…….

  24. Catherine

    Thank you for hosting! I love your mantel and can’t wait to see what everyone else did as well. We had lots of fun making ours.

  25. Ami w/AliLilly

    The wood piece is GORGEOUS! I love that blue. Southern Accents is amazing! I also love the acorns. I think its perfect. I love when y’all host these link parties! It really brings out the very best in us all! Thanks so much for hosting, Layla and Kevin!!

  27. June Scott

    Such a fun party! I’ve been looking forward to partying ever since Sarah announced it back in August!! Thanks for hosting, Kevin and Layla

  36. Marianne@Songbird

    That Linky party looks so great all by itself. Love all the Fall colors in the little thumbnails together.
    Love your mantel too! Definitely worthy of the host of this link-up.

    • Layla

      Well thank you Marianne! Your mantel is BEAUTIFUL…LOVE IT…thanks for sharing it with us!!! So inspiring!!! 😀

  37. Karena

    Wow there are so many great ideas to see!! Very inspirational designs for Autumn! Layla your mantle if beautiful with the wheat bundles!

    xoxo
    Karena

    Art by Karena

  38. Mary

    Thank you for hosting one of these fun fall party’s! I am looking forward to checking out as many as I can! I really like how light your mantle looks even though you have quite a bit of wonderful texture and decor on it. I am really into simplicity this year. Great job!

    • Layla

      A week from last night! Thanks for visiting us and leaving us such a kind comment, Jessica! 😀

  41. Amanda @ Serenity Now

    Thank you so much for hosting, Layla! Your mantel is beautiful! I love that you used the acorns as filler…really pretty. 🙂 Looking forward to checking out some of the links today!

  44. Fairfield House

    Layla,

    Your mantel is a true reflection of TLC style and just as beautiful. One question: Can you show or describe the picture inside the lovely frame? I can’t see it on my end.

    You look mah vah lus dah ling, just mah vah lus. 🙂

    Your Friend,
    Deborah

    • Kevin

      Thank you Deborah!

      It’s actually just a little old wooden rosette in the center of the art piece. We love the chippy old finish on it! 😀

  46. elizabeth

    Do you use your fireplace or is it more for looks? The reason I’m asking is our fireplace has glass doors with shiny brass, yuck. I’d like to either mimic yours or fill it with wood. Do you have a draft? Or is there something blocking it

  49. Beverly Palmer

    Okay, enough already! I live in central Florida and it’s a whoopin 92 degrees today. So needless to say, I still have shells and starfish out right now. But after seeing all of your mantels, I’m ready to bring out the pumpkins!

  50. Kim in Iowa

    Love it! Love the simplicity and the blue board, too – favorite color!! I can’t link mine because I don’t have a blog, but I may have to do some rearranging after getting some inspiration from all the pictures! I love how you use wooden pieces/accents/reclaimed wood in your decor – really warms everything up!