Patriotic Mantel (red, white, and blue mantel)

I am excited to share my Patriotic Mantel with you today!

I always change things over from spring/Easter décor and go with a red, white and blue/Patriotic theme from mid-May/Memorial Day to July 4th.    I love Patriotic/Americana things so this is my one chance to go all out!

This was last years Patriotic mantel.

So you can see I reused a lot of the same things just in different ways and added a few other things from around the house.

I did make/buy one new thing for this mantel – the bunting!

It was a simple, no-sew, 10 minute bunting that I will share the tutorial for tomorrow.

I reused my red chevron pillow cover from my Valentine mantel and then turned a star pillow backwards (it has a quilted design on the front) and put it in front.  Love this cute display.  Tutorial on how I make easy DIY envelope pillow covers here.

Stacked up some old Coke and Pepsi crates with a patriotic quilt on the other side of the hearth.

I used my 75¢ turquoise yard sale candlesticks and added a third yard sale candlestick.

I couldn’t get that bunting idea out of my head.  I went back and forth between doing a USA banner or something like this, but Laine has posted several pictures with bunting in the background, and I found myself slowly falling in love!

So there is my summer mantel (part 1)!  I usually will do a more neutral/summer/beachy themed mantel later in July to stay until it is time to decorate for fall.

I have more red, white and blue touches I would like to add before 4th of July gets here – a wreath maybe, and a tablescape?  So keep an eye out of those.

Do you decorate for 4th of July/Memorial Day?  Or what is your favorite color/theme to decorate with for summer?