Hello Everyone!
Today I’m sharing my living room mantel with you. I’m always thinking of new ways to decorate it. We use the living room more during the winter months than now, but I like to keep the design of the room fresh.
Above the mantel is the peacock painting I love! When I first spotted it many years ago, I knew just where to put it! It’s been there ever since. I wanted to add other paintings to the area, but how? I thought small was the way to go. I collected some of the small pieces I had around the house and put them together on the mantel.
I wanted the collection to look balanced. This would give the design a formal and traditional look. I had five small paintings to use. Two sets of two were the same frame styles and size. The fifth piece had a different frame style and size than the others. I didn’t want the design to look unbalanced, so I decided to place that painting with the fleur-de-lis arrangement in the middle of the mantel. This solved the problem and kept the vignette looking as I wanted.
The fleur-de-lis arrangement was placed on top of some small sized books. This was to give it more height and interest. Your eyes easily go from the middle of the vignette to the outer edges. 
This is a close up shot of the peacock painting. The colors of the small paintings work well with the colors used in this piece. All these pieces of art, work well together and make a pleasing design composition.
Thanks for visiting my mini art display today!
LuAnn 😉
I’m linking today with:
Between Naps on the Porch-Metamorphosis Monday
Stone Gable-Tuesdays The Scoop
See my Link Party Page at the top of my blog for more parties I share with!
SO PERFECT; THE SMALL PICS GO SO NICELY WITH THE PEACOCK ONE ( AS YOU KNOW, WE BOTH HAVE THIS SAME WONDERFUL WORK OF ART). THIS GIVES ME SOME GREAT IDEAS THAT WORK WITH THE OLD WORLD DECOR–THANK YOU. HOPE YOU AND YOURS SHARE A FUN HOLIDAY WEEK-END.
Thanks Bobbi! It’s some times very hard to find just the right items for your fireplace mantel. I was very happy with the way this turned out!
Happy Labor Day Weekend to You!
LuAnn 😉
Your mantel looks lovely!
Big Texas Hugs,
Susan and Bentley
Thank you Susan for liking my mantel art display!
Happy Labor Day!
LuAnn 😉
Your mantel is quite lovely!
Thank you for your comment and for visiting today!
LuAnn 😉
What an interesting idea for a mantel-scape! It looks perfect with the gorgeous peacock painting!
Thank you Carol for your lovely comment and for stopping by today! All the painting work well with each other. They all follow the same idea and style. Thanks for noticing this!
Happy Labor Day!
LuAnn 😉
Very pretty! Love this display!
Thank you Sherry for your lovely comment and for stopping by yesterday!
LuAnn 😉
Absolutely beautiful – love the classic prints! I do appreciate you sharing with Home and Garden Thursday,
Kathy
Hi Kathy! Thank you for hosting your link party! I do appreciate you viewing my posts!
Have a wonderful week!
LuAnn 😉
Beautiful display. Thank you for sharing this post at City of Creative Dream’s City of Links last Friday! I appreciate you taking the time to party with me. Hope to see you again this week 🙂
Love the rich tones of your mantle..and the feathers are my favorite!
Hi Christine! Thank you for your comment and for liking my post today! I love to use feathers in my designs, especially now in my fall decor.
Have a lovely week!
LuAnn 😉
This is such a beautiful mantle. I like how you’ve used the smaller paintings underneath the larger one and the feathers are gorgeous! Thank you for sharing this post with us at the Hearth and Soul hop. Pinned and will tweet 🙂
Thank you April for your comment and for liking my post! You’re welcome for the share. It’s my a pleasure to do so!
Have a lovely week!
LuAnn 😉
Beautiful! I’m loving this! Pinned.It’s always a pleasure to have you be a part of our party. Please take a minute tonight at 7 pm, to party with us! http://loulougirls.blogspot.com/
Happy Monday! Lou Lou Girls
Thanks Lou Lou Girls! I will be sharing more for sure!
Happy Tuesday!
LuAnn 😉
Very pretty! Thanks for linking up at Gingerly Made!
You are welcome Ginger and thanks for hosting your party!
Have a lovely week!
LuAnn 😉
Beautiful and so classic! Thanks for linking up hope you link up again this week at Creative Spark Link Party http://bit.ly/1lVogBN
So love your artwork, LuAnn! I do appreciate you sharing with Home and Garden Thursday,
Kathy
You’re welcome Kathy and thanks for hosting your parties!
LuAnn 😉
LuAnn, it’s stunning! Love all the gold! Thank you for sharing. You are one of the features at The Round-Up from the Before & After Wednesday party at The Dedicated House. Here is the link to check out your feature. http://www.thededicatedhouse.com/2014/09/the-round-up-from-before-after-wednesday.html Hope to see you again tonight at the bash! Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse