How to Decorate a Mantel With Potted Ivy

Potted ivy can serve as a simple way to decorate a fireplace mantel while giving you plenty of options to inject the space with personality and style. Ivy is typically easy to care for and inexpensive, which makes it an ideal decoration for your mantel. Consider silk potted ivy if maintaining living plants is simply not your thing. The ivy can be trimmed and maintained close to the pot or grown out long enough to allow tendrils of the plant to stretch across the mantel or hang from it in a decorative manner.

Instructions

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  Decorate pots for your ivy. Use two containers if you like to update your decor often. One pot will be the permanent home for the potted ivy, while the outer container can be redecorated or switched any time you want to update your decor. Paint pots with bright colors or insert pictures into clear containers that complement your decor. For example, lime green pots will add bursts of color that can correlate with lime green throw pillows or paintings elsewhere in the room. Alternative containers include novelty pots that look like old boots or hats, old watering cans or pitchers.
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  Trim the potted ivy if you want a topiary or simple and contained look. Situate the long tendrils of ivy across the mantel if you want to weave the plant around other decorations.
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  Add other accessories to complete the look you want. Pillar and taper candles or tall vases with simple flowers are common mantel accessories. Alternatively, place framed photographs or mirrors on the mantel leaning against the wall and lay ivy tendrils in front of the items.

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