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Thanksgiving Mantle Decor
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Fall mantle arrangement photography ©2001 by Glenna J. Morton, About's Interior Decorating Guide


This fall arrangement is long lasting and simple.

Collect some artificial fruit and set them on a variety of lifts and levels using vases, compotes, glasses, or other decorative containers. We've used beaded fruit, silver compotes, and glass vases, but you might also do a rustic themed mantle using artificial reeded fruit and wood levels.

To add some weight we've reused our pair of cedar trees, this time embellishing them with some red twigs gathered from the fall backyard.

Heights and Levels
Thanksgiving Mantle Decor
• 9 artificial or beaded fruits
• vases, compotes, glasses
• topiaries or plants
• natural twigs

Arrange fruits in three groups of three, using the vases and compotes to lift each piece to a variety of heights.

Place topiaries or potted plants between the groups, accenting the greenery with a handful of red twigs gathered from the yard.

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