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April 23, 2015

Spring Mantel & Home Treasure Swap

How many of you have home decor accessories stuffed in a box or tucked on the back of a shelf that you never use or just aren’t your style anymore? Well, I have a lot of those items hanging around, in fact I have an entire section of my garage devoted to them, you can see for yourself here. Anyway, often think how I should donate them or sell them because someone out there might be able to do something cool with them and USE them. I’m SO glad that my friends at Porch.com are giving me the perfect opportunity to do just that.

Eight bloggers were paired up for a Home Treasure Swap where we sent another blogger a few items from our home and get to see how they upcycle them! I love it.

I was paired up with Nancy from Artsy Chicks Rule and she sent me such an amazing box of goodies, so good that I didn’t want to change them at all!

Before Accessories

Here is what I received in my surprise package. I love the mixture of the wood and metal and I thought all of these pieces would look perfect together on my mantel. They have a real eclectic look and they just go. But of course, I wanted to change a few of the pieces up to give them a more modern look to go with my family room.

Eclectic Spring Mantel

Oh how I am loving this little spring refresh with all my fun new goodies!

Spring Mantel with mixed metals

Eclectic Spring Mantel with yellow flowers

The wood pieces were a little worn so I decided to give them a more modern look by painting geometric designs on them in a crisp white. It was an easy DIY and it added a new dimension to the mantel.

 

Spray painted vase

And I simply spray painted the yellow vase to add another white item.

DIY Pedestal Bowl

 

I took the two metal pieces and turned them into a pedestal bowl. The last thing I added was a few filler items to bring more spring into the look, a few sprigs and greenery and we are good to go.

Eclectic Spring Mantel

Thanks Nancy for giving me the tools to create a new mantel for this season! Now head over to Artsy Chicks Rule to see what she did with the things I sent her!

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Design, Dining and Diapers & Artsy Chicks Rule

Special thanks to Porch.com for organizing this fun challenge! Haven’t heard of Porch? Imagine Pinterest meets Linkedin for home improvement. Get quickly connected to BBB accredited professionals, browse over 130 million projects on Porch, and check out the Advice section for all things home and DIY.

About Taryn Whiteaker

Hi! I’m Taryn! The voice behind Taryn Whiteaker Designs. I launched this brand over 11 years ago when I became a stay-at-home mom. What started as a small craft and mom blog eventually grew into a full time design and DIY site. My goal has always been to inspire others (especially women!) with design ideas, DIY tutorials, entertaining ideas and give you the tools you need to complete them yourself!

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  1. Gina says

    April 23, 2015 at 8:05 am

    How fun is that!!!! turned out beautifully!

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  2. Nancy @ Artsy Chicks Rule says

    April 24, 2015 at 9:41 am

    Love what you did with it all! All looks pretty!

    Nancy

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