This mantel was a lot of fun to put together! I made the pallet sign from some old boards that were nicely weathered on the side of my house. I sanded them down, cut them with my jigsaw, and nailed them together by hand. One of the boards conveniently had a knot hole in the center, so I placed that board at the top of my sign for hanging. The LOVE letters were cut on my Silhouette and adhered to the sign with removable stenciling spray. I’m not sure what I want to paint on my sign permanently, so I wanted to be sure I could remove the letters in the future if I choose to.
One of my favorite elements of this mantel is the little heart in the lemon that I carved with my zester. Isn’t it cute? The frame is from Target dollar spot, and I printed off a simple quote to honor all of the “sunshines” in my life. The flowers are primrose and were also a steal at the grocery store! I replanted them into some terra cotta flower pots. Originally the pots were very orange, so I rubbed them with Annie Sloan’s Dark Wax to match the pots of the Pottery Barn Outlet lemon trees. It worked like a charm!
The white corbels were previously a dark cherry color until I attacked them today with some white chalk paint. I have hung onto these corbels for thirteen years and have never used them! It was time to give them a purpose. I think they are happier white, distressed, and holding some lemons.
Ah…sunshine! Seriously the only thing I like about winter is that the sun is low enough to actually peek through my front window for one hour each day. Living in a cave year round, I really relish that hour!
And here is one final full length shot for you! I dare say I love it 
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And now I’m so excited to see your Valentine’s Mantels! Remember that any shelf, bookshelf, buffet top, piano top, flat surface, etc. counts as a “mantel”. (And…pssst. Just a little FYI. BHG.com has often been known to stop by these parties looking for potential mantels to feature!)
I want everyone to be able to join in the fun so please link back with a text link or copy and paste the entire code from the button below. (If you’re new to link parties and are wondering how to link up, click here for an excellent tutorial that will take you step by step through the process.)
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I love your Mantel Beth, so pretty! Thanks for hosting, hard to believe I am the first link up! I think that is a first for me EVA!
Love your sign!!
Love love love the LOVE sign! Everything is so cheery. Great use of NON traditional colors. Just beautiful Beth. Thanks for hosting! It’s always so much fun.
I love your sunshine-y, fresh take on Valentine’s Day! I too love the heart in the lemon. It all looks so cute…makes me feel happy:) Thanks for hosting!
I love it! The yellow is so fresh and fun!
Thanks for the party, I adore your LOVE sign… ADORE! winks, jen
I love that you use yellow, Beth! Your mantel is lovely! Thanks so much for hosting. I can’t wait to see all of the pretty ideas.
I LOVE your valentine mantle…So cheery & bright…a different take on valentine’s day…and I posted it to my pinterest account too!
Great job!
Natalie
Little Prairie Girl
Love the yellow Beth! It looks so fun! Thanks again for hosting this beautiful party! Hope your week is going great! Angie xo
Love your fun and fresh mantel, Beth!
(and your social networking buttons, too- LOL!)
I’m looking forward to decorating for Valentines Day this year, too.
Thanks for the inspiration!
Love your mantel – it’ so springy (a.k.a. spring-like) with the pops of yellow. So much cheerier than typical red and pink
So I’m making a confession. I didn’t want to be the only one who didn’t link up a mantel, so I linked up last years mantel – don’t hate me! Thanks for hosting <3
xo Jenn
Beth-I am LOVING the yellow! I love lemons-yet I would have never thought of using them for Valentine’s Day. You have got me thinking a whole new direction
Thanks for hosting a party-it is so much fun to follow your blog, as well.
Make it a great day!
whatmeeganmakes.blogspot.com
Your mantel is so pretty! The yellow is brilliant!! Every time I think valentine’s day, I immediately think pink & red, but I am LOVING the yellow!! So pretty!
Your Mantel looks amazing…I LOVE the yellow! Thanks for hosting!
Sally
loveofhomes.blogspot.com
I love the yellow – so unexpected! Thanks for hosting and for all the great inspiration!
Beth – love your fresh spin on V-day!! I heart that carved lemon heart! Thanks for letting me link up my In Her Shoes Mantel!
Kelly
So in LOVE with your lemony, sunshiny Valentines mantel! It is precious and unique. This inspires me to remember to think outside the box more. Thank you, Beth, for hosting this LOVEly party! I always enjoy partying here at Home Stories A to Z!
Beth!! I absolutely adore it! I love that it’s so fresh and different. I LOVE the Love sign. I didn’t know about the removable adhesive stenciling spray. I’m going to have to try that. Now, I know from Facebook, you just read the Hunger Games trilogy. Did that have anything to do with primrose?? lol. I LOVE your mantel. I can’t wait to get my post done and link up.
Your mantel is delicious. It makes me yearn for that big ol’ burning ball of joy that is somewhere behind all of the clouds right now. I linked my winter mantel…not exactly Valentines but I think it is “lovely.”
Hope that is ok.
Have a great evening!
Shari
That is perfect and wonderful, Beth! You are such a creative being. Thanks for hosting.
You did a fabulous job! I couldn’t get my mantle together- the red was throwing me off! But I did decorate a few other areas- a hutch, the chandy, the front door. It’s a fun holiday, so I think anything goes! Thanks for hosting.
Love the punches of yellow, Beth. Very fresh! And, thanks for hosting another great mantel party! ~Kerri, A Pop of Pretty
Love it Beth! I’m totally laughing because I live in San Diego and it is always sunny (no winter). So I totally went with a winter-y theme to bring a little winter into my house! Exact opposite of you bringing in the sunshine!
Thanks so much for hosting this party! My Valentines mantel from last year was featured on BHG because of your link up party! So cool! Crossing my fingers they will like my mantel this year too. I’m sure BHG and everyone else will LOVE yours!
Wowwww,fantastic!
Your mantle is divine! So unexpected, but filled with LOVE! I can’t believe you made out heart with a zester! You are awesome!
Thank you again Beth for hosting this fun mantle themed party! It was such perfect timing for me. Little Bit from DecorateWithaLittleBit.com
oh yes! i agree with everyone else…love the freshness of the yellow! so pretty! and i bet it smells good too!
xoxo
thanks for the party.
kellie
Nice job with the spring look! Love it and the lemons are such a cool different twist
Thanks for hosting!
I love your mantel, it’s so bright, refreshing, and warm! I woke up to rain and dark skies today–blah. I’m crossing my fingers it will pass so I can photograph my mantle and join the party, I’ve been looking forward to it all week!
I love your mantel the use of non-traditional colors. It looks great! Thanks for hosting the party. Can’t wait to look around!
Love your LOVE sign…great idea. I have a couple of pallets sitting around just waiting for a project like this…so cute! I love the yellow mantel vignette…makes me want spring.
Thanks for hosting! I love your sunshiny take on V-day! SO fun and zesty!
oh your mantle is simply fabulous! what a fantastic array of mantles! loving them! thanks for sharing : )
I love your non-traditional mantel!!! It is lovely!
I love your mantel parties Beth! Thanks for hosting!! I am excited to look through all of the beautiful links!
xoxox
Jen
I Love that lemon yellow take on a pink and red holiday. How fresh!
Great mantel! Love the non-traditional colors!
Rebekah
Oh, I forgot to add that I LOVE your mantel. I love that it’s non-traditional. And the lemons are such a fun idea.
xoox
Jen
Thank you so much for this awesome link party! I love browsing all the amazing Mantels!
Love the yellow!! So cheerful. The LOVE sign is fabulous!
I just love decorating with lemons! I love the LOVE sign! Very pretty and creative!
Hi, I love, love your mantle. Yellow happens to be my favorite color.
I wanted to ask where you got your fireplace. It looks like one that did not come with the house.
I would love one that i could put in my home. Houses don’t have any in Arizona but I really miss having one.
Any ideas?
Love the linky party too!!!
I love, love the use of lemons and yellow!!! Great ideas!!! Thanks for the inspiration to think outside the box!!
I love your mantel! I’m doing an un-traditional color too but won’t be done before the end of the party. I LOVE seeing all of this inspiration in one place! So fun!
Just wanted to let you know I featured your project on my “Fifteen Favorite Finds Valentines” on my blog! Thanks for the inspirations! <3 Amy Lou
http://southernbellesoulmountainbrideheart.blogspot.com/2013/01/favorite-finds-valentines.html