My Summer Mantels

I tend to have a love/hate relationship with mantel decorating. I love to change my mantel decor for each season, but I stress about actually doing it. This may have something to do with the fact that we have 3 mantels in this house. There's a 2-sided fireplace on the main floor, with one side in the living room and one in the kitchen/dining room, and there's a fireplace in the basement family room. Normally, I don't do anything with the basement mantel, since that is home of the dreaded TV-over-the-fireplace. I put a garland up at Christmas and call it good. But the other two, they change on a regular basis.
I decided to go with a pared-down version of my usual mantel decor for summer. In the fall, I load up with garland, pumpkins, and various other tchotchkes, but I wanted summer to feel clean and simple.
The kitchen mantel got a "beach" themed makeover.

I stole the plates from my kitchen cupboard, the mirror from our front entry, and the pitcher from a vignette on my buffet. So now my mantel is all pretty, but three other areas of my home are missing things!

The living room mantel has a "country/farm" thing going on.

The color is a little wonky in these photos; the barn picture is a more subdued shade of red in person.

I made the chalkboard out of a Goodwill/Home Interior painting, and my daughter has never forgiven me for covering up the original image of doves ascending through clouds, but I think I like it better like this! 
I have a confession to make. I spent forever editing these photos in PicMonkey last night, only to discover this morning that I had spelled "mantel" wrong in every one. So I had to start over. Doh!
Hope you enjoyed checking out my summer mantels {not mantles}.I will be linking up here: