The mantel offers a prime location for seasonal decor, its central placement and built-in shelf perfect for spring vignettes.
When decorating, consider the room’s overall style; symmetrical arrangements suit traditional spaces, while modern rooms might feature flowing branches and fresh buds.
Embrace spring themes like delicate flowers, pastel palettes (think soft hues reminiscent of our local blooms!), and charming animal accents.
Use fresh flowers, plants, branches, and artwork to bring these gentle concepts to life.
For inspiration, explore our favorite spring mantel decor ideas for every design style, perfect for adding a touch of the season to your Singapore home.
Cheerful Spring Color Scheme
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An easy formula for spring decorating is fresh flowers and pastels.
This bright yellow arrangement complements the periwinkle candlesticks and light purple wallpaper, creating a friendly spring scene.
Tulip Flower Arrangement
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Tulips are a signature spring flower, making them an easy choice for your spring mantel.
This leafy arrangement is naturalistic and shows off the tulips’ upright stems.
The rest of the mantel’s accessories feature neutral colors to let the flowers stand out.
Elegant Spring Mantel Decor
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Even this formal mantel gets a spark of new life for spring.
Branches cut from hedges are an unconventional choice, but their curvy stems look beautiful and sculptural in a clear vase.
This and some thin taper candles are all that’s needed in this quiet living room.
Minimalist Spring Mantel Decor
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For a neutral living space, you may want to tread lightly with your seasonal decor.
A vase of lightly budded branches is all that’s needed to signal spring in this minimal sitting room.
Flower Arrangements for Spring
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Show off the abundance of the new season by lining your mantel with multiple vases of fresh spring flowers.
There are many iterations of this look: you could use one species in different or matching vases, or you can mix types of flowers, as they do here.
This creates a lively rhythm and allows you to show off all that’s coming up in your garden at the moment.
Traditional Spring Mantel Decor
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A symmetrical arrangement makes decorating your mantel a snap.
A large mirror leaned against the wall takes the center position, flanked by botanical prints, bud vases, and green glass hurricanes.
Modern Spring Mantel Decor
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A dramatic, sweeping branch of magnolia flowers complements the modern art above this mantel, as both are unique and unexpected.
Small objects dot the mantel shelf, and a shorter flower arrangement creates balance.
Easy Mantel Decor for Spring
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Ferns are some of the first greens to emerge from the earth after winter.
Celebrate the new season by placing fern leaf arrangements front and center on your mantel.
Here, two vases of leaves flank a vibrant print that picks up the vivid green color of the ferns.
Simple Spring Decorating
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The new leaves of spring trees are some of the most vivid you’ll see all year.
Work the bright green into a fresh color palette for your spring mantel.
Here, fresh basswood branches are paired with shades of yellow for a cheerful and sophisticated decor scheme.
Romantic Spring Mantel Decor
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The mantel decor in this cozy snug continues the old world, romantic aesthetic of the rest of the room.
The mantel features a vintage oil painting and candlesticks straight out of a fairy tale.
A mirror is always a good layering piece on a mantel, especially in a darker room like this, where it can help amplify the light.
Sweet Mantel Decor Idea
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You don’t need to makeover your whole mantel to celebrate a new season.
For spring mantel decor, a simple vase of fresh flowers will do the trick.
Choose a cheerful color, such as yellow or these vivid pink ranunculus.
Decorate with Fresh Greenery
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Using full spring branches is a quick way to make a dramatic statement.
Cut a branch with buds on it, pounding the stem at the base to allow better water intake.
Choose a vessel that matches the look you’re going for, and weigh it down with rocks if needed.
Playful Spring Mantel Decor
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If you have art that hangs above your mantel, changing the accessories around it is a great way to create freshness and ring in new seasons.
For this spring mantel decor, a grouping of lush-colored glass vases anchors one side, while vibrant tropical plants hold down the other.
Contemporary Mantel Decor
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You can bring new energy and light to your mantel with a myriad of materials.
Light wood candlesticks in a playful shape combine with a light-reflecting mirror and fresh greenery to bring a unique but upbeat vibe to this spring mantel.
Fresh Flowers + Vintage Vessels
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Design by Leanne Ford Interiors / Photo by Erin KellyLeanne
Ford Interiors dressed this marble fireplace mantel with a collection of vintage pitchers and vases filled with fresh flowers, a simple way to celebrate spring while showing off your collection.
Multiplying Rabbits
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Inspired By Charm created a clean modern farmhouse spring mantel by placing a pair of white hyacinth plants in front of mini mirror-backed houses, and adding a little gold bunny figurine, a rabbit illustration, and a modern black candelabra.
DIY Sign
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A Beautiful Mess created a bold, modern, and colorful ode to spring with this DIY sign made from painted wood letters and vibrant faux flowers that stands out against the all-white mantel and fireplace.
Neutral Tones
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Thistlewood Farms created a neutral-toned modern farmhouse mantel using wood tree cutouts, spring branches, and a rustic barn door.
Fresh Daffodil Bulbs
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Craftberry Bush created a moody spring mantel by adding DIY white daffodil bulb arrangements in glass cylinders, a little painting of a bird’s nest full of eggs, and brass candlesticks that echo the mirror and add some warmth.
Touches of Green
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Design by Leanne Ford Interiors / Photo by Reid Rolls
Leanne Ford Interiors gave this clean modern living room a touch of spring decor with a bowl of green apples and a vase of wildflowers on the coffee table, and a row of silver vases filled with greens on the immaculate all-white mantel.
Real + Faux Flowers
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Maison de Cinq created a spring vignette by hanging a spring wreath above the mantel that’s embellished with faux wildflowers, thistle, and lavender.
A vase of fresh chamomile flowers on the mantel boosts the springtime vibes.
Bushy Boston Ferns
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Design by Leanne Ford Interiors / Photo by Erin Kelly
A row of bushy Boston ferns adds color and volume to this mantel from Leanne Ford Interiors that brings the outdoors in and can stay on beyond spring.
DIY Carrot Garland
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A Beautiful Mess made a DIY carrot garland made from yarn, foam cones, and felt to complement the fresh green mantel and delight the kids.
Cloches + Topiaries
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Blogger Liz Marie dressed her farmhouse mantel for spring with a pair of topiaries, a little plant under a glass cloche, a brown paper wall-mounted scroll, and a garden rabbit for a cozy neutral feel.
Greens + Vintage Mirrors
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Design by Leanne Ford Interiors / Photo by Reid Rolls
Leanne Ford Interiors gave this all-white fireplace and mantel a spring refresh by layering vintage mirrors and greens.
Pops of Green
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Modern Glam created a light, bright, and neutral springtime mantel with a clean palette of white, black, and gold tones, candles, a framed bunny photograph, and pops of fresh green.
Textures of White
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To transition this shallow family room mantel from winter to spring, Finding Lovely swapped out seasonal garlands for a simple vase of fresh flowers and some pale neutral-toned botanical art.
Purple Hyacinth + Galvanized Metal
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Inspired By Charm filled a utensil holder with a purple hyacinth plant, added a couple more in terracotta pots, then layered on a galvanized metal tray and a bunny figurine to give this mantel a fresh springtime makeover.
No-Cost DIY Spring Mantel
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Thistlewood Farms filled empty Mason jars with tree leaves cut at staggering heights for this simple and virtually no-spend DIY spring mantel idea that comes together in minutes and will last throughout the season.