According to Eileen Harrington, it's best to use a variety of colors and shapes to add interest to your mantle decoration.
Custom cut wooden boards to fit the mantle.
Attach floral containers to the boards.
Place holiday greenery into the containers. The color of blue spruce, the state tree of Colorado, combines nicely with the Juniper's blue-green berries.
Ornamental kale provides a focal point to the mantle.
Pepper Berry and Bay Laurel add both texture and wonderful scents to your mantle decoration.
Recreate a Christmas in Aspen by incorporating the white bark of the Aspen tree.