Revamp Your Old Garland: Easy Tips for a Stunning Holiday Mantel | Day 2 | 12 Days of Christmas

0:02 hey everyone it's day two of the 12 Days of Christmas and today we are going to talk about Garland I'm going to show you how I took my garland from this to this got a lot to share today so let's jump right on in all right as I mentioned earlier today we're giving some new life to some older Garland to make it mantle ready so if you have Garland that's looking a little bit tired don't worry I have have a few quick tips I'm going to show you what I use to hang and I'm going to share some other suggestions on garlands at different price points but first let's talk about my command strips wanted to offer a couple of easy tips using The Mantel in my dining room which I'm purposely not styling because I plan

0:50 to do a live demo with you uh later on in the series but a couple things I want to talk about I use command strips to style the mantle in the the main room and you have to really follow directions the first thing you want to look for is what size the command strip sticker holds so this is 2 lb I want to say they go up to three I'm not sure but that's a big deal because it's it's literally telling you like this is only the amount of weight that I can take my Garland is definitely heavier than than 2 lb so either I double up or this year I'm

1:35 using this command strip it's I I don't know the name of it but I'll have it linked in the description box but it's there it's silicone so it gives a little more stretch if you will and um I really liked how it worked out in the the main on the main fireplace the other thing I want to talk to you about are following the instructions so you want to leave yourself enough room to be able to pull this tab off at the end of the season if you and if you place it on properly you can you'll automatically do that it actually gives you a little pattern it's hard to see here in the

2:21 camera but it gives you a little pattern just stick it right on there the other part on the directions that a lot of people probably don't follow is you have to hold it down to let it stick for 30 seconds you've got to give it some pressure the 30second part is a really big deal it also suggests that you wait for an hour before you use you actually hang anything on there I usually wait for a little bit more than an hour but you definitely want to press down for 30 seconds give it at least an hour to adhere before you start using it now it's at the end of the season you're done with Christmas you're ready to pull all of your Decor down and you're just

3:07 in go mode because that's what happens to me you I've done this so many times you have to pull this off correctly or you're going to pull it off and you're going to pull some of the paint off of your mantel with it so what you want to do is I like to apply pressure at the top and you're going to going to pull I kind of pull in a downward motion but you're going to pull until it gives you a little stretch and then you're going to pull until you get a little more stretch pull until you get a little more stretch see I'm still holding on to it at the top I don't let that go all right and you're just going to

3:54 keep working it out get some stretch give it a little wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle ah okay still applying pressure until don't so what you don't want to do is lift up because that's when you snatch your paint off your mantle so I'm just working this out until it comes all the way out now if you've left this on for too long for example longer than just a season it could snap on you so you definitely

4:40 don't want to leave these on for too long uh you know no more than a season don't leave them on for a year cuz that's when they'll Snap I've I've had that happen too wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle damage and then once you've had it sit for at least an hour you can use it to you use this little tab on the end here to just pop it right into the base so it gives you lots of room to shape your

5:26 Garland all right so you have your Command hooks in place let's get this Garland hung I wanted to take you through this process to if you feel like you need to toss your Garland don't do it just yet take a look at how mine looks from start to finish and you may just change your mind so this is by far my favorite Garland I've used it several times here on YouTube it's a cascad and Garland and what I love about it is how Lush and and drapey it is and I think they use the old school Lighting in this Garland so it's really warm and when it's lit up at night it looks like little fireflies are are in there and it it's just beautiful so that's why I'm using it again but as you can see when I

6:11 pull it out of the box it looks like it's in rough shape one thing that I like to suggest before you pack your Garland away at the end of the season check your lights and replace them at that time it's one less thing you have to do next year when you pull it out and it seems to really extend the life with the garland I don't know if it does or not but it feels like it does so check your lights at the end of the season and then you really have to go through each branch and spread out the greenery to make it look fuller this is a step that I think a lot of people rush through because it's really not it's not the fun part right but you have to go through each branch and shape it if you have wired branches

6:57 you can give them a little bit of a Bend but um if they're not you still have to go through and touch every single piece another thing I wanted to address are the price points so someone in the comments on the first video was saying you know I love this Garland but it's out of my budget what else can I do great question Garland has come a long way and there's so many good places so I'm going to share a couple of places that I would personally or have personally purchased Garland for I'm going to show you a couple of these that they're not pre-lit but they look very realistic the first place I want to put on your radar is a place called

7:43 decorators warehouse.com I follow her on Instagram she has beautiful garlands uh I'm just searching through the real touch Norfolk collection here because they look so realistic so they aren't pre-lit but at a $47 price point you could grab yourself some little fairy lights from the dollar store or Walmart and weave those in there and add some pics if you wanted and you would be all set it's a beautiful Garland definitely one that I would use Also let's not sleep on Walmart friends they have a really stepped up their game they carry so many different brands they have a little something for

8:29 everyone but you do have to shop online and kind of have an eye for what looks realistic online here's a great piece that I found nope not this one uh it's a Norfolk I like that Norfolk look because it looks so realistic but Walmart has them at price points from like $18 to like $45 just depending on the length look at look at that that is so pretty for six 1617 absolute yes for me and then one more place I wanted to mention is a place called it's at afloral.com I've never personally ordered from them but I've seen a lot of

9:17 their stuff on Instagram and a couple of friends that I have look at that $39 have ordered this that is really pretty and it looks so real so I hope this help helps with you know addressing the price points you got to know where to shop but you can find things in all sorts of different price points so I hope that helps normally I would just delete this part of the video but I thought it would be nice to give you a behind the scenes look at how much tussling is involved to get this Garland in his shape um and then just encourage you to if if you have a piece of Garland you love and you feel like it's done don't toss it just yet because it it just may need a little

10:02 TLC and of course you can always add in your picss I've added pics into this Garland in the past I don't plan to do that this year because I'm going to double it so I'm using two pieces because I want it to look super full and I don't want much else in there because for me it's all about the tree this year but uh let me know in the comments what other questions you have about Garland and on one of the 12 Days of Christmas I'm going to do a live demo for you answering some of those questions and then to finish things off this is where you would typically add your pics uh and your Ribbon I'm adding the mantle Village and then I'm stringing through some of that burgundy ribbon that you

10:48 saw me use in the Christmas tree on the pre 12 Days of Christmas video just to pull some of that color through the room and that's really going to be it for this piece all right you guys as always I hope you got something out of this if you are playing along in the 12 Days of Christmas giveaway make sure you answer the question of the day right down below in the comment section and I'll see you right back here tomorrow for day three until then love and peace