I have had the same mantel decor up since Easter. It certainly was nice to have reminders of Christ and His Resurrection on display; but mostly I just didn’t have any inspiration for summer. Mother has asked me a few times over the past month or two if I have a new idea for the mantel and I can finally tell her “YES!”

I think this is my favorite mantel decoration I have ever done!  I was thinking about summer and what themes I could go with and none seemed quite right. I didn’t feel like doing a patriotic one (not because I don’t love my country, just because because). Every idea I found online for a summer mantel was beach-themed, and I live in land-locked Utah. I thought about doing a garden theme and looked up some pictures of those. I didn’t find any I liked, but I did see one garden themed mantel that had a completely random “lemonade for sale” sign as part of it. That was the perfect thing!!!!!

I decided to make my mantel into a lemonade stand for the summer!  I am basically in love with how it turned out (despite the fact that I spent more on this mantel decor than on all previous mantels)!

Check it out!

All it needs is a cute pitcher of fresh lemonade–but that doesn’t keep very well and I want this mantel to be up all summer.

Now, I’m sure you’re all wondering if you can actually buy lemonade from this stand. Well, there’s only one way to find out. You’ll have to come to the stand and see for yourself!