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Bringing the Outside In: Decorating With Branches

With autumn officially here, the trees will soon be shedding their leaves and sparse empty branches will prevail. Gather them as they fall and decorate! I've gathered a few images for inspiration...

 
 

In these examples, branches are placed in vases, nailed to the wall, and hung from the ceiling — how have you integrated fallen branches into your home decor?

(Images: 1 via Home Sweet Home, 2 Desire to Inspire, 3 via delikatissen, 4 Emma's Design Blog, 5 Polly Wreford via Sarah Kaye, 6 Tim Evan Cook via Sarah Kaye, 7 via decorology flickr, 8 via delikatissen, 9 Yvestown, 10 John Paul Urizar)

MORE BRANCHESS
Repurposed Branches For Hanging Clothes and Curtains
Bench Made From Branches
Fresh Ideas for Bringing the Outdoors in your Decor

posted originally from: AT:New York

Comments (6)

I just scanned some photos from an old loft I used to live in and was reminded of the branch sculpture that I had for a long time. You can see it hanging horizontally.

It was made by an artist friend who cut the branch in lengths and then reattached them with dowels. Some romex was wrapped around it for a cool effect. I liked how it looked suspended horizontally in a big room like this but it was originally designed to hang vertically in an old skylight chamber in an old Victorian house.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/art_chel/3975049746/sizes/l/

I created an enchanted passageway in my hallway, with branches nailed to the walls and curved overhead against the ceiling. Everyone always freaks out about them. There are some [really bad] pictures here. (The effect is much cooler in my standard dim lighting, but it was impossible to capture without the camera flash.)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/33474551@N04/

posted by meggitymegs on October 7th 2009 at 12:08pm
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well well! it happened to have exactly the same post subject on 06/10 on Rdekko. Happy coinsidence. Check it out
http://www.rdekko.com/2009/10/natural-spirit.html if you like to see more branches decorating ideas.
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Love this look...like a beautiful modern sculpture! Such a great way for those of us in northern climates to cure the winter blues that come when gardens get covered in snow!

it looks magical!

posted by vered bonfiglioli on October 22nd 2009 at 5:37pm
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I love pussy willows....ugh, it's weird to write that.

posted by gagabrielle on November 2nd 2009 at 2:32pm
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