Bringing the Outside In - Branches and twigs

THIS POST IS FROM ROOM REMIX - THE BLOG .

Midwest Living Photo Kim Cornelison

I started to put a post together on bringing the outside in and realized there were really too many ideas for one post, so I decided to break it into separate posts. Today's (as you've already seen) is ideas for decorating with branches and twigs. Enjoy!

Twig and candle centerpiece from Sunset (Christina Schmidhofer, Peter O. Whiteley)

Driftwood coat rack

Sunset (Rob D. Brodman, Jess Chamberlain)

Twig coat rack from Pottery Barn

Another take on branches in a vase...

Sunset Photo Lisa Romerein

A simple branch laying on the mantle...

Sunset Photo Lisa Romerein

or a couple in vases...

Sunset Photo Daniel Hennessy

Branch lampshade from Woman's Day. Complete instructions on their site.

Twig chandeliers...

houseandhome.com Photography: Kirsten Hinder

House Beautiful photo: James Carriere

Painted branch floor lamp

Southern Living Photo Robbie Caponetto

or table lamps

Sunset Photo Lisa Romerien

A driftwood lamp in this living room designed by Frank Roop (House Beautiful photo credit: Francesco Lagnese) I like the way they added what looks like a ribbon detail on the lampshade.

Metallic silver twig lamp collection from ZGallerie

Twig curtain rod (diyideas.com)...

Branch headboard...

houseandhome.com Photo Donna Griffith

Birch wall panel from Martha Stewart. Tutorial here.

Giclee branch prints from Ballard Designs

Potted twig placecard from Martha Stewart. This is actually a wedding idea, which could obviously be used for a dinner party too, but I think it would be cute to incorporate these into a spring/summer centerpiece choosing words that would be fun or meaningful to you. Tutorial here.

Twig serving set at Pottery Barn

A twig table in this bathroom designed by Newell Turner (House Beautiful)

Another take on a twig table via The Style Files

Okay. Probably not many of you have need for a wedding cake and one with this type of theme would probably narrow the field even more, but you have to admit it's a pretty cool idea. Who's idea? Martha of course! :-) Go here to see how they did it.

What do you think? Will you be using twigs or branches in your decor?

Have an awesome Wednesday!