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Nature in Home Decor: Tree Theme

Nature in Home Decor: Tree Theme

I’ll probably never get over craving an Andy Sanchez vanity top, or Shawn Lovell’s metal-sculpture bed where the term “forest canopy” is almost literal… but there’s an endless supply of tree-inspired objets of home decor to snag our attention — and here’s a selection of recent finds: Clockwise from upper left: Yellow Gocco Tree and [...]

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Quick and Pretty Thanksgiving Table Decor

Quick and Pretty Thanksgiving Table Decor

Much as I absolutely despise the kabillion pop-ups that plague the Better Homes and Gardens site, I do enjoy some of BHG’s quick-and-easy holiday decorating ideas. Here, for example, asparagus spears and long green beans make Thanksgiving-theme wrappers for simple pillar candles. It’s all done with a couple of strong elastic bands, and a length [...]

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Melting Clocks a la Salvador Dali

Melting Clocks a la Salvador Dali

Feeling just a little surreal — perhaps it’s the effects of the Post-Tropical Storm Formerly Known as Hurricane Noel that blasted us here in Atlantic Canada last night. Whatever the cause, however, a dose of surrealism cries out for an homage to the art of Salvador Dali. Take The Persistence of Memory, for example, that [...]

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Love Dove Christmas Card Ornaments

Love Dove Christmas Card Ornaments

Now here’s a clever idea for a Christmas decoration! LOVE DOVE is a greeting card which transforms into a hanging decoration. The red heart and white dove from the front of the card pop out and lock together forming the body and the wings of this 3D dove. The pretty birds are just one of [...]

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Lovely Stumps

Lovely Stumps

Tree stumps have long been a staple of casual — even impromptu — outdoor furniture. Now they’re moving indoors. It’s another aspect of the continuing strong trend for elements of nature in interior design and home decor. In fact, tree stumps seem to be turning up everywhere, whether in their natural form or in a [...]

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