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The New Rusticity: 11 DIY Ways to Use Branches Indoors

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The New Rusticity: 11 DIY Ways to Use Branches Indoors

May 9, 2018

We’ve written before about using tree branches as sculpture indoors (see Accessories: Trees & Branches as Decor). But lately we’ve been noticing branches crop in other, more functional uses throughout the house, from the kitchen to the stair rail. Here are a few useful, budget-friendly, and subtly rustic ideas.

In the Kitchen

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Above: Portland-based blogger Eva Kosmas Flores repurposed a branch from a dead birch tree in her yard into a simple pot rack that suits the moody interiors. See more in A Food Blogger’s Rustic DIY Renovation in Portland, OR, Dark and Moody Edition.
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Above: Another variation on the theme in Beth Kirby’s Chattanooga, Tennessee, kitchen by Jersey Ice Cream Co. This one is curved driftwood found at a “ramshackle” salvage shop in Chattanooga. (Kirby notes that she also uses branches as curtain rods.) See The One-Month Makeover: Beth Kirby’s Star-Is-Born Kitchen.
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Above: A hewn beam becomes a sophisticated pot rack in Kitchen of the Week: Artist Graham Carter’s Upcycled Hackney Kitchen.
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Above: Julie spotted this rustic Knife Rack from Buchholz Berlin, in which “nature dictates the shape of the knife branch.” (We previously featured it in Modern Primitives: 6 Kitchen Accessories with a Rustic Edge.)

In the Closet

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Above: A particularly artful use: branch as clothes rack in The Joshua Tree Casita: A Stylish DIY Remodel, Budget Edition.
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Above: Another iteration: a painted branch put to use as a place for display; see A High Concept Store in Amsterdam.

In the Stairwell

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Above: We love the subtlety of this long branch repurposed as a stair rail at Table on Ten: A Room with a View in Upstate NY. For the how-to, see DIY: Tree Branch as Hand Rail. “The biggest challenge, of course, is finding a perfectly formed branch (walks in the woods will be required),” Julie writes.

On the Wall

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Above: A tree branch becomes a place for wabi-sabi display in another Jersey Ice Cream Co. project: The One-Month Remodel: A Catskills Guesthouse.
particularly sturdy branches can serve as a hanger for planters, as seen in rus 25
Above: Particularly sturdy branches can serve as a hanger for planters, as seen in Rustic Planters from a British Potter in LA.
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Above: A branch as a stand-in rack for (light) essentials; see Vagabond Chic: Instagram Stars Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Launch a Shop.

In the Bedroom

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Above: In the children’s room, a short branch becomes a canopy—and evokes forest forts. See DIY: Children’s Canopy Bed (though we like this idea for the adult room as well).

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