Interiors Aux Naturale

Some trendsters credit the green movement with wood, stone, water, and all things natural moving indoors. I think it’s just because we humans crave earthy elements. It just feels so good. Deep down inside-our-essence, way back to our cave dwelling ancestors good. Aesthetically, it meshes well with any design style from traditional to modern. And it offers a bit of quirky interest to an otherwise well-ordered room. Maybe it began with the American Studio Movement of the 1940s+ and the use of exquisitely grained woods?  Maybe it was embraced by the general house-proud population when granite countertops became the rage? Now shells, driftwood, rough-hewn wood objects, and a variety of stone from alabaster to onyx are at home inside the house. Furnishings and accessories are formed into the likeness of branches. Printed and woven surfaces evoke nature with stunning faux bois effects or foliage at its twisty-tangly-twiggy best. Here are some photos of great earthy products and interiors. So, let's get earthy and go aux naturale!

TOP, Thom Filicia Inc.; BOTTOM LEFT, handmade desk from salvaged wood in American Studio Style in the offices of Jessica Helgerson Interior Design; BOTTOM RIGHT, briger + briger

LEFT: Michael S. Smith via Cote de Texas; RIGHT, Suzanne Kasler

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Cottage & Bungalow’s Agave lamp; Oly’s Aux Bois floor lamp; Manya Tan, photographer; Urban Outfitter’s twig hooks

TOP LEFT, branch vases by Ted Muehling, Rose and Radish; CENTER, Black Forest place setting, Tart; TOP RIGHT, serving pieces, Jayson Home & Garden; BOTTOM, Branch teapot, sugar, and creamer, Jayson Home & Garden

TOP LEFT, Suzanne Kasler; TOP RIGHT, Wisteria; BOTTOM LEFT, Jayson Home & Garden; BOTTOM RIGHT, Propellor

LEFT + TOP RIGHT, root lamp and petrified wood cheese trays, Jayson Home & Garden; BOTTOM RIGHT, Rian Rae

TOP LEFT, driftwood chandelier, Rian Rae; TOP RIGHT, driftwood candleabra, Bobo Intriguing Objects; BOTTOM LEFT, branch and glass console, VivaTerra; BOTTOM RIGHT, briger + briger

TOP LEFT, printed linen designed by Johan Carpner at Just Scandinavian; TOP RIGHT, Ferm Living; BOTTOM, Jessica Helgerson Interior Design

Art, TOP, Belgian schoolhouse 1940 “Hydra” botanical chart, Brown | 1st dibs; BOTTOM LEFT, Thai eco-art, Wisteria; BOTTOM RIGHT, my apologies — source unknown

Domino Ideas Under $1:  place a chunky candle on a branch slice 

TOP LEFT, Jenny chandelier by Oly; TOP RIGHT, oyster shell chandlelier, Cottage & Bungalow; BOTTOM LEFT, red coral bowl, Jayson Home & Garden; BOTTOM RIGHT, Wellfleet sconce by Oly

LEFT, white coral table lamp, Cottage & Bungalow; TOP RIGHT, Mark Cutler; BOTTOM RIGHT, coconut shell chandelier, Wisteria