Written by Rustic Accents for Your Home: 45 Projects from Vines, Twigs & Branches (Rustic Home Series)
The natural world is our home, and we like to bring a little bit of it into the house, writes Laura Donnelly Bethmann in the preface to this unique home decorating guide. She and co-author Ann Ramp Fox practice twigology, which they define as “the art of forming whimsical, practical, naturally pleasing twig things while enhancing one’s knowledge of the unique characteristics and beneficial qualities of trees.” Now they share their art in this colorful handbook filled with easy-to-make, attra
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Two charming people, but…,
The authors give some background detail about their lives and their philosophy of living, and it is engaging, but most of these projects are not things you’d want to see displayed in your home. The majority look like a bunch of twigs tied together, which is, of course, the idea. Except I’d like them to have some style too. One notable exception: the lampshade pictured on the cover. Some of the projects are illustrated with drawings instead of photographs, and that makes me suspicious. Couldn’t the authors make one of these themselves, so it could be photographed?
I would have been happier with some more practical projects than a toothbrush easel that comes with the caveat that toothbrushes displayed in it may hang crookedly.
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What a great book! I love walking in the woods. With these simple projects I can bring some twigs home and turn them into something that is both a reminder of the outdoors as well as a useful object. (And a conversation piece.) Also, we don’t have to spend a lot of money to make something. And the basic information about using tools and materials will help me with future craft projects. Thoreau would have loved some of these items for his cabin at Walden Pond!
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