Do you want your planters/pots to take on a natural look? You can use driftwood
Driftwood is a fantastic natural resource for a myriad of creative jobs that allow us to decorate the home in a unique and original way. It is wood which has been weathered by the waves of the sea and which then dries on the shore: we must remember that it cannot be freely collected from any beach and at any time of the year. Depending on the area, there are regulations that set any collection times and limits amounts taken (often, after storms), otherwise it must be left where it is. However, there are several online sites, as well as the Etsy craft portal, which sell branches and pieces of driftwood all over the world.
With trunks and even with the smaller sticks and branches, it is possible to create fantastic plant pots (planters) and vase holders, by gluing the pieces together or even integrating them with other materials. Check out the ideas below for inspiration:
A very simple idea, which allows you to take advantage of any glass vase or other similar object you have at home, is to clad the outside of these containers with a simple and straight shape using mulitiple equally long (and straight) branches, laid side by side. They can be held in place by string and cord, but you could also apply a few drops of hot glue to ensure they adhere properly.
If you use artificial flowers, or even pompoms and other decorations, you don't even have to put a vase inside the driftwood container - maybe just place a wooden disc or some other durable, rigid material on the bottom.
Since driftwood is ideal for marine-style decorations, using shells to decorate the string that holds the pieces together is also a good idea.
But even using moss could be a very unique solution.
The pieces of driftwood often have fascinating and always uniquely twisted shapes: why not use them to create compositions in which to then to place pot plants? You can do this by fixing the pieces to a wooden cylinder or other object with a regular shape that acts as the main support / base of the pot plant.
Or driftwood branches can decorate wooden structures (like tables) with more interesting geometric shapes, creating a captivating contrast.
Also nice are planters that look like a random pile of twigs, but which were actually built step by step with the help of hot glue or even headless nails / tacks.
And it is not a fixed rule that at the center of these objects there should always be vases with flowers or plants. In addition to being used as a vase / pot plant holder, you can use them as candle holders.
There are many models to be inspired by, even baskets which you can hang and then fill with soil (lining the bottom with coconut fiber first) in which you can arrange compositions using succulent plants.
And when it comes to succulent plants placed in / on driftwood, the compositions in which the plants are inserted into all the cracks and crevices of a larger piece of driftwood are truly spectacular.
Would you like to decorate your home with creations like these?
