Diffa Decor Trend: Wooden Branches

Hanging above the Crate & Barrel table was an umbrella frame covered with curving branches and an upside down fabric umbrella.

The Profiles for Christofle table was based on a concept by Shannon Shapiro, who created an outdoor look with leafy hedges on three sides, a chandelier resembling tree branches, and place mats that resembled birds nests underneath the plates.

Martin Raffone drew attention to his table with an imposing centerpiece of dead wood branches in large cylindrical beakers filled with large pebbles. This stark look matched the wooden chairs and cabinet in his scenario, and contrasted its metal floor.

Peggy Bellar Catering & Event Planning used natural materials to achieve a primitive, African-inspired style. Bellar bolted together branches of maple and red twig dogwood taken from her backyard in upstate New York, bound them with hemp, and hung them from the ceiling.