Bringing Nature to the Dining Room

I love using nature in my décor.  After taking down all my Christmas decorations in the dining room this year, I decided to replace it with nature.  Sticks, pinecones, acorns and wood.  I love the way the natural elements play off my white ironstone.  And it still says winter, without it being Christmassy.

 

I collected sticks of various sizes from the yard and cut them all 4" long.  I used them to fill an apothecary jar.  I used pine cones to fill another jar.  A block of cut wood makes a great base for candle sticks.

 

 

On the hutch, I used more natural elements.  I filled another jar with acorns collected from my yard.