Etsy Find of the Day: Birch Bark Planters

Digging these pretty planters, crafted from birch by Etsy seller Bear Paw Rustics.

Each is formed with a ring of natural bark finished with a leather-laced wood bottom complete with drainage holes, and planted with a selection of yummy, hardy hen-and-chicks succulents.

Handmade Birch Bark Planter With Succulents, $28

Small Birch Bark Planter With Succulent, $10

See all of Bear Paw Rustic's Etsy offerings right here.

Double Take: Inhabit and IKEA Tree Panels

Inhabit's "Timber" Triptic Slats Hanging Panels, $348 for three six- by two-foot panels, plus hanging poles.

IKEA's Anno Unni Curtain Panels, $30 for two nine- by two-foot panels. Hanging hardware sold separately.

Hmmm ... I wonder which came first?

Cool Stuff: Wallies Birch Trees

Here's an affordable (and less permanent) alternative to the lovely "Woods" wallpaper from Cole & Sons that I've been lusting after forever: The Birch Trees mural from Wallies.

Just $40 will buy two sheets' worth of the decals shown above, which measure more than four feet tall when the birch trunks are placed end on end. I'd get two sets and go all the way to the ceiling, or even four sets and do the entire wall.

Plus, you just peel 'em off and stick 'em up -- way less complicated than installing wallpaper.

Check out Wallies' Birch Trees right here.