Etsy Find: Tiny Sparks Design

I'm crushing on these screenprints on wood from Etsy seller Tiny Sparks Design (aka San Francisco furniture designer and builder Brad Boggie).

Using sustainably (and often locally) harvested lumber, non-toxic inks, old-school woodworking tools, and plenty of elbow grease, Boggie creates each ready-to-hang piece by hand. I especially like his functional items:

Solid Birch Coat Rack, $50

Oak Keyholder With Skeleton Keys, $35

Bird and Trees on Figured Birch, $45

Rain Clouds on Elm, $45

Tree Rings on Oak, $45

Three Stitched Leaves on Birch, $35

See all of Tiny Sparks Design's Etsy offerings right here -- and check out more of Boggie's creations here.

Objects of Lust: Carved Wood Mushrooms

I started salivating the second I saw these handcarved wooden mushrooms from France at San Francisco's Battersea (aka, the retail showroom for hot SF interior designer Will Wick).

Measuring a substantial 12 to 39 inches, they're available for $685 to $3,000 apiece (I know -- dream on, right?) here.

Etsy Find of the Day: Kindling Accessories

Are you in a fall frame of mind yet? I'm trying, really I am -- but with the mercury hovering in the mid-80s here, it's not easy. We did take the kids to a pumpkin patch last weekend, but the whole notion of Halloween decorating and fall decor feels a little ridiculous when you're wearing shorts and flip-flops and mopping sweat off you brow. (I swear, between this absurd weather and the potential results in the upcoming election, Vancouver is looking better and better ... )

Anyway, I am at least attempting to get into a more autumnal mood at home. I don't tend to like things that are too seasonal or theme-y, but am drawn to more natural accents at this time of year -- simple branches, twigs with small clusters of berries, bowls filled with tiny white pumpkins, and acorns, pine cones, and fallen leaves collected on neighborhood walks.

These rustic pieces from aptly named Etsy seller Kindling are right up my alley: Simple, natural, and lovely. Above: Twig Picture Holder, $25

Small Stump Planter, $40

Wood Candle Holders, $40 per pair

Check out Kindling's Etsy shop right here.

Etsy Find of the Day: Live Edge Shelves

Washington, D.C., woodworker and Etsy seller A. Drauglis hand crafts simple but beautiful shelves that celebrate the natural form of the wood from which they're made: The surfaces are cut clean and scraped smooth, but the edges are left as nature made them, tree bark and all.

The result is something that would be equally at home in a rustic cabin, a minimalist loft, or a "zen modern" home.

Drauglis' shelves come in a variety of sizes, configurations, and wood species, including the walnut-and-mimosa No. 1, $40, top; the cherry No. 12, $75, above; and the curly maple No. 13, $60, below.

Visit Drauglis' Etsy shop right here, and see some of his hand-crafted furniture and other large pieces here.

Cool Stuff: Fallen Tree Cutting Boards

I'd almost be afraid to mar their smooth surfaces by cutting anything on these.

But you could also use them as serving trays or as textural, organic bases for potted plants, trios of pillar candles, or other naturalistic vignettes.

The 12-inch boards, which are made in Minnesota from fallen trees, come in cherry, maple, and ash. They're $36 apiece from Show.