30 Creative Driftwood Decor Ideas
Creative Driftwood Decor Ideas
Old drift woods are not exactly something that you should look down on. Because with some creativity and some fine touches, it can be an incredible source of material for your house decor. It’s woody texture gives it a natural rustic style that would fit in most homes. It’s also a cheap material that you can pretty much pick up from a hiking trip. What’s amazing about it is that you can make some pretty impressive decorations with it for almost zero cost. Checkout some of these amazing driftwood ideas out there that will blow your mind!
1. Candle Stand
This is basically a huge puzzle piece. You have to mix and match different branches. Level the base and the top so it can hold the candle right. Using wood glue might be a possible solution to secure them together. Make sure to polish the surface nicely so the glue will work its magic effectively. Consider using fire retardant sprays on these wooden art for safety measure. At the end, you’ll get a nice center piece that looks stunning.
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2. Driftwood Leaf
Look! It’s a plate of driftwood! You might have to trim the sticks into the right length before sticking them onto a larger piece that acts as the backbone of the plate. I’m not sure of the structural integrity of this plate. But, it is best to put it up as decoration instead of a real plate.
3. Naval Mirror Frame
There’s nothing that you can’t use to decorate the side of a mirror. That goes the same with driftwood! With a combination of short chunks of drift wood and ropes, you’ll get a nice little nautical themed mirror that brings back all those ocean memories from your past life as a mermaid.
4. Modern Art
Modern art is indeed sophisticated. Nobody really understands them but they can confuse people. Have one of these set up in your living room and you’re on the right way to confuse your guests and let them know how sophisticated you are. They’re basically a display of skewered driftwood chunks.
5. Skeletal Fish
Here’s another modern display of art using driftwood. It is shaped to look like the skeleton of a fake fish or prehistoric fish that walked earth once upon a time. Make that story up and see if any of your child cousins believe it. It’s gonna be fun.
6. Bird Sculpture
The amount of dedication that goes into this art is superb! The bird is shaped so close to the real one. You’ll probably have to break off the driftwood here and there to form parts that will eventually combined into making this bird a reality.
7. Driftwood Boat
Imagination is amazing! Who would have thought of making a boat out of driftwoods right? The most common idea we probably have is to use them to warm up our barbeque fire.
8. Seahorse Wall Art
Simple yet oceany. This seahorse wall sculpture made of driftwood is so simple, anyone could make it at first glance. Perhaps the smarter child could even figure it out! It is ideal to construct your seahorse on a piece of felt as canvas that you can glue the sticks on. It’s easier to manage that way. Checkout the tutorial link below for a more thorough guide.
9. Lighted Sail Boat
We may have seen the boat idea somewhere on top. This is basically a much more advanced level that that. It uses different materials such as rope and fabric to make up a sail. What adds on to its amazing display is the warm orange glow behind it which you can simply replicate by putting a tea light candle behind it.
10. Succulent Planter
Group pieces of driftwood together to form a small little planter that can house your favorite succulents!
11. Mini Christmas Tree
Simple and budget-friendly, this Christmas tree is for people who like their Christmas done in low profile.
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12. Hanging Basket Planter
For this to work really well, it’s best to get a hoop and stick some driftwoods around it. That will make it more stable. You wouldn’t want it to crumble apart one day and freak everyone out. Use moss as the base for the succulents. They are light and won’t make a mess compared to soil since it’s less likely a perfect planter can be made with driftwood. There’s gaps here and there where the soil can slip out. Moss is the best choice of medium here.
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13. Square Mirror Frame
From here, we can see that a different mix of colored driftwood somehow puts this mirror off. But, you can easily fix it by spraying it with metallic paint!
14. Hanging Photo Frame
Formed with the pieces of driftwood from the visited location itself, this wooden frame can jog your memory back to wherever you had your vacation!
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15. Driftwood Vase
This planter looks like it’s fenced around by these driftwoods! You can easily copy this idea by gluing these sticks around the plastic planter.
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16. Book End
There’s a book end for everything! These driftwood book ends is specially designed for holding those reading material about pirates and ocean creatures. It might be best to construct the book end by gluing the wood pieces onto a basic metal book end.
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17. Wall Anchor
This looks like a weapon that a level 29 Leviathan beast would hold! It looks amazing! It’s combined with seashells too for added texture. Once again, this is like building your own puzzle. Be patient and slowly find the right shape that fits or simply break off some. You’ll get there eventually.
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18. Wind Light Driftwood
Why put a simple candle in a glass when you can put a simple candle in a glass and then in a frame of driftwood?
19. Lamp Shade
The shadows that comes out of this light display sure creates a different feel to your room ambiance! Here’s how you can approach this:
- First, setup a square frame as the base. It should be bigger fit the lamp or light source that you want to put there.
- Then, stick some drift woods of different length and sizes around it.
- Twine it with faux greens for extra visual effect.
Now, light it up at your desired room!
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20. Outdoor Totem
Modern art strikes again! Better than looking at an empty pond!
21. Door Arc
This is a grand design. Why would you let people walk pass the boring square door arc when you can put up a grand and majestic wooden arc at your door? This shall be the gate that lets people know they’ve ventured into your domain.
22. Deer Sculpture
First, you gotta get a mold of deer head that you can make from polystyrene or paper mache. It’s probably super difficult and tedious if you want to build it entirely out of wooden pieces. Then, you can just stick them onto the mould. It should be easier. Slowly pick up the pieces to construct the landscape that make up the shape of the deer’s head. It’s a much more nature-friendly option than screwing up a real deer.
23. Lighted Wall Lizard
It’s catchy, fancy and simple. Just rearrange some sticks into a lizard shape on the wall. The lighting are extra but it does make it look much more stunning if you do put it up there.
24. Driftwood Wreath
A nautical-themed wreath to welcome sailors into your boat!
25. Clock
With clock kits available online, you can basically make a clock out of anything and that includes driftwood!
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26. Owl Sculpture
When you have too much time on hand and loves owls, this one’s for you.
Here’s another great owl version.
27. Driftwood Star
This looks like the cover of a secret storage behind it. Cool idea huh? Start with the large star shaped frame on the outside and slowly work your way onto the inside. Add other stuffs like fake evergreen garland and string lights to beautify it.
28. Pineapple Sculpture
A nice display for your fruit store! A wooden pineapple will surely be a worth while Instagram material!
29. Driftwood Giraffe
To commemorate that day where you visited Africa and saw the majestic tall giraffe, this piece of driftwood art will do the job perfectly.
30. Whimsical Driftwood Birdhouse
Birds love nature! This bird house uses a cylindrical tube as the base. So, you can stick the driftwood around it. You also can get round wooden slice to act as base and to cover the top as well. Use professional glue gun to stick them together. Even if they’re not for bird, it sure does make a nice little add-on to your garden!
There you have it! 30 great driftwood ideas. Most of the DIY steps can be figured out with at a glance. We’ve also included some tutorials links for certain ideas. If you have spare time, try these ideas out! It’s a great hobby to have and the end result is none other than amazing! Share it if you like this post!
