A new wreath too...

In my last post I wrote about the new mantel for the New Year, well there's a new wreath too...I'd grown rather attached to the aluminum Christmas tree wreath that hung on the wall behind our bed for the entire month of December. When I took it down the whole bedroom looked empty without it. I thought about buying a big grapevine wreath but hesitated, feeling like that just wasn't the right fit. I knew there had to be a better idea and one morning while laying in bed staring at the ceiling fixture I realized what it was.
Metal! Isn't that always the right answer? Bonus points if it's either shiny metal, or metal with a great patina, like my bedside lamp.
Aha! A friend had dropped by a couple of wine barrel rings last fall, one of them quite large. The perfect size to hang on the wall behind the bed...
Obviously it need a little spicing up, aka plants! I used various protea stems, a banksia bloom, leucadendron, leucospermum and mahonia—all dried, leftovers from the holiday decor.The color isn't nearly as vivid when the flowers are dried, but it still remains—and the texture is unbeatable.

In case you're the practical type—like my husband—and look at this photo and worry about an earthquake, (we're overdue), and a ring of metal falling from the wall, and hitting us while we're sleeping; worry not. It's firmly wired to the nail it's hanging from which is in a stud in the wall.