We've been trend-spotting at two of the most important home furnishings trade shows in the world: The International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York and High Point Market in North Carolina. Everywhere we saw a new reverence for nature: for tree limbs, leaves, insects, and furniture shaped like flower petals. Rustic chic is the new buzzword—handcrafted, hand-hewn, reclaimed, and sometimes trending toward a 21st-century iteration of the industrial era's antidote to technology: Craftsman style. Some pieces are now available in Sarasota stores; others can be ordered through local designers.

Cutting Edge The Phillips Collection takes "live edge" furniture to new planes of rustic chic using reclaimed wood or roots from felled trees in award-winning designs like the Origins Collection's 14-foot Live Edge Dining Table ($10,000). philllipscollection.com

Branching Out A winter tree motif etched in acid white and smoke-toned glass adorns the Round Oak Alloy vase ($127), a refined application of the natural trend. Order at Envie Home Decor, 1411 First St., Sarasota, (941) 366-7027.

Tree Huggers Rejoice British designer Sonya Winner glorifies the cross-cut ring motif with her glamorous limited-edition Tree Trunk rug handcrafted in Nepal's Katmandu Valley of pure silk (from $12,115) or silk and wool ($9,179). sonyawinner.com

Grass Roots Design star Kenneth Cobonpue's Yoda chair of wispy rattan fibers (shown, $1,175) also comes in an outdoor version in red or brown ($1,665). Cobonpue gives Home Resource access to myriad designer looks in the natural trend. Home Resource, 741 Central Ave., Sarasota, (941) 366-6690.

Into the Woods A hot new brand of heirloom-quality furniture crafted in Bosnia, Manulution renders rustic style hip, with tables ($2,898) showing up in glamorous new guises and some unlikely colors. manulution.com

Form Meets Function in the sinewy Su Chaise, updating Michael Thonet's 150-year-old bentwood technology with catuaba wood from the Amazon rainforest and a cushion of supple leather ($7,185). The Sarasota Collection Home Store, 622 Central Ave., Sarasota, (941) 955-8313.