I'm oh so excited about my latest project!! One day while driving I noticed a huge tree in somebody's yard had just been chopped down and their entire yard was full of tree pieces. I wanted to stop and ask for a piece, but I chickened out. Later I ask my boyfriend (in a super sweet voice) if he would stop by the house and ask for me. Lucky for me he didn't have a problem with that request. So a few days later, sitting on my front porch is a very nice size tree stump.....Yippee!!!
Now, what was I going to do with this nice size tree stump? Oh the day dreams I had. So it sat there on the porch for about 2 months. Upon researching how to turn a tree stump into a table, I find out that the stump needs to dry out for a few months. Again, lucky me, that is exactly what has happened. Stump nice and dry. So this past weekend I brought it inside. Geez, tree stumps are heavy!!! And here is what it looked like.
Now, what was I going to do with this nice size tree stump? Oh the day dreams I had. So it sat there on the porch for about 2 months. Upon researching how to turn a tree stump into a table, I find out that the stump needs to dry out for a few months. Again, lucky me, that is exactly what has happened. Stump nice and dry. So this past weekend I brought it inside. Geez, tree stumps are heavy!!! And here is what it looked like.
Now it was time to get to work. All that bark needed to be removed. This wasn't a terribly difficult task since the stump was pretty dried out by now. I just took my time with the hammer and chiseled away.
It looked like so much fun that son wanted to take a stab at it, of course that only lasted about 10minutes. Isn't he a cutie pie?
So now it is completely bark free and sitting in my garage. I have sanded it down nice and smooth and I'm loving the look so far. I'm going back and forth on whether or not I'm going to use an ebony stain or a white stain. I'm leaning towards the white stain. Hopefully I will be finished this weekend and be posting pictures of my new table very soon.
Btw, my sister is coming to town for an entire week and she will be here next Monday. I'm super excited to spend time with her. She even started a board on Pinterest full of DIY ideas for us to conquer while she is visiting. It will be so much fun to share them here and inspire others to jump in and have some great DIY fun!!
Thanks for stopping by my sweet place to be....home!
Btw, my sister is coming to town for an entire week and she will be here next Monday. I'm super excited to spend time with her. She even started a board on Pinterest full of DIY ideas for us to conquer while she is visiting. It will be so much fun to share them here and inspire others to jump in and have some great DIY fun!!
Thanks for stopping by my sweet place to be....home!