Stump furniture

Stumps and driftwood remaining after harvesting the area do not have to be thrown away or destroyed. It is quite possible to make original and durable furniture from them.

There are many interesting options for wood crafts. So, for a summer cottage from an old stump, it is quite possible to make a bench or a garden bench with a backrest with your own hands. This will significantly save the family budget. For work, you will need two above-ground parts of the remaining stump. They must be cut very carefully with a chainsaw. In this case, both cuts (upper and lower) should be parallel to each other.

Next, both surfaces need to be leveled using a planer and a grinder. If the second is not there, then ordinary sandpaper will do. Then the processed hemp should be put on the ground, and on top of it, a prepared long board or a half-cut log should be nailed to them. If desired, you can also pin the back to it to make it more comfortable to sit.

The stumps remaining after sawing off a tree will serve as an excellent material for creating chairs for a summer cottage. You can make this kind of furniture in different ways. Here are two interesting options that will suit everyone.

• A chair with a back. For the manufacture of such furniture, you must choose a high-quality stump. It must be carefully cut down and the bark removed. Next, you need to dry the wood in a natural way. After that, both sides of the future chair must be cleaned with a grinder or sandpaper. When everything is ready, you need to carefully cut off a part of the stump with a chainsaw to make a back. It can be made round or square. After that, the part that will serve as a seat, as well as the back itself, must be well cleaned. Ordinary driftwood can be used as legs. The last step is to cover the chair with a layer of varnish. The finished product turns out to be unusual and beautiful. Therefore, it can be safely placed not only in the gazebo, but also in the house or apartment.

• Backlit chair. Such original furniture will appeal to lovers of everything unusual. It can be used not only for sitting, but also for decorating the site. All you need to create such a chair is a tree stump, sandpaper, and glowing tape or fluorescent coating. The cut stump must be cleaned on both sides, using a plane to start, and then a sander or sandpaper. After that, its upper part must be covered with a luminous tape or special luminous paint. The resulting product will become a real decoration of the summer garden.

Besides benches and chairs, there are many other ideas for those looking to try tree stump furniture. Using the materials at hand and your imagination, you can make an armchair, a bedside table, a stool, and even a bed.

To create it, you need a large stump. If there is no such thing in the yard, you can find the necessary material in the forest or forest plantation. First, you need to cut the stump with a chainsaw. Then it needs to be cut into two equal parts and the middle must be carefully cut out of it. If it is difficult to do this, you can cut it crosswise to the desired depth, and then carefully split it. Dry branches should be laid in the cracks and set on fire. When the middle is burned out, the fire must be extinguished.

When the stump has completely cooled, the charcoal must be removed and carefully cleaned, leveling the surface. You get a chair frame with a low base, a small back and handrails. At this stage, you can leave everything as it is, or you can nail the back from the board to the resulting structure and grind everything again. For convenience, the chair must be varnished and filled with pillows or foam rubber.

Making a table from a stump is also quite simple. The easiest way is to take a regular, well-preserved tree stump and sand it so that the surface is smooth and free from splinters. The bark can be removed or left according to the preference of the owners. The stump itself can be additionally painted or varnished. Also, the countertop can be decorated with mosaics or painted. If you want to make a practical mobile coffee table or bedside table, you can attach small wheels to it.

You can also go a little different way. To begin with, it is worth peeling the stump from the bark and polishing it. A tabletop is attached to it, which can be made from leftover wood or well-processed boards. Many people also like to decorate such furniture with carvings. In this case, it turns out to be truly unique. A stump table, complemented by a tempered glass top, will also look unusual.

You can use finished furniture in different ways. For example, as a bedside table, coffee table or bathroom furniture.

In any case, when creating furniture from such an unusual material, you should adhere to a number of simple rules.

1. First of all, the stump chosen for work must be of high quality. No traces of dust and severe damage. You can use different types of wood. Most often, garden furniture is made from birch or oak stumps. Linden should not be used, since this material deforms very quickly.
2. Before starting work, the stump must be well dried. The material is dried at a temperature of 15-25 degrees for 1-2 months. In this case, it is important that direct sunlight does not fall on the stump. Otherwise, it will crack and the table or bench will not last long.
3. To make the finished furniture last longer, it should be treated with copper sulfate and varnished.

Summing up, we can say that you should not immediately get rid of the stumps or let them go for firewood, because they can be used to make furniture that is suitable for both the street and the house.

How to make an original chair from a stump, see the video.