Thursday, August 4, 2011

Tree stump side table

Last week our neighbor gave me an old tree stump.

 They never used it for anything and it had been outside for years so it was really bleached and actually pretty smooth. I (kind of) followed this tutorial except that my stump (anyone else have a Black Eyed Peas song running through their head now? ;)  didn't have any bark on it and I didn't use any legs. It was already the perfect height for a side table.

I sanded the whole thing down with my palm sander to get it really smooth and splinter free. Then I wiped it down with a tack cloth and applied 6 coats of poly.

I'm loving how it turned out!

3 comments:

Erin said...

Wow! That looks great! I think the sanding and poly really made it look super chic as opposed to I-found-this-in-my-backyard-and-stuck-it-in-my-house. :)

Katie Waddell said...

Haha...so true! My hubby wasn't to sure about this project in the beginning for that very reason.

Haven and Home said...

This is great! This is what I want my stump to look like! Thanks for the advice, I will keep you updated!