An interesting and rather unusual trend - the use of tree stumps in interior design - appeared just a couple of years ago. It was rapidly gaining momentum, and today tree stumps are no longer just a current trend, but a sign of style and taste.
Today, stumps are an incredibly popular, and at the same time inexpensive and environmentally friendly material.
Stump furniture
Tree stumps are often used as furniture for the home, not only helping to update the space, but also evoking thoughts about our place in nature. As a rule, the result exceeds all expectations and turns out to be inexpensive, beautiful and unique.
Coffee table made of driftwood
Table from a cut tree
Hemp as coffee tables
DIY stump table
Especially often, stumps are used in interiors as tables, bedside tables, coffee tables, and also as bathroom furniture.
The stump is natural. The easiest way is to use the stump in its original form as a table, just sand it a little so as not to get a splinter.
Stump painted
Stump painted with gold paint (from a can)
The stump looks great in its natural form, but you can give it even more originality by painting it in any color, applying patterns with a brush or using a stencil.
For the bathroom
If you treat the stump with water-repellent impregnation, it will also be suitable for the bathroom
A stump for a bathroom will become a very original decor. It can be used as a table, placing bath accessories on it near the bathroom, or candles when you want to have a relaxing evening.
Table with glass
The simplest use for a stump is to make a coffee table out of it. A glass top can be added on top for a more elegant look. The stump can also be placed on legs or wheels, resulting in a very convenient mobile table.
An ordinary tree stump will look great as a bedside table. You can decorate it at your own discretion.
Table with glass
Table on wheels
How to make a chair, stool or armchair from a stump, hemp or log with your own hands
There are an endless number of options for chairs made of stumps and logs, as well as tables. There are two main technologies for creating a chair or stool from hemp:
- by firing method,
- chainsaw.
Using the firing method to make a chair or stool is quite simple. First, the log is sawn crosswise lengthwise to the required length of the legs. The cracks are wedged with wooden chips. Small chips and branches are poured into the wedged cracks, a little gasoline is added and set on fire, fuel is added little by little to maintain combustion and ignite the bulk of the log. This burns out the center of the log. After the necessary firing with an angle grinder with a brush, the excess coals are removed and a do-it-yourself stool made of logs or hemp on 4 legs is obtained. It is further processed.
The required workpiece is cut out with a chainsaw and then ground with an angle grinder, or fired, painted, etc. You can also place the stool on furniture wheels, screwing them from below, the lower surface should be perfectly flat. You can attach a pillow to the hemp on top, so you get homemade upholstered furniture. By placing a cut of wood on the legs, you will also get a wonderful stool.
Let's consider several options for a stool and/or chair with your own hands, presented in the video.
How to make a stool from ordinary acacia hemp with your own hands at home (video)
Do-it-yourself hemp stool using the firing method.
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DIY hemp stool (video)
Chair-stool made of hemp (logs) with a chainsaw.
Do-it-yourself garden chair made from logs (video)
A simple chair from a log is made in almost the same way as a stool, but the back is cut out with a chainsaw, as in the video below.
Garden chair made of logs in the shape of a hand (video)
Chairs or armchairs from logs can be made of any shape and size, for example in the shape of a hand. To do this, you need to work well with a gas or electric chain saw.
Gallery of photographs of chairs, armchairs and stools made of logs and stumps
Finally, options for creating armchairs, chairs, stools from logs and stumps.
As you can see, there is nothing particularly difficult in making a chair or stool from a log, the main thing is to approach the matter with soul and hard work.
Stumps as chairs
Stumps make excellent stools. You can put small pillows on top of them to make it softer to sit on. Hemp can also be used as decorative chairs, which will be an excellent addition to the interior. The presence of a back will make the stump chair even more comfortable.
If you go to a workshop, you can make an original designer chair or bench.
Hemp in the interior, collected in a set
To compose the set, hemp is selected that differs in height and diameter. It is permissible to display stumps of different tree species together or painted in harmonious colors.
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Such sets will fit into a classic interior, country style, grunge style, minimalism or industrial style. Stumps painted in glossy and metallic shades are relevant for the high-tech style.
It’s easy to make an interesting stand for wine bottles yourself; you’ll get an original decorative item. Carefully clean the deck and prepare the cells, then varnish. If you cut out square openings in a curved log, you will get an original shelving unit.
How to treat a stump for the interior
To create a table or cabinet, you need to find a suitable stump and process it correctly. The bark can be removed with a chisel, or you can leave it on.
Cut to the required size
Removing bark from a stump
The sections of the stump should be sanded using sandpaper and then the stump should be cleaned of dust. Treat with a layer of primer and open the stump with several layers of wood varnish.
Sand the stump using sandpaper
Apply water-repellent impregnation
If the future table is intended for the bathroom, you need to apply a water-repellent impregnation.
The meaning of the word "stump"
A stump is the remnant of a tree with roots or the lower part of a tree, and a log or block is a stump of a log. In the North Russian dialect, a deck is a tree with roots, and a deck is a lying thick tree.
Sometimes the designation of a dugout hive or well with a deck is found. In the Russian dialect, the designations of a stump and a log are combined in the designation of a boreval, a well.
These concepts are compared with the images and behavior of people: if a person does work with negligence, then this means that it is through a stump; and if this person is slow and inept at work, then he falls through the cracks;
Both the stump and the block are traditionally attributed to human traits, so a log, a block of wood or a stump is called a stupid or insensitive person, as well as a blockhead, a dullard, a fool. And in children's games there is a driver - a tree stump. A deck is a name given to a lying, clumsy person.
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What the signs say:
A sick person is seated on a fresh aspen stump, which will take away the disease.
The fever will go away if you hide your cut nails and hair in an aspen stump.
