Can you use a trunk as a coffee table?
Can you use a trunk as a coffee table?
If it’s time to update your living room’s coffee table, an ideal option might already be in your home. A clean, polished trunk adds character and interest to design, and depending on the style of your trunk, it can work well with traditional decor or even an uber-modern room.
How do you make a tree into a coffee table?
Instructions
- Choose your stumps.
- Remove the bark.
- Sand top and sides with 80 grit sandpaper.
- Sand top and sides with 100 grit sandpaper.
- When you are content with the smoothness, sand lightly with 220 grit for a reeeally smooth finish before coating.
- Wipe away dust.
How do you secure a table top to a tree stump?
Drill pilot holes and use large galvanized wood screws to attach the tabletops to the stump. Use shims or wood wedges as needed to level the tops; make sure to drive screws through the tops and the shims or wedges to keep them in place.
How do you turn a tree trunk into a table?
And here’s how to do it!
- Step 1: Find a stump and peel off the bark. My parents had just taken down a tree in their backyard a few weeks before and kept it for firewood.
- Step 2: Clean up your stump.
- Step 3: Once it’s clean, it needs to dry!
- Step 4: Sand and stain your stump!
- Step 5: Finish it off.
- LIKE THIS?
How do I make a tree slice table?
- Step 1: prepare the wood slice. Prep the tree slice by giving it a sand to smooth out the surface and remove some of the imperfections.
- Step 2: apply a wood finish.
- Step 3: paint or seal the table legs.
- Step 4: attach the table legs.
How do you make a large tree stump into a table?
Can you turn a tree stump into a fire pit?
Making a fire pit out of your tree stump is better than using your tree stump as a table for your potted plants! So far, so good, but as for you and your stump pit, err on the side of caution.
