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DIY Rustic Tree Stand

December 16, 2014 By: Melanie

DIY Rustic tree stand

Yesterday we shared a tutorial for a Rustic Tree Star.  Today, we say “there’s more where that came from!”  We made a rustic tree stand to match!  Mostly by ‘we’,  we mean my husband Jay.  See, we have this great arrangement: sometimes he asks me to make him stuff, like a kilt….with TWO days notice.  True story.  Being the DIY’er that I am, I say “yeah probably.”  Next thing you know, my super skilled mom, sister, and I are sewing up 4 kilts for Thanksgiving Day golf.  (Surprisingly, not as hard as I imagined.)

Here is my hubster Jay(left), my brother (middle), and my bro-in-law (right)  in their kilts on the golf course.  Awesome, right?!DIY Kilt (2)

And another pic-left to right: bro-in-law, brother, uncle (who already had a kilt), dad, husband.  I love this picture!  Making four kilts in one day was totally worth it!  It will be a new tradition to wear kilts for their Thanksgiving morning golf.  It better be anyway-ha!  😉DIY Kilt (1)

So this arrangement – Jay asks me to make him stuff and I ask him to make me stuff!  We utilize each other’s skills-win-win! Conveniently,  I had just made him the kilt he asked for when I requested this tree stand.  It always helps to have these things fresh on the mind when asking for favors. 🙂

So let’s get to this tree stand already!  🙂  It was inspired by Mandi from Vintage Revivals tree stand (check it out HERE.)  DIY Rustic tree star and tree stand (7)

All you need is a 2 x 8 from the Home Depot (8 feet long) and some screws!  Well, and a saw and saw operator. 🙂

Jay cut the 2 x 8 into 4 of these:

DIY Rustic Tree Stand

DIY Rustic tree star and tree stand (5)

Then he staggered them together creating a hole in the center for the tree to stick in.  DIY Rustic tree star and tree stand (4)

He used a pocket hole jig (like THIS one)  to attach the four pieces together, because he’s kind of professional like that.  Screwing the four pieces together would work fine too.  DIY Rustic tree star and tree stand (3)

I sanded it a bit and slopped a coat of stain on it, then very patiently waited for it to dry before I brought it in.  That was sarcastic….I wasn’t really very patient.  I checked on it probably five times then used a paper towel to wipe off whatever stain hadn’t dried so I could get this thing in!  Aaand- pretty much, I love it!  DIY Rustic tree star and tree stand (2) DIY Rustic tree star and tree stand (1)

 

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