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Diy tree stump end table

By Debbiedoo's Team Published: Sep 7, 2013

Hey everyone!

Today I have a new guest over.

Meet Carl

from the blog Daddy Lifestyle.

Carl wanted to share his diy tree stump end table with you all today!

First a little about Carl.

He loves sports, is very competitive and welcomes a good challenge. 
 

Most important, he is a husband and father to an 8 month old boy.
He started his blog with hopes of sharing things he is passionate about and every day life.
I thought I would introduce Carl and you perhaps can be inspired and learn some new diy’s yourself.
Meet Mr. Stump!
I sure have enough of these in our backyard and perhaps I can get Mr. Doo’s to make me one too.
Here’s the main supplies you will need:
1) Tree stump
2) Hammer and flathead screwdriver
3) Coarse and fine sand paper (palm sander optional)
4) Several brushes
5) Wood stain
6) Polyurethane
Here’s the stump with the bark all peeled off. You will notice that the outside is rough and that the edges are rather sharp. I wanted the outside to be really smooth to give it a nice, finished look. 
To smooth everything out,  Carl decided to put this Black & Decker palm sander to use. He used some coarse sand paper to round the edges of the stump and to get the larger rough patches off the outside of the stump. He then used a more fine sand paper to do the finishing touches.

 

Apply some stain,

{Carl gives you the full deets on what he used and how he applied over at his place}

and this will be your end result.
Now that is gorgeous!
I am loving that yellow chair too!
How to make an end table out of a tree stump
Thanks Carl for being over at my place today.
Please hop on over and say Hi and poke around to see what other fun and inspirational diy’s he has going on.
Daddy’s lifestyle

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Comments

  1. Debbie

    September 07, 2013 at 9:51 am

    I’ve seen stump tables before, but not done like this! I love the bark removed & it polished to a shine. It looks amazing! I’ll have to check out his site.
    Debbie 🙂

    Reply
  2. Marty@A Stroll Thru Life

    September 07, 2013 at 10:16 am

    How fun is this. I love it and I love it all smooth and stained. Hugs, Marty

    Reply
  3. Savannah Granny

    September 07, 2013 at 10:27 am

    Wow, that is soooooo beautiful. And it doesn’t seem to be am impossible project. Thanks for sharing Carl’s work with us. xoGinger

    Reply
  4. jessie

    September 07, 2013 at 11:19 am

    This is beautiful,and the yellow chair,I will for sure check out his site. jessie

    Reply
  5. Susan

    September 07, 2013 at 11:46 am

    Fun new table!

    Big Texas Hugs,
    Susan and Bentley

    Reply
  6. joyce

    September 07, 2013 at 11:55 am

    do you have to let it dryout first?

    Reply
  7. Linda @ Itsy Bits And Pieces

    September 07, 2013 at 12:04 pm

    That is really beautiful…love the sanded and polished finish…

    Reply
  8. Shannon @ Fox Hollow Cottage

    September 07, 2013 at 12:47 pm

    LOVE it. And gosh knows we have plenty of tress here on my property 😉 Such a cool DIY repurpose!

    Reply
  9. cristinfrank@livingsimple

    September 07, 2013 at 2:02 pm

    I love this stump end table, but am also in love with the gorgeous yellow chair next to it! You may have inspired my next chair project. Thank you!

    Reply
  10. Elaine @ Sunny Simple Life

    September 07, 2013 at 6:30 pm

    How clever. I think we have a few stumps in the yard but doubt it will ever be transformed as well as that.

    Reply
  11. Cindy

    September 07, 2013 at 7:40 pm

    So pretty and functional too!
    Have a great weekend…
    Blessings,
    Cindy

    Reply
  12. Savannah Granny

    September 07, 2013 at 7:45 pm

    Hi, Just wondering are you still doing Pinterest Blitzen. I didn’t see it this morning.
    xoGinger

    Reply
  13. Kris

    September 07, 2013 at 9:15 pm

    Wow Carl did a wonderful job on that stump. How beautiful of an end table is that?!! Love this.
    Kris

    Reply
  14. Eleni

    September 07, 2013 at 10:51 pm

    Bravo! Looks divine! Been wishing to do something similar all summer. Love home decor with texture and organic. Did you have to dry it out? What about critters? Beautiful work!

    Reply
  15. linda

    September 07, 2013 at 11:19 pm

    now that it awsome love the stain color to 🙂

    Reply
  16. Soiledrotten

    September 08, 2013 at 6:31 pm

    Awesome job!
    Love it

    Reply
  17. Martina

    September 09, 2013 at 10:22 pm

    WOW what a beautiful piece!!

    Reply
  18. heather

    November 06, 2014 at 11:14 am

    I love the look but there wasn’t much info here. I have a stump and I thought I had to wait for it to dry to get the bark off- is that what you did? It looks gorgeous finished and that’s what I want to do eventually with mine. After the poly can you put it outside? Thanks!

    Reply
    • debbiedoo's

      November 06, 2014 at 1:16 pm

      Hi Heather, this was a guest post and if you click on the link it takes you to the step by step. I do believe once it has poly on it, you can have it outside.

      Reply
  19. karen brightwell

    December 08, 2014 at 10:28 am

    I had two tree stumps, lol, but was nice to my daughter and let her have one of them. Mine held a fern type plant until the weather got cold and I had to bring it in. Before the fern I had small flowers of some sort. I buy what is pretty, sorry I don’t know the name of them. So our stumps are planters by the front door.

    Reply
  20. Joyce E

    May 08, 2017 at 8:50 pm

    What kind of stain did you use? Do you need to seal the wood before staining?

    Reply

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