- CHRISTMAS TREE STANDS IDEAS HOW TO
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I brought it home and cleaned it up, knowing that it would make a good project someday. I found this basket in the garage of an estate sale, covered in cobwebs and dirt.
CHRISTMAS TREE STANDS IDEAS HOW TO
Welcome back, lovely friends! Today I’m showing you how to make an easy Christmas tree basket stand (also known as a tree collar) from an old thrifted basket.
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More Grampy legends available (he had a sleigh!).Click here to claim these 2 free guides: 10 Secrets of Experienced Furniture Painters + Tips to Prep Furniture for Painting Hopefully my FatAlberts will be planted b4 I need to use the St.Paddy’s hankies! :D Thanks for all your gr8 ideas &reminders of a wonderful childhood. Since am in Cleveland,OH I think i’ll be using my Valentine’s hankies come Feb. A jaunt to the nearest TSC (TractorSupply) or their website for a galvanized tub or trough may be in order? And i’ve been collecting Christmas hankies&ittybitty clothespins for several years,so those&teeny white lights will be the decorations. I have a treasured crocheted red/green/white throw made by a disabled neighbor that I use for a table topper, and I think this may be my year to start collecting “FatAlbert” dwarf Alberta spruces to plant outside the first Spring thaw. Sorry-about the trees…i can remember them in metal tubs, pickle crocks, and a couple times he’d put 2 smaller ones in an enameled dishpan big as his apron sink.
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How blessed was i? ) he honestly popped corn&roasted chestnuts over the fire&had a castiron swingpot full of cocoa. He had named pine groves all along his lane,past the pond&stone cottage he opened up for skating parties, with a roaring fire, and every kid in the township was invited&knew him as “Grampy”. All our trees were live,rootballed in burlap from the elderly farmer across the road. My tree is a snowman tree so I added fiber fill inside the fence for snow! I love it!! And the best part…it was free…and easy!! Hmmm…what else can the cardboard queen make for Christmas? ReplyĪll the “CountryLiving” ones remind me of growing up. I taped it together on the “inside” with packing tape. I didn’t need to do the whole second box…I only made about 6 more “fence pieces” to complete my little fence. After that I made little triangle cuts to form a ‘Y’ at the top of the vertical cuts to create a wide dog-tooth fence look. Then I bent back each cut and painted a dark barn red on those open cuts (to help create depth). Then I cut the cardboard in 2 inch strips…only cutting one lay of the paper…not going all the way through. So I grabbed a box…saw that it was the right height….cut the bottom and top off (actually used 2 boxes the same size) and took some craft paint in white and quickly and lightly brushed paint on the cardboard…inside and out….it was looking like worn painted wood. Viola’!! I’ve got it! After many years of being the art director for our VBS I knew that creating “stuff” that looked real from cardboard had to have uses beyond VBS. I remembered years ago the fences that were popular for the table trees. I tried my baskets but none were large enough for the stand. My cats are always laying on and under my tree skirts, so I wanted to do something different. What creative ideas do you have for trees? You’ve got to check out the link to this tree stand left by a reader in the comments, SO FABULOUS! The bucket is so cute and is in keeping with the coastal beach theme of the home (find a post on coastal holiday decorating here)! I always put a small tree in my bedroom, I really love that look. This room from Coastal Living also has a tree in a white bucket with a handle. This is a fun tree on a coffee table, from Better Homes & Gardens in a white flower bucket. I love that they used several trees and they all have different containers! The variety of informal trees gives the home a much more laid back, homey feel! In this same home they put a smaller tree in a white pot and yet another tree in a large bowl! (via Country Living). Another charming and interesting idea for thinking outside of the traditional stand and Christmas tree skirt. I also love this tree in a big metal tub seen in Country Living magazine.
I love this little tree in a great old pail, from Better Homes & Gardens. This week I was reading the current Country Living magazine I saw a great solution, a basket with the bottom open for the traditional stand! Doh, of course! If you had the right basket, you could probably make one but if you want to buy one ready to go, the basket I saw is for sale here. I saw this Christmas Tree in a basket on Southern Living last year and I loved the idea of the basket instead of the traditional stand and tree skirt, but I wondered how sturdy it would be.
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