Creating the Tree Shelf

My Dearest Dragon:

Creating the tree shelf was a lot of fun! And really easy too. 

I am not sure how many of you have a old cedar mill around your place, we however are really lucky and have one only 15 minutes from our house. They often have heaps of scraps that aren't perfect for sale piled up by the side of the road that they periodically burn. 

This has been a picking ground for people looking for firewood, or scraps for artwork (I often snag some for my paintings). 

Well this is where I got the wood for the shelf 

My inspiration was

 Blog HERE

Mine obviously turned out a bit different as I don't have a wood planer to make it that thin...but I kinda like how tree like mine is. I kept the bark on the backside of the log and shelves. 

First I had to sand it down which helped get the details of the wood

Then I used linseed oil and just put two coats on, letting it dry in between coats.

This really brought out the beautiful cedar colours and details.

Then hubby dragged it upstairs and used some giant screws to screw it into the stud in the wall. It is a piece of a tree, so make sure it is in a stud!

I really wanted to keep the natural look as much as possible, so we put the shelving over top of the screw holes so they wouldn't be noticeable. 

next hubby installed the shelves....which are only held up on the log....so please do not stack your 1990's hard cover edition encyclopedia that your grandma gave to you that sad sad Christmas long ago or your nice shelf will crack in two. 

But small things like handmade teddies from Gran, and hand made art from mommy is perfect.