we have a guest post today on the urban outfitters blog: DIY tree stand! while hiding in the woods at our favorite spot, we decided to do a little decorating to get into the holiday spirit. so, we brought our fake christmas, drill, paddle bit and scrap paper.
all we had to do was find an old stump (although stephen wants to pretend he chopped the tree down himself). after drilling the hole with a 1" paddle bit and inserting the faux tree into the stump we fluffed the branches and it was time to decorate.
we used scrap paper from a printing project to make LOTS of paper chain - we made over 100 feet to decorate our tree and have a little bit left over for around the house.
p.s. if you want to know more about our favorite hiding spot in the woods of west virgina, visit the lost river modern site. chris and sarah have built an amazing prefab retreat that we just can't get enough of.
genius!
takes me back to the 70s :)
Posted by: mary | January 04, 2011 at 11:59 AM
thanks marie.
we couldn't agree more!
-shauna & stephen
Posted by: S.H.inH. | December 06, 2010 at 05:54 PM
Melissa,
It takes a long time for trees to grow, years!--just so they can be cut down for one season? Plastic trees (though plastic) are reusable. With a stump as creative as this one, they even look real and very aesthetic. If you want the pine scent or a real tree feel, go outdoors or light a pine-y candle. :)
Posted by: marie | December 05, 2010 at 11:37 AM
I'm so very curious as to why you took the trouble to get/make such a beautiful Christmas tree stand to put a FAKE Christmas tree into?
Go the extra distance, put up a real tree this year. Or better yet, modify your stump stand to accommodate a living tree.
Posted by: Melissa | December 05, 2010 at 09:05 AM
Genius!! Love it all!!
Posted by: sally | December 05, 2010 at 12:38 AM
Ahhhhhh!! this is so awesome!! I'm totally gonna go out and find a stump just for this!!!
Posted by: Ash | November 23, 2010 at 07:04 PM
omg, love!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Brandy Von Doeren | November 23, 2010 at 05:10 PM
the tree is SO darn cute :))
xo.
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Posted by: tiffany. | November 18, 2010 at 08:16 PM
This is so great! I'm always nervous about
tree parts being all buggy,but yours looks perfect...and I'm a big paper chain fan too!
Posted by: Monked & Fifed | November 18, 2010 at 07:35 AM
If only I were handy like that.
You never know, I could potentially do it.
If I had a drill.
Posted by: here be dragons | November 17, 2010 at 06:39 PM
this is amazing!! what a sweet idea--thanks for sharing!
Posted by: jennifer | November 17, 2010 at 06:25 PM
what a lovely scene!
Posted by: kate | November 17, 2010 at 02:42 PM
Love this! Gets me totally inspired to make some paper chains!!!
Posted by: Carrie Rosalind | November 17, 2010 at 01:20 PM