A well stacked woodpile is definitely art for daily life; just look at how gorgeous this is! It makes me feel secure to have the shed filled with wood for the winter. I love to stack wood.
Our usual assortment of tables collected together to seat a crowd at Thanksgiving takes up most of the circulation in the room. Mr. Cranky came up with a fabulous solution by cutting posts from a big log that has been sitting around for years and pulling two 12" x 4" x 14' wood planks from the wood stack. He used the stumps as a base and set the planks on top, they are so heavy and thick that it is perfectly stable with no nails at all. We left a gap between the planks which turned out to be a perfect place to drop in a 2" x 6" to form a sunken trough. On Thanksgiving I lined it with about thirty votive candles; it was really pretty.
We sawed the planks (years ago) from trees we cleared from our house site. Much of the wood was used in building the house, but we have a few beauties left in storage. It has been sanded and the edges chamfered, but it is a little dry. We might seal it (or oil it?) with something to make it softer.I think we should each sit on opposite ends for dinner and feel fancy.
Those hanging leaves are more art from our trees. Sadly, I had to collect them all by myself for the first time this year because my kids were too busy to come with me (sniff...)
We are having an open studio* on the next two Saturdays and I am excited to put the pots out on this table.
*leave me a comment (or email me) with your address and I'll send you an invite, everyone's welcome to come.
I loved your table arrangement and maple leaves. How original! Now only if you could have a "Jeeves" on standby to do the clean up after a big soiree.
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my my! You have quite the reserve for chopped wood! What a great visual that Christmas and fireside season is well around the corner.
ReplyDeleteth open studio is something I am going to try to make it to..if for some reason it doesn't work, how about I just move in...xo me
ReplyDeleteMrs. French, I am so looking forward to meeting you at last! I hope you can come. You might not want to move in if you saw the state of the so-called guest room though...
ReplyDeleteI liked our guest room :) My dad is going to see the photo of your stacked wood and FREAK. He loves stacking wood--it's like a fun outdoor puzzle for him.
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