Tree trunk table – the eye-catcher in the rustic living room

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Tree trunk table: as effective as the source itself

Making a tree trunk table is a skill in the advanced DIY field. There are no or hardly any general rules that can be easily applied to all ideas. Everything is individual because the trees and tree trunks are the same.

From this it also happens that the results are the same.

Original coffee tables

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The two main methods

There are, in our opinion, two skin methods by which one can create a tree trunk table. One is suitable for people who are not very talented as sculptors. You have to rely on the natural wood shapes. These must then be processed by painting, sanding, covered with glass. They can either take the simple forms that most tree trunks offer as a basis, or they can look for longer, more complex and interesting forms that Mother Nature has created.

Combine natural wood with Plexiglas

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The DIY sculptors among you could make a sculpture out of a simple tree. You just have more freedom through their talent.

Tree trunk and plastic

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Both types of methods and people who would like to create a tree-trunk table could certainly use inspiration. As you know, offering such we see as our main mission. Also in this case it is not different.

With glass pane

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Multipurpose tree trunk table

Is this actually a table or a chair? We believe it can serve as both, depending on the case! All you have to do is cut off a suitable piece from the tree trunk and add matching metal legs.

Side table or stool?

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coffee table

It’s all about cutting, polishing and varnishing in this case, too. Due to the natural nuances it can register itself in so many different stylistic devices perfectly, do not you think?

Two wooden coffee tables in combination

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A sculpture as a tree trunk table

This example shows just that by sculpting a miracle in the form of the tree trunk table can bring home. Just think of the magic and charisma that such a work would spread in your home.

Wooden table completely built from a tree trunk

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A higher side table

This example of a side table made of tree trunk proves that you can probably play with the height and as well as the design in such a project. This type of furniture art is not only beautiful, but quite adaptable.

Simple side table, simply painted

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Stylistic element

The tree trunk can also be mounted inside another table model. Here it has no such special function. The half-cut tree trunk is mainly used to emphasize the relation to the rural even more.

Dining room table in a wine cellar

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DIY from old tables

Do you have a table that has a solid base but a broken surface? You can do something for it! Swap the top of the plate for a new one cut out of a tree trunk. However, in this case you would also need the help of a sculptor if you are not one yourself!

Table top made of real wood

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