Thank you so much Heather! I’m so happy to hear you found the details helpful 😀 😀

OOH nice! Thank you 🙂 so happy you love it!

We used a band saw to quickly remove the bark off our oak slices. Love this project! ❤️

Thank you Diena, Oh my goodness yes they do look like milking stools LOL! We grew up on goat milk. my grandma used to have a stool that was similar. Yes it was amazing to get away and spend time with family. YAY I’m so happy to hear that! Thank you so much and I hope you have a an amazing summer as well!

Hi Nancy, I think they could be a bit taller however I would do 4 legs and the highest I would go is probably around 13-14inches on the legs. You can always try taller I’m just not sure if it’ll be as sturdy. You might need to add dowel at the bottom to keep the legs from spreading apart. I don’t think the crack will grow but it might be a good idea to treat the wood with something. After sharing this on facebook someone recommended the product called Pentacryl to treat the wood. They said it keeps the wood from cracking. Yes correct I didn’t remove the bark until I made the stands. It had about a year drying time before I removed it. I noticed a lot of mold on the wood too and I’m sure that has a lot to do with me not treating it properly. The tree was really wet when we cut it down. Nope I didn’t seal it yet, I tried however I sanded the clear off because some spots of the wood turned super yellow. I was hoping to give the wood a nice white wash stain to eliminate all the yellows than seal it with clear coat. That stain stinks pretty bad which means I’d be without plant stands for about 3 weeks while they air out in the back room. I’m enjoying them a bit more before sealing them 😀 😀 LOL!! I’m glad to hear you have trees you can make so many things. OOOh that sounds lovely! I’ve never done wood carving it sounds fun! I think a ghost would be cool. 😀

I love the natural uneven edges of the wood Do you think the crack will grow any more and eventually break in two? I’d read that if you let the wood dry out it wouldn’t do that. It looks like you didn’t take the bark off till you were making the plant stand. Would that have helped? Was it already there?

Finally, you didn’t seal the wood with anything, right?

Thanks for listening to all my questions! I have hundreds of trees in my yard, so my neighbors are safe! I have a dead tree that is still standing. I’ve been toying with the idea of carving him into something interesting. He’s at the head of my driveway. A welcome sign is too bland. A ghost at Halloween?