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I care deeply about the Earth, I love to repurpose things and use the natural resources around us. \u00a0It\u2019s funny, even though our\u00a0house has many closets, my children and husband leave\u00a0their coats and backpacks all over our kitchen chairs. \u00a0This drives me crazy!\u00a0Since closets and wall racks did not work, I thought maybe a coat tree placed in the side hall would. The coat tree would be prominent, they could easily hang\u00a0their coats, hats and backpacks as they walked by. \u00a0I choose my battles, and would rather have the coats on a coat tree in the\u00a0side hall than on my kitchen chairs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When I started researching coat trees, all I saw were\u00a0flimsy or unattractive designs<\/a>. \u00a0I looked further and found some really unique looking coat trees made out of TREES! \u00a0Can you imagine? \u00a0After seeing that, and\u00a0living on acres of wooded property\u2026I think you can imagine my thoughts.<\/p>\n

I called out to my husband \u00a0and showed him my idea, he was all for it.\u00a0We couldn\u2019t have picked a better time, many trees were recently cut\u00a0by the town because they were too close to electric wires. \u00a0We gathered our tree supplies and started the process of assembly.<\/p>\n

For the base my husband split a large log in half. Then he used a chainsaw and chisel to make a hole in the top of the base for the tree trunk. \u00a0He also hollowed out the underside of the log right beneath the hole on the top. Hollowing the bottom made it possible to get the screw\/bolt used to attach the trunk to the base,\u00a0deeper into the trunk. We wanted to make sure\u00a0the base\u00a0was very safe and secure.<\/p>\n

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We also put wood glue around the base before attaching it. \u00a0Then my husband\u00a0cut the coat pegs from long lengths of tree branches. After that, he drilled holes in the tree trunk for the coat pegs. \u00a0He put wood glue<\/a> on the base of the branch pegs, then placed them in the holes and knocked them into place with a 2 pound sledge hammer<\/a>. \u00a0Right now, we have three branch pegs on the bottom for the little kids, and three on the top for adults, but we plan to add a few\u00a0more.<\/p>\n

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We are going to take\u00a0the coat tree\u00a0outside and seal and protect it with marine varnish<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0We are really\u00a0impressed with just how amazing our\u00a0unique coat tree turned out, and have more projects in mind that we\u00a0will share with you in the upcoming weeks.<\/p>\n

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We\u2019re\u00a0happy we\u00a0were able to utilize the natural resources on our\u00a0property to make something we needed. \u00a0In the end, we have something we\u2019re proud of and best of al. it was made in the USA by us!\u00a0You know what else I love? Coat free kitchen chairs around my table! Yippee for small but gratifying victories! Let me know what you think of this natural project in the comments.<\/p>\n

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