50 Ways to Upcycle Tree

Branches and Logs

Kim • August 19, 2013

I guess you could call me a tree hugger. I

do love trees enough to hug them.

My appreciation of trees started when I

was a little girl. My mother is a painter,
and she loved to paint trees. I saw the
beauty of them through her eyes.

Timber cutting and tree farms are

common in east Texas. It’s a big business
and employs a lot of people — and who
wants to live without paper?!? — yet I can’t
help feeling a little sad about it.

Also, if you’ve followed my blog for any

length of time at all, you know the
reasons why we launched our old
home salvage business.

So, all of this got me to thinking about

ways to upcycle fallen trees.

Here are 50 ideas.

Create stools for your dining room table.

Here’s another similar idea. Here, too.

Build a really cool bed. Here’s another

idea. And one more.

Create a garment rack using a branch.

More ideas provided here and here and
here and here.

Build a garden arbor. Here’s another

idea. And another.

Create a handrail.

Build a clock.

Make a cake stand. If cupcakes are more

your speed, check this out. Or this.

Create pretty flowers from wood slices.

Use them as shelf brackets.

Build a coffee table. Here’s a similar

coffee table, and another idea I love.
This one is really cool, too.

Build a floor lamp. See another idea here,

here, here, here, and here. The latter is a
DIY project!

Trees are nature’s art. Display them as

such.

Want more ideas? Click here and here.

Use branches and twigs to create a curtain

rod and brackets. See other curtain ideas
here and here.

Make candles from branches. Here is

another great idea. And another. And yet
another.

Lay down a remarkable floor using log

slices.

Make rolling side tables from tree stumps.

These are similar. See other ideas here,
here, here, here, here, and here.

Build benches.

Build a cool staircase. Click here for

another idea.

Create a lovely wall mosaic. Click here

for another idea. And here.

Create a wonderful chandelier or pendant

light with twigs and branches.

See more ideas here, here, here, here,

here, here, here, here, here, here, and
here.

Create plant markers using twigs and a

wood burner … or just a black pen.

Create a cool belt buckle.

Build a table like the one above or this

one.

Create bowls from large branches.