It happens that at the summer cottage or in the garden are stumps. Some prefer to uproot them, not even assuming that they can make an original element of landscape design. In our article we will tell you what can be made from stumps and how beautiful it is to decorate them.
What can be decorated
There are different ways to decorate stumps. We suggest to get acquainted with the most popular.
Ready garden figures
If you decide to decorate the stump with garden figures, but you do not have time to make them - go to a specialized store and choose any one to your taste. Today there is a huge choice of figures - landscape designers and businessmen make good money on this. They are used as partial or complete decoration of not only stumps, but also of the entire summer cottage. 
Important! Before you start shaping the figure, be sure to make a drawing on which you will perform the work. Otherwise, you can easily ruin the stump.Original, for example, on the stump will look a frog made of plaster, which as it were watching everything happening around. "Settling" a figure on a stump, you can also paint it - this will give the composition a brightness and originality.
Pots with plants
The perfect solution is to decorate stumps with flowers in pots. They are placed around the hemp, and the main flower is placed on top. If at the same time to decorate the stump with various butterflies, painted elements, you get a very beautiful live composition.
You can also diversify your garden with hand-made crafts: a palm tree made of plastic bottles or a flower garden made from wheel tires.
Living plants
The stump can be not only a "stand" for flowers, it can completely replace the pot with it. This technique is often used in landscape design, as the final composition looks very original and interesting. In order to create such a masterpiece, you need to get rid of the core of the stump. In the vacant space or insert a pot with a flower, or fill it with fertile soil in which flowers are planted. 
Important! If you decide to plant flowers in the stump, you should not choose perennial plants, as their root system will not be able to survive the winter frosts.
What can be done?
In addition to decorating, stumps can be an excellent material for the manufacture of various furniture or figures. Consider what can be done from the cuts of the tree.
Armchair
If there is a thick tree on the dacha you are planning to cut down - don’t be in a hurry to do this, it will make an excellent lounge chair.
Did you know? The largest sculpture of solid wood is in China: it is a huge lion, whose length is 14.5 m, height 5 m, width 4 m.The most optimal size of the seat is this: its height is 40-60 cm. However, it would be nice to make a chair with a back, so the back should be about 100 cm from the ground. At this height it is necessary to cut with an auto saw.
After that, at a height of 50 cm, the trunk must be incised by 2/3. Make a cut from the side from which you plan to make the seat. Then you need to make a vertical cut to form the back.That is ready to draft our chair! Now you need to perform decorative trim. For this you need a chisel, hammer, mallet, handsaw, grinding machine. Paint the finished armchair with bright colors or just varnish it, leaving beautiful cuts of wood.
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Little table
From hemp you can make the original table. If the stump is large, it will be enough to process it with tools and leave it in this form. If you want to make the table bigger, then the stump will serve as its base - the leg.
To do this, on the side of the stump it is necessary to fill two strips perpendicularly. On them it is necessary to fix four holders in pairs. As a tabletop, you can use boards that should be fastened with special slats. 
The table top does not have to be square, you can build a round table. After you make a square tabletop, hammer a nail into the center, tie a rope on it. Tie a pencil to the second end of the rope - you will have a construction resembling a compass. Draw a circle and delete everything that is outside.
At the final stage it is necessary to nail the table top to the base or to fasten it with the help of screws. When the work is completed, be sure to soak the product with special protective agents in order to prolong its service life.
Fairytale castle
Crafts from the cut of the tree - a very beautiful and original decoration of any area.
In the construction of such crafts stumps can be used as the main part of the castle. All other elements of the composition can be attached to it. 
For decoration use a piece of fiberboard or plywood. To keep them tight, attach them to the stump with screws. Remember that it is necessary to process all materials with special preparations that will protect them from rotting.
If there is a hollow or build-up in the tree - do not be upset, these elements will be the perfect complement to the composition. For example, a hollow may be a window from which small ladders for fabulous cloisters of the castle will hang.
Garden figures
If you or someone you know or a relative is able to wield incisors at least a little, you can make beautiful figures from stumps.
Did you know? The oldest wooden sculpture in the world is the Shigir Idol. It is located in the Sverdlovsk museum of local lore. The exhibit is 11 thousand years old.For example, you can cut out directly in the stump figures of birds, owls, which seem to look out of the hollow and watch the world around.
A family of mushrooms cut from stumps will look very nice. Of course, this requires certain skills, but the result will be simply amazing.If cutting sculptures is too complicated for you, make garden figures in a more accessible way. For example, the same mushroom can be made this way: the stump will be the leg of the mushroom - it is worth painting it with paints, and from above you can put an unnecessary basin on it that will serve as a hat. Fix it with nails, paint the fungus colors, and that's it - the craft is ready. 
Also from the stump you can make an unusual man. Draw on the side of the eye, mouth, as a nose, insert a stick into the crevice. Decorate the top of the stump with ordinary grass or land a little lawn there - it will serve as a head of hair for a fairy-tale character.
To create a beautiful aesthetic lawn often use these plants: styloid bratum, red fescue, meadow bluegrass, meadow fescue.
Having the time and desire, you can make an unusual and beautiful decor of the wood cuts. Original crafts to decorate the suburban area, as a rule, can be built from improvised means, while not spending money to purchase store products.
