Tobacco Stick Bench
Thought I'd show you another use for those old tobacco sticks you may have laying around.
Here is some of mine. I keep theme upright in an old trashcan, out of the rain:
Here is some of mine. I keep theme upright in an old trashcan, out of the rain:
I made the tobacco stick bench for a country, rustic themed wedding.
It was to be one of a few, sitting by a tobacco stick table (photos coming soon) to work as the gift giving center.
It is just a basic bench design, very simple. Notice the red lines. It's a basic bench design:
I used the tobacco sticks at full size, other than a few that were cut as the braces.
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| See the shorter pieces as side braces |
And the bottoms of the legs. They had to be cut to get the point off, so that they would sit flat on the floor.
I used a nail gun to shoot the nails in since the tobacco sticks are a very hard wood.
Ignore the egg and beater below, and you can see the nails sink in pretty far and aren't noticeable at all.
On the back of them though, you have to take wire cutters and cut off the rest of the nail that shot through. Unless you have shorter nails to use. I didn't.
As you can see, after the basic frame, I just went back in and spaced the "seat & back" area by just eyeing it to what looked good to me.
The front bottom rail on this one has to be replaced. Because as soon as I finished it, my nephew ran up and of course, put his foot on it to start to climb.
Tobacco Stick Fence:
While I had the tobacco sticks out, I made a make do yard fence also. I love these for decorating around the holidays. And they are so easy to just take and stick anywhere.
Very simple. In this photo I just laid the last row on the top of the frame. But when nailing it, I kept all three runs on the same side.
And since the legs are already pointy, they are easy to stick in the ground where you want to decorate!
Here it is propped up to get a view:
Hope ya'll liked this.
See ya next time!
~Lisa
See ya next time!
~Lisa
And if you like tobacco stick crafts I have a few more here in this blog:
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Since many people ask me what tobacco sticks are, I thought I'd add this.
Sorry, I grew up in KY and just thought everyone knew of them.
These old tobacco sticks were used in the fields when growing tobacco, and were
speared through the tops of the stalks of the tobacco.
They were essential for
"hanging" the tobacco in the barns to cure.
A lot of stalks of tobacco
could be slid onto one tobacco stick. And then they were then hung up on the rafters
in the barn to cure on the railings.
Here is a bunch of tobacco:
Let me leave you now as I sit down to a waiting bowl of my good ole'
Fried Cabbage!
YUM!
Happy Crafting Ya'll!
-Lisa
