Rustic, Barnwood Hall Tree

If you sell, you must build.  And sell I have been doing, which is great!  And building is what I have been doing, which is also good.  But, I seem to be staying only one short step ahead of the game.  And so for the last month I have been selling items over the weekend, usually on Sundays and then I do the mad dash build on Sunday nights.

During the week I have been focusing on smaller things for my upcoming show.  That needs to change.  Anyway, this is what I built last night, a rustic, barnwood hall tree.

And I did not stop to give you a tutorial and I took pictures of it in my mudroom on the small wall between my coat closet and half bath.

But, here it is, none the less.  I started by joining three pieces of 6' lighter weight barnwood for the back.  I added a cross bar piece of wood across the bottom of the boards on the back and a very rustic cross piece on the front.  I added rusted hooks to the front piece and found a board for a shelf.  The shelf board didn't even have to be cut--it was the perfect size!

I made the bench part from some hefty barnwood pieces and then I attached it to the back piece.

I cut a board at a 30 degree angle to use diagonally on the front to make it look like a barn door. A coat of clear polyacrylic finish completed this rustic hall tree.

Now to go build some more big pieces so I can hopefully get a wee bit farther ahead!