Make A Sisal Rope Tree Topped With Starfish
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Sisal rope is usually for Summer or Spring decorating. But I think my DIY sisal tree would work for the Christmas season too, especially if you live on the coast and decorate with nautical decor.
I ordered a lot of sisal rope earlier this year, and I can’t stop using it in projects. I might need an intervention.
When writing a round-up of my sisal projects a week or so ago, I thought of another rope idea. I tend to forget things, so I opened a Word document and wrote the idea down…just so I wouldn’t forget.
For me, multitasking is necessary, so while waiting for paint to dry on a furniture project I went to work on the sisal tree project. I’m glad I wrote the idea down earlier.
The first step in the project was finding a piece of wood. The board I found in my junk wood stash had three or four different paint colors on it. I think I was playing with color combos once upon a time and this was the test board.
The colors needed to be blended or covered so I did a little white wash over the blue and green paint then distressed the whole thing just a bit.
I gathered my supplies and started cutting the sisal rope into various lengths. The starfish were purchased with the idea of using them as stars on a flag. I’ll get to that project one of these days. You might remember I used one of the starfish on my rusty seashell bucket.
I didn’t measure the sisal pieces. … just eyeballed, chopped, and chopped some more. Remember, everything doesn’t have to be perfect. It’s better that way. Perfectly imperfect is one of my mottos.
Hot glue worked the best for getting the rope down with the least amount of effort. I have a better glue gun now. One that stands up on its own and is battery-operated. I love it! (find it here on Amazon)
If you noticed in the earlier supply photo, there are only two starfish. I kept working and placing those two and couldn’t get them to look just right….so I added one more. I love asymmetry.
You must see the furniture drawer with sisal rope handles…just click here!
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I’m stepping away from the sisal for the remainder of the year….promise. Do you like my little tree? It’s definitely a nautical or coastal look. Could hang in a beach home year round. Have a great day, Kathy
