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
I do the same kind of things like you, I go overboard buying a craft or repurposed items and get all these idea going. I usually scan Pinterest while my paint is drying and take pictures of idea that I can make or tweak! I love the tree!
Always more pleasing to the eye to decorate with odd numbers vs even I think. I like your rustic Christmas tree, Kathy. I think I would be tempted to add one little pop of color somewhere on it though. Maybe a dark burgundy on the pot the tree is in. But that is just me. It’s really fine just as it is. I was thinking these would be cute in a mini-size, too. You could make them with smaller twine in ornament size to hang on the tree. I think I am talking myself into trying them!
This is the neatest idea. It is so cute.
Love the tree! Great idea!
I love this! My mind has been turning to Christmas ideas lately and I think this will be the first Christmas project I do this year!
Thanks so much for sharing!
This is so cute. If it were mine I would probably display it all year.
Love this idea, Kathy!!
very cool
Just lovely! Sometimes the most simple projects turn out to be the best. Thanks for creating and sharing.
That is the cutest tree ever! Love it!
Very, very darling!
I think I’ll be trying the sisal rope tree very soon.
Thank you for the inspiration, Robin
So cool!!!
VERY SWEET!!!!!!!!!