Lemons to Lemonade {Log Filled Fireplace}

We lost two trees from our extreme heat and drought last summer.  We waited until the spring to make sure they were really dead, and had not just gone dormant, but no luck.  Dead as a doornail.  Though not huge, one of them was the biggest tree in our yard and had beautiful red leaves in the fall, and the other was growing nicely.  Tears. 

My only consolation was that I was able to do this with the wood:

I have wanted to fill the firebox with logs for a long time, so I took our dead tree misfortune and put it to good use.

I think it's our own little natural sculpture.  The logs are so unique and interesting, 
I could just sit and stare.

I did what I could to try to fend off whatever may be living in the wood, so hopefully we won't have any unwanted visitors.  That's always a risk you take when bringing things in from outdoors.  Oh, the dangers of decorating!

It took me a couple of hours and was like putting a big puzzle together.  Most of the time was spent hauling the logs in and then back and forth to the garage to be trimmed.  Some of them are only a few inches long, just enough to fill in holes.

We do use our fireplace a lot during cold weather, and my sister has already asked what I will do then.  Haven't thought that far ahead, we'll just enjoy this little set-up for now!


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