Tobacco Stick Bench & Fence

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:

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.

(More ideas for Tobacco Sticks here)

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.  

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

And if you like tobacco stick crafts I have a few more here in this blog:

Tobacco Stick Grapevine Tree

Tobacco Stick Tree 

Tobacco Stick Chair

Americana Tobacco Stick Flag

And more...

~*~

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

TOBACCO STICK CHAIR

Tobacco Stick Chair

Here's a cute, primitive tobacco stick chair my husband made after I drew it out. I wanted something to just sit out in the yard to hold a flower pot for decoration.

With lots of extra tobacco sticks laying around, I've found a few decorative uses for them.

A bunch of old, weathered tobacco sticks I keep in a trash can ready for crafts.

Here is some tobacco sticks I just laid out in the shape of stars.

Looking for the 

Primitive Tobacco Stick Tree?

I made, (my husband nailed it, as I said where to, lol) this cute tobacco stick chair.
For this one in the top photo, I put a flower pot in it and some grapevine twig garland wrapped at top for decoration. And a piece of homespun tied to it.

It's gonna sit by the entry and hold a sign to welcome guests. I just love it.

Here it is all plain again so you can see it:

 The top really needed another bar across it, but I'm not sure why we didn't add one?

 Oh well, I hung decorations on it.

I also brushed on some streaks of black paint to prim it up a tad. And attached a bit of grapevine along with a hand painted welcome sign to get it ready for sale in the winter month.

UPDATE:

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. 

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. 

The tobacco looks like this in a bunch:

Photo: By Me of a bunch of real tobacco

Finding a use for old tobacco sticks is pretty challenging. Yet I love the look of them indoors, so I like a challenge. They are a perfect touch for a cute country or prim styled home. The first thing I made turned out looking like a tree of some kind. So I call it my tobacco stick tree. I decorate it with homemade rag ropes and lights of the season.

I ended up putting this in my Peddlers Mall Booth #555, for $19.99. 

SOLD

THANK YOU!

It'd be a great welcome to any guest at your home. 

You can change out the hanging sign to fit your mood or holiday!

I just love it.

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Looking for the 

Primitive Tobacco Stick Tree?

Here is my first try at making a tobacco stick tree:

Since first making this one, I've started making them way slimmer and about 5ft tall and some even shorter, table top versions.

Here's a link:

Primitive Tobacco Stick Grapevine Tree

And here is my second try at making a tobacco stick tree: 

You may also like:

Americana Tobacco Stick Flag

 

 

 

 

 

 

Primitive Barnwood Tool Box

Americana Tobacco Stick Flag

PRIMITIVE TOBACCO STICK TREE

My First Tobacco Tree try

The top photo is my first try at a tobacco stick tree and the bottom photo is my second attempt.

My Second attempt at making a tobacco tree.

Finding a use for old tobacco sticks is pretty challenging. Yet I love the look of them indoors.
They add a perfect country touch in a primitive style. And they are a great piece to add a stash of light to a dark corner. So I don't mind the challenge.

To make these the first time, (the top pic, wide style,) I drew out a sketch.  

A basic triangular shape with braces.
I tried to keep the 4 legs of the tobacco stick tree all original sizes and not to cut them.

And after about 20 minutes of sawing a bit in the garage and nail gun, this is my first attempt.

I grabbed a 15' piece of grapevine garland.  It looks like this.

And it's already got the twirly affect when you unwind it a bit.

 I just start to run it up and around the Tobacco stick tree like this.

And then continue until you get to the top.

 I am thinking about going back and adding a few more strings of the grapevine garland to fill it in more.

But, don't worry if you don't have any grapevine garland because it is also super cute with with homemade rag ropes , a bit of pip-berry garland and lights of the season.

And I also like them with a small strand of lights.

I call it my tobacco stick tree.

Since making this very first one, I've made many more with a few different options now. I prefer the skinnier ones that are wrapped in grapevine. To see them, click here.

This is my second try at making a tobacco stick tree. I prefer it like this. The slim version.

I also figured out these make great uses in the garden also. Like this pic below where I have a cucumber plant underneath and allowing it to grow up a tobacco stick tree.

And anyways, 

I even made one of these tobacco stick trees to go over my tomato plant also.

That's a cute mini tobacco stick chair holding the flower pot of peppers beside it and here's a larger version I made also:

I made these to sell in my Peddlers Mall Booth #555, and have recently been making other items such as:

You may also like these Primitive Crafts:

Primitive Tobacco Stick Grapevine Tree

Tobacco Stick Chair

Americana Tobacco Stick Flag

 

 

 

 

 

 

Primitive Barnwood Tool Box