Tree stumps, tree stumps; they're all over
in interiors (and we firmly believe there's no need to spend a ton of money on
designer stumps). My BF and his former work partner, Jacob, transformed the mailroom in UIC's architecture building two years ago. Jacob writes:
Done as part of an elective at the UIC School of Architecture, this intervention sought to enliven the existing student mailbox area. The existing wall was furred out with access doors for the electrical panels and server, and then covered in strips of self-adhesive wool felt... ("Before" image below:)
A floating counter was installed by the message board for an email station, and the stump was provided for seating. We tried to incorporate a variety of textures into the space: the smoothness of the acrylic counter, the soft wool felt and the roughness of the bark.
(Thanks, Jacob and Josh!)
Image credit: Hedrich Blessing
It all looks great together. I like the felt wall most of all. I would love more information about installing a similar wall. What thickness of felt did you use? How did you achieve the pattern? Are there wood splints glued to the wall underneath the felt? Or, is the felt embossed? Any how-to direction would be great? Or, the vendor where the embossed felt was made? Thanks.
Job well done.
Looks terrific... and the stump is so eco-cool! Must go out to the woodpile...
Gary, the felt is not embossed, the pattern was made by using different height strips of 1/8" felt. To get the vertical ridges we folded the felt over on itself and screwed it in to wall behind - using the overlap of the felt to cover all the fasteners. We purchased the felt from the Booth Felt Company at 9611 S. Cottage Grove Ave. in Chicago.
Thanks Jacob!
http://www.ltlwork.net/pages/portfolio/projects/fluff.html
btw, this has been done amazingly by architects Lewis Tsurumaki Lewis. Nothing new by UIC.
How to you prepare/treat a stump before pulling it inside to use as furniture? I want to use one as a coffee table base...thanks,
megan