You didn't want it any other way.
The relatives, friends, acquaintances who expressed appreciation or praise for my wooden Christmas tree.
To my surprise, it actually caught on.
"It's practical," they said.
"Looks nice," they said.
"I'd like one too," they said.
With that, I've officially entered the next phase in my DIY life: the one where I gift people with homemade things.
From now on, books and vouchers are passé, long live the unique.
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Benjamin Schultz
Said, done
Publisher: Ullstein
Pages: 240
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It doesn't matter if in some cases the praise may be due to friendship rather than genuine enthusiasm.
Or when people might soon feel like their parents, who can no longer save themselves from all the self-painted pictures or works of art made with iron beads and at some point have to feign enthusiasm.
As long as there's still a piece of wood in the shed, I'll give gifts that I've made myself in the future, I'm relentless.
The brother-in-law recently wanted a bicycle holder.
I built it myself.
We would need a small side table next to the reading chair.
Is being worked on.
An improved version of my garden chair?
Already done in my mind.
And if I build a few more trees, the perspective is clearly in the direction of a private Christmas market.
While I only used waste and firewood for sample number one, this time the selection was a little more exclusive: alder, birch, spruce and meranti for the branches;
Mahogany, oak and something I couldn't identify for the stands (perhaps white oak? Any hints would be appreciated).
And because the offcuts from the four large trees were too good to be thrown away or burned, five small trees were created from them.
However, I didn't make the greatest professionalization step with the maximum use of material, but with the gaps.
Making spacer rings out of thin plywood had proven to be as time-consuming as it was annoying on the first example.
For the nine trees that have now been added, I replaced them with metal washers.
They fit perfectly and are hardly noticeable.
Apart from a couple of thin rods for the logs, the panes were the only purchased elements - so the investment costs were kept within very manageable limits.
Roughly speaking, my tree collection should be enough for the time being to be able to fulfill all the wishes of my closer and wider circle of acquaintances.
And if necessary, the next batch could be produced quickly.
But mentally I've long been in other dimensions.
In my mind's eye there is already a room-high wooden tree, guaranteed needle-free and reusable, can be set up on the wall to save space if necessary and is easy to assemble.
Decorated that thing with fairy lights and the Christmas tree seller saw the last of me.
Such an XXL wooden tree would be a great gift for the family.
Now I just have to convince her that she would also be happy about this gift.
