The small town Colorado girl who’s obsessed with home and everything that entails! I’m a creative, a decorator, a day dreamer, a huge fan of scones, and I’m passionate about loving where I live and making a home.
I'm Shayna
Remember our Thanksgiving Table Setting? Well, one of my favorite things about it was our DIY Handmade Wood Chargers.
Words can’t describe how much I absolutely love them!
They’re different and simple and amazing and just enough…
And might I mention that they’re easy to make?
We started with a 24″ wide x 48″ long piece of birch wood…
Then I decided on the shape and size of the charger. I wanted to use as much of the board as possible, so I had Anthony cut it in half width wise and then in thirds length wide. We ended up with 8 12″ x 12″ chargers….
From there, I used one of my favorite cutting boards to use as a template on the corners…
I simply made sure both sides were even, then traced the edge with a pencil…
Then I used our jig saw to cut off the edges…
Once all the edges were cut, I used 80 grit sandpaper to round everything off…
Then, I wiped down all the boards with cheesecloth and stained them with Provincial by Minwax…
After they dried, I gave them another wipe down and brought them inside…
I’m pretty much in love with them… They remind me of cutting boards, and we all know how I feel about those!
Obviously, these weren’t made to have direct contact with food, but I still love them! They’re perfect for a charger!
…And I’m sure I will have no problem finding a few other uses for them…
Pssst…- I originally posted these with my Thanksgiving Table Setting, but they’re much easier to find if they have their own post! 🙂
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Oh girl…they’re perfect! I bet, you can’t wait to use them for Thanksgiving:) I totally love ’em…big time, HUGE!!!
Blessings & <3
M
THANK YOU so much! I love ’em big time too! 😀
-Shayna
They are perfect. I love cutting boards too so I am drawn to the look of beautiful wood at a place setting. I want to make some birch rounds to put on the table, but haven’t found the right tree yet.
THANK YOU so much, Grace! 😀
Happy Thanksgiving!
-Shayna
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Very nice. I LOVE the bowl you used!! Perhaps because that is our formal ‘china’. We had so much fun collecting it years ago. Looks GREAT with your charger!!!!
THANK YOU so very much, Rachel! I love that dish set too! 😀
-Shayna
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So amazingly beautiful!! I am wanting to make some, and I was wondering how thick your birch wood was? Was is a Home Depot purchase? Thanks!!
Hello! I’m throwing thanksgiving this year for the family, and NEEEEEEEEEED these! This plus wood slice name card holders are going to be STELLER!! I was just wondering how thick your birch board was? Thanks!!!
Hi Jessica! That would look lovely for your Thanksgiving table this year! The board thickness was 3/4″. I hope that helps! 🙂
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