11.28.2017

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Materials:

• 8 baseboards at 28″ long
• 15 pieces of 12″ long thin twine rope
• Extra: Matches to melt the ends of the twine together so it doesn’t come apart over time)

Tools:

• Miter Saw
• Drill & Drill Bits (Need 1/8″ drill bit for all holes)

• Measure each base board at appropriate length
• Organize each baseboard to it’s general location on the tree formation and mark the corners of where you plan to make the 45° cuts. I made my marks for my 45° cuts on the bottom edges of my baseboard pieces so my baseboard lengths would stay consistent.
• Using a Miter Saw, take each baseboard and cut each end of each baseboard at 45°
• Starting with the top of the tree, mark off each of the holes for each piece.

• Drill each hole to create openings
• Using the twine pieces, start tying the pieces together. To keep each space consistent, I tied the knots towards the end of the rope and the same amount of twine end to melt later.

It’s a simple tree where the clean up is just rolling up the tree.  When I put up the Christmas lights, I simple wrap them around the edges of the pieces. I usually go in one direction so that the lines are more evenly spaced. Same as my blog post Minimalist Christmas Tree, I hang my ornaments off of the lights. For the more fragile ornaments, I hang them from paperclips and then hang them from the cord.

This was created as an option to not use push pins on the wall, but it was an interesting take on a holiday tree as well. Give it a try if you’re interested, and you can even change out the material I used too.