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Rustic Pumpkin Stand for the Living Room

September 14, 2015 By Karen Cooper 34 Comments

In our home, we have a countdown to a very special time of year.

Christmas? No.

Birthdays? Nope.

It’s football season.

Rustic Pumpkin Stand in Living Room - thediybungalow.com

Ask Dear Husband at any point in the summer how many days until football season starts and he can give you the answer down to the day. Maybe even to the hour.

We are serious about football.

When The Home Depot asked me to build this Rustic Pumpkin Stand for the living room, I knew exactly what we would use it for: football season.

Rustic Pumpkin Stand in Living Room - thediybungalow.com

It’s perfect for holding remote controls, shakers, football magazines, and snacks. Perfect! We don’t even have to get up at halftime!

Here’s how to make this Rustic Pumpkin Stand:

How to build a Rustic Pumpkin Stand for football season for your living room - thediybungalow.com

MATERIALS:

• Two  72″ x 5-1/2″ Cedar fence pickets, square edged preferred. NOTE: if you can only find rounded or dog-eared fence pickets (which is what happened to me), you can either trim the rounded or dog-eared part off before cutting the pickets and adjust your measurements accordingly, or you can simply use the rounded or dog-eared parts for the top of the pumpkin, to mimic the ridges found in a natural pumpkin. I did the latter and it worked fine.

• One 1×2 x 4 feet long (can cut a 8 foot long 1×2 in half for use on two projects)

• 1″ staples

• Exterior wood glue

TOOLS:

• Measuring tape

• Circular saw or miter saw (a miter saw works better, but a circular saw will work fine)

• Jigsaw

• RYOBI Airstrike Crown Stapler

• Clamps

• Solid work surface

• Carpenter’s (or regular) pencil.

Here’s the cut list. Do this before you get started assembling the pumpkin stand.

PUMPKIN:

• Four Cedar fence pickets cut into 18″ long pieces (length can be flexible to accommodate all four cuts on a single cedar fence picket; just make all four cuts equal length)

•  Two 1×2 @ 20″ long

•  One 1×2 @ 8″ long (length can be flexible to use up scrap wood). This is for the stem of the pumpkin; I actually used scrap wood for the stem and it worked well.

FRONT BOX:

NOTE: For the box, make sure you have squared-off fence pieces (not rounded or dog-eared). If you could only find rounded or dog-eared fence pickets (which is what happened to me), then just trim the rounded or dog-eared part off, which will mean trimming about an inch from the board. Then cut the 16″ long board one inch shorter as well.

• One Cedar fence picket @17″ long (the front of the box)

• Two Cedar fence pickets @ 5-1/2″ long (the sides of the box)

• One Cedar fence picket @ 16″ long (the bottom of the box)

How to build a Rustic Pumpkin Stand for football season for your living room - thediybungalow.com

Now, let’s build!

(1) Cut all of your boards according to the cut list. For the pieces of the pumpkin, there is flexibility to cut slightly shorter to accommodate all of the pieces per the materials list. For the box pieces, it is important to cut straight and accurately (see note above).

How to build a Rustic Pumpkin Stand for football season for your living room - thediybungalow.com

(2) Lay the four fence pickets on your work surface, so the overall width is about 23″.

How to build a Rustic Pumpkin Stand for football season for your living room - thediybungalow.com

Place the 20″ long 1x2s on top, with about 1-1/2″ gap on either end. TIP: Use the stem (stem is 1-1/2″ in width if you are using the 1×2) as a guide for where to place the 1x2s. You want to make sure you have enough room to attach your stem at the right height on the pumpkin.

How to build a Rustic Pumpkin Stand for football season for your living room - thediybungalow.com

Use wood glue and two 1″ staples per overlap of 1×2 and each cedar fence picket to secure 1x2s to the fence pickets.

Flip the project over. Add additional two staples per overlap of fence picket and 1×2 to secure fence pickets from front to 1×2 supports.

(3) Starting 3″ out at the bottom edges, draw a pumpkin shape on the front of the cedar boards. Avoid drawing so that the 1×2 supports will be crossed when you cut out the pumpkin shape.

NOTE: If you want to make sure you don’t cross the 1×2 supports in drawing your pumpkin, draw the pumpkin on the back side of the boards. That way, you can draw around the supports.

When drawing the pumpkin, keep the shape organic and unique. Pumpkins generally are “bottom heavy” so consider a smaller rounding on the bottom and larger rounding on top. Also, if you are using rounded or dog-eared fence posts, you can incorporate those edges into the design of your pumpkin, like this:

How to build a Rustic Pumpkin Stand for football season for your living room - thediybungalow.com

Next, position the project so that the area to be cut out overhangs the work surface to allow the jigsaw blade to cut freely. Secure the project to the work surface with two clamps. Test to make sure project is secure.

Cut the boards, following the pumpkin shape with the jigsaw. Remove clamps and reposition and re-clamp to cut the full pumpkin shape out.

How to build a Rustic Pumpkin Stand for football season for your living room - thediybungalow.com

P.S. I have a RYOBI jigsaw and I really like it. It cuts well and is easy to handle.

(4) Put the stem in place in the center of the back of the pumpkin and attach with wood glue and staples.

How to build a Rustic Pumpkin Stand for football season for your living room - thediybungalow.com

I used a curved scrap of reclaimed wood for the stem. Get creative here!

(5) Now it’s time to build the box. Use glue and 1″ staples to attach the front of the box to the sides of the box. Apply glue along three edges of the bottom of box. Place the bottom of the box inside the front and sides. Staple in place along the side and front edges with 1″ staples.

How to build a Rustic Pumpkin Stand for football season for your living room - thediybungalow.com

How to build a Rustic Pumpkin Stand for football season for your living room - thediybungalow.com

Place the box open side up on the work surface. Apply glue along the top edges. Place the pumpkin on top, aligning the bottom edge and the start of the pumpkin-shaped cut with the outside corners of the box. Use 1″ staples to secure the bottom of the pumpkin to the bottom of the box. Use a straight edge to guide you when stapling the pumpkin to the sides of the box.

How to build a Rustic Pumpkin Stand for football season for your living room - thediybungalow.com

Next, it’s time to decorate your pumpkin stand.

First, sand down any rough edges. I used a medium-grit sanding block to do this, but any medium-grit sandpaper will work.

Then, paint or stain the pumpkin. I decided, for a rustic look, to use chalky-finish paint in neutral tones. I used Rust-Oleum’s Chalked Paint in Aged Gray and Linen White.

How to build a Rustic Pumpkin Stand for football season for your living room - thediybungalow.com

I decided to alternate gray and white on the boards.

How to build a Rustic Pumpkin Stand for football season for your living room - thediybungalow.com

Then, once the paint was dry, I lightly sanded the painted areas to give it a distressed, rustic look.

How to build a Rustic Pumpkin Stand for football season for your living room - thediybungalow.com

Last, since my pumpkin was going on a table-top, I added felt pads to the bottom of it so that it wouldn’t scratch the table.

How to build a Rustic Pumpkin Stand for football season for your living room - thediybungalow.com

Time to put it in the living room before game day!

How to build a Rustic Pumpkin Stand for football season for your living room - thediybungalow.com

How to build a Rustic Pumpkin Stand for football season for your living room - thediybungalow.com

The Home Depot offers Workshops at all of their locations for do-it-yourselfers of all ages and experience levels. There are three types of Workshops offered – Do-It-Yourself (DIY), Do-It-Herself (DIH) and Kids. Customers can learn how to build décor projects, how to make easy home repairs, and how to operate tools through demonstrations and step-by-step instructions. Visit http://workshops.homedepot.com to learn more!

How to build a Rustic Pumpkin Stand for football season for your living room - thediybungalow.com

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At our house, we are ready for football season and fall!

How to build a Rustic Pumpkin Stand for football season for your living room - thediybungalow.com

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About Karen Cooper

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Comments

  1. Erin Spain says

    September 14, 2015 at 1:25 pm

    Great job, Karen! And those felt pads on the bottom were such a great idea!

    Reply
    • Karen Cooper says

      September 14, 2015 at 10:35 pm

      Thanks, Erin!

      Reply
  2. Kirby Carespodi says

    September 14, 2015 at 7:09 pm

    What a great idea! We are huge college football fans here at Brandywine.

    Reply
    • Karen Cooper says

      September 14, 2015 at 10:35 pm

      Thanks, Kirby!

      Reply
  3. Jamie | anderson + grant says

    September 14, 2015 at 7:30 pm

    Creative idea!

    Reply
    • Karen Cooper says

      September 14, 2015 at 10:34 pm

      Thanks, Jamie! I loved your baking station!!

      Reply
  4. Jess says

    September 14, 2015 at 8:06 pm

    That is awesome!!! We love our football here too, and I am totally going to make my own…Bengals style 😉

    Reply
    • Karen Cooper says

      September 14, 2015 at 10:33 pm

      Love it! Thank you!!

      Reply
  5. ange says

    September 14, 2015 at 11:55 pm

    Fall and football, yes!!! Perfect combo and way to use your pumpkin, love it!

    Reply
    • Karen Cooper says

      September 15, 2015 at 9:23 am

      Thanks, Ange!!

      Reply
  6. Abby @ Just a Girl and Her Blog says

    September 15, 2015 at 8:10 am

    This is so cute, Karen! I’m sure you guys are loving your little snack station! Such a great use for this project!

    ~Abby =)

    Reply
    • Karen Cooper says

      September 15, 2015 at 9:20 am

      Thanks, Abby! We do love it. What a fun project!

      Reply
  7. On Hayden Lane says

    September 15, 2015 at 12:34 pm

    Love this idea! It’s just perfect for fall and football season.

    Reply
    • Karen Cooper says

      September 16, 2015 at 1:12 am

      Thank you!!

      Reply
  8. Marty Walden says

    September 15, 2015 at 6:04 pm

    That is so clever! I hope you have tons of folks at your workshop! You’re a great teacher!

    Reply
    • Karen Cooper says

      September 16, 2015 at 1:11 am

      Thanks! I’m not actually teaching this workshop, but I appreciate the love, friend!!

      Reply
  9. Debbie @ Refresh Restyle says

    September 15, 2015 at 6:35 pm

    I really want to make one!! These are awesome!!Thank you!
    Debbie

    Reply
    • Karen Cooper says

      September 16, 2015 at 1:10 am

      Great! Thanks, Debbie! They’re so easy to make!

      Reply
  10. Linda Kernodle says

    September 15, 2015 at 7:10 pm

    I like the pumpkin stand, and I like the “sofa table”. I have been using old ironing boards as display tables for about 20 years. I love them, so much that I did own…ah…15! I finally decided that I was hoarding and sold SIX of them, well…baby steps. The ironing boards are great to use as a dessert table, or whatever table, when the whole family gets together. Now I can make a pumpkin stand and use another of my ironing boards. Thanks

    Reply
    • Karen Cooper says

      September 16, 2015 at 1:10 am

      Excellent! I’m so glad! And I love old ironing boards – they are so useful in so many ways! Thanks, Linda!!

      Reply
  11. Ivory says

    September 1, 2017 at 9:43 pm

    I adore this idea. So cute!

    Reply
    • Karen Cooper says

      September 8, 2017 at 4:24 pm

      Thank you!!

      Reply

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