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If you’ve been following my blogs, you may recall that a couple of years ago we were forced to take down a tree in our backyard. \u00a0Well, we still have quite a bit of the wood left from it, even though I’ve used it for various DIY projects. \u00a0I’ve made everything from party centerpieces to hand-painted Christmas ornaments, and now I could already picture a\u00a0Woodsy Hexagon Wreath<\/strong>\u00a0hanging on my front door.<\/p>\n

First order of business was to pick three logs of similar length and width. \u00a0That was easy enough. \u00a0But then I quickly realized I had no idea how I was going to split the wood down the middle. \u00a0Trust me, it’s not as easy as you might think. \u00a0Thankfully, I’m married to someone who can take my vision and make it happen. \u00a0Because the logs weren’t perfectly straight, he first had to build a jig to keep the logs in place before running them across the table saw.<\/p>\n

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With all the logs split down the middle,\u00a0the rest was pretty simple. \u00a0We just measured the length and cut all the ends at our desired angles. \u00a0If you’re good at geometry, I’m sure you can cut your six sides to perfection knowing a simple hexagon is 720-degrees. \u00a0For me, that fact, (and even viewing the graphic below) only serves as confirmation that eyeballing things is much easier.<\/p>\n

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The six sides were then secured into place at each angle using 1 1\/2″ wood screws that are only visible on the back side. \u00a0In the end, the angles of my Woodsy Hexagon Wreath<\/strong> weren’t perfect, but that’s only because the logs we started with were imperfect. \u00a0In my opinion that only adds to the rustic design.<\/p>\n

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All it needed now were the finishing touches. \u00a0I wrapped a simple garland around it and added some wired ribbon. \u00a0And just like that, this Woodsy Hexagon Wreath<\/strong> was ready for my front door, where the first impression it makes is one of natural beauty.<\/p>\n

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Thanks for checking out my blog. \u00a0Check out one of the other DIY wood projects that came from the same tree by clicking this link:\u00a0http:\/\/www.muralsbymarcy.com\/wood-slice-ornaments\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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I’m in love with my Woodsy Hexagon Wreath. \u00a0It’s perfect in its simplicity, and can easily be decorated for any season by simply changing up the ribbon and greenery. \u00a0Best of all, there’s no other one like it anywhere. \u00a0The idea for it came when I began noticing hexagons in all sorts of design elements, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19,18,1],"tags":[256,331,334,333,332,329,330],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.muralsbymarcy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2678"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.muralsbymarcy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.muralsbymarcy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.muralsbymarcy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.muralsbymarcy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2678"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.muralsbymarcy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2693,"href":"http:\/\/www.muralsbymarcy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2678\/revisions\/2693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.muralsbymarcy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.muralsbymarcy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.muralsbymarcy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}