ElkinsDIY.com Presents: We had two big trees growing too close to our home, so we had them cut down 5 years ago. What do you do with the stump? Make a Gnome home of course!
For all of you who are still complaining about the loss of a tree, why not LISTEN to Paul's explanation. It's pretty simple - I'm sure many of you can grasp the reason. Great idea Paul - thanks for sharing!!!
Magical, just magical! I have only recently discovered your 'site' and I've found it to be fascinating and uplifting...I really hope your projects for 'homeless living' get the support and respect that they deserve. Live long and prosper Paul, and may your creativity do the same!!
I love this! I have a street tree that the city's been threatening to cut down due to voids in the trunk that make it dangerous. I'll miss the tree but I've dreamed of at least putting a little roof on the 5-foot "stump" and letting the birds continue to nest in the voids. Thanks for posting this - now I can share it with the city tree crew when it comes time to "do in" the tree...
To quote a famous line: ' I put my pants on just like the rest of you -- one leg at a time. Except once my pants are on, I make golden ideas!' Not really, but I'm always thinking of something. Have been since I was a kid.
That's cool! I've been painting smooth concrete or cinder block walls to look like stonework. Just the other other day I was doing one and added a gnome door where there was a stepped looking area.
+UltraEmilyRose Thanks for that. I've been getting some very critical comments on this video, probably cutting down the tree on the first scene wasn't a good idea. It was needed and I wanted to make something cool remember the trees.
Here that's a great job you did bar one small issue i have. See if I was a Gnome just back from a hard days work and I opened that lovely front door i'd be a bit pissed to find the rest of the tree not hollowed out. When's it getting finished?
Wow awesome job . I have 4 big trees on my yard .You can saw what ever off use it for fire wood if you wish to have it . As long as you do this to the Stumps .:)
@@gailcirac4485 If you were paying attention you would know that two trees were threatening the house and needed to be cut down.. Although I am sure he would rather have not had to do so...one cannot allow one's home to be destroyed for a tree...and I am sure he has planted other trees like I do if one must be moved....
That's really cute and creative! Very nice work and you inspired me to get a chainsaw. My Sawzall is not enough, I need a small chainsaw for chopping my firewood. Thanks for an entertaining and instructive video!!
That is so creative and looks awesome! I never thought to carve the stairs, door and windows with a chainsaw! You have given me ideas for the trees that need to come down on our property. What did you use for the chimney?
You are as bad as me! When my kids got projects I would go totally overboard with 3D miniature models with working doors etc. The kids used to get good marks even if they hadn't seen it till they took it to school Lol! I am supposed to be a grown up now (my kids are starting to have kids ...one of them is married with a good job and two lovely kids. The younger is at Uni doing third year Law so my taking over their projects didn't impact on them too badly!) as I was saying I'm nearer 60 than 30 lol and last year I saw a wooden mini rocking chair in a charity shop and when I went in they had a wicker and wood chair too..same size, so by the time my partner gets home from work I've built a to scale mini studio flat for the cats with very convincing painted windows and a 3D Woodburning stove, on this huge sheet of heavy card from the art shop, a carpet, bamboo blinds on the fake Windows and little cupboards that I once bought (again at a charity shop!) Do you think there's something wrong with us or are we just nurturing our inner children? LOL (this is true FYI!).
+Anne Anderson (Foxiepaws) I think it's common to do a bit of regression when we get older. Maybe for you it's kind of like playing with a doll house, but you know what you want, and are mature and talented enough to pull it off. It's fun, Yes? Same goes with me. My fascination with small shelters is kind of a control issue. If you see some of my videos you'll notice my cluttered shop- I have a hard time throwing stuff away. So the small shelters are a way of having just what you need and a place for all your items. Some day I'll learn to purge, but till then I'll probably keep making small shelters. It's a good past time.
would be so cool to put a wood chip smoker and led in it to illuminate the window and billow/wisp smoke out the chimney;-) maybe even make a 1lb Jerky/fish smoker inside the stump with the chimney/stove-pipe as the vent;-?
Fantastic I love it, we have to cut trees down now and then, I am a bit of a tree hugger but if a tree was too close to my house and getting bigger I would cut it down. We need to lighten up here a bit here it is a fantastic use of an old tree stump.
Yeah, but the tree isn't being wasted if it is going toward homes or furniture. If they just cut it down just to cut it down and not use it then people get mad.
We have some fairly large stumps in the bush left over from the first European timber getters, for some reason i just assumed this was an actual tiny home made from a super old stump. Still cool though.
This was so adorable. I love how your mind works. To those who come on people's channels and complain about whatever...saving trees in this instance...why not go plant a few and stop complaining. hagd
Great, now I want to build one full size, and the gnomes can be the new owners - the round house made to look like a giant tree stump, but all modern materials inside the walls... and decorate the inside of the home accordingly...
OMG!! HE'S KILLING THOSE POOR TREES!! Just kidding Paul. My Dad had the same problem at his house. We didn't want to lose the trees but we had no other choice. The front path and front wall of the house were showing visible cracks. I think it's really cool and inventive what you've done. LOL
When cutting down/removing trees, think season........As a Wildlife Rehabber, most of the arboreal wildlife babies &/or injured adults we treat, come to the shelter, IF they survive the crash. When falling your trees, first consider the season & who is raising their family up there.
I wish I had thought of this with our tree stump in our back yard. My dear husband ended up hacking away at it every day for about an hour or so; he figured he needed the exercise anyway. My kids would have loved a fairy house tree stump in our back yard. Oh well, maybe I'll have the opportunity again some time. :) Thumbs up on the video and I added the video to a new playlist called "Fairy Houses". Thank you so much for your time!!!
if you read the descrition it clearly says he cut down the tree bcuz it was growing too close to his home. he reused it so i dnt get why some people keep mentioning the tree....anyways i think it was a very nice gnome home.
You should totally run power out to that stump and fit some lights behind the door and window for effect at night : ) Kind of reminds me of the elfin oak in Kensington gardens, London
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For all of you who are still complaining about the loss of a tree, why not LISTEN to Paul's explanation. It's pretty simple - I'm sure many of you can grasp the reason. Great idea Paul - thanks for sharing!!!
That is so awesome! Thanks for sharing the process with everyone really turned out great and I'm sure the new tenants absolutely love it!
WELL how neat is that,sure beats looking at a STUMP!Buzzy hands are happy hands!!
The Stump house is really cute but a sad replacement for such a big beautiful pine tree cut down.
The beautiful, green tree looked healthy and didn't appear to be near any buildings in case it fell down!
Look in the back. Also don‘t you know tree roots can go several yards underground? This is the exact same problem my condo community had.
Magical, just magical! I have only recently discovered your 'site' and I've found it to be fascinating and uplifting...I really hope your projects for 'homeless living' get the support and respect that they deserve. Live long and prosper Paul, and may your creativity do the same!!
I love this! I have a street tree that the city's been threatening to cut down due to voids in the trunk that make it dangerous. I'll miss the tree but I've dreamed of at least putting a little roof on the 5-foot "stump" and letting the birds continue to nest in the voids. Thanks for posting this - now I can share it with the city tree crew when it comes time to "do in" the tree...
+Carol Rea
Excellent idea Carol!
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Imagine a sequoia tree turned into a gnome house! or maybe a tree stump a little bigger than this one. awesome...a whole gnome town lol 😃 cool job 👍👏
well done, great hobby , brings life to agree stump.
I love the way your mind works. Thank you for sharing
It's not about having too much time on your hands (we all have the same amount of time) I think Paul just spends his time better than most people do.
To quote a famous line: ' I put my pants on just like the rest of you -- one leg at a time. Except once my pants are on, I make golden ideas!'
Not really, but I'm always thinking of something. Have been since I was a kid.
Paul Elkins
Back when we were kids, we had cartoons that taught us to be creative. Nice job on the stump, if you can call it a stump anymore?
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Great video. It really helped to show All the different steps. Thank you.
The poor tree! So magnificent and just cut down.
I know it was a beautiful, living, live creature, and just for what reason?
That's cool! I've been painting smooth concrete or cinder block walls to look like stonework. Just the other other day I was doing one and added a gnome door where there was a stepped looking area.
It's adorable!
Wow,so cool!!,.. I love your great idea that you've had,to build a little house for the smurfs,from a trunk of a tree.Awesome!!!!!!.
Old Tradition says Spirits live in trees...did you remember to ask the tree for permission...🌺🌺🌲🌳🌴🌵🍁🍂🍃
Spirits? You mean alcohol? You shouod get of that booze grandma.
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I loved the video - I am sure you had your reasons for cutting down the tree. Now there is a beautiful gnome home in its place!
+UltraEmilyRose
Thanks for that. I've been getting some very critical comments on this video, probably cutting down the tree on the first scene wasn't a good idea. It was needed and I wanted to make something cool remember the trees.
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OMG So cute and amazing you came up with that idea for that tree stomp looks so cool i want one lol
just wanted to let you know I love your Gnome House awesome
Loved seeing this. You did a great job. Wish I had a stump now.
the gnome is very happy in his new home. thank you
I thought it was lifesize when i saw the thumbnail
Amazing creativity
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It is ..gnome life size!
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beautiful! very talented creator!
Here that's a great job you did bar one small issue i have. See if I was a Gnome just back from a hard days work and I opened that lovely front door i'd be a bit pissed to find the rest of the tree not hollowed out. When's it getting finished?
Wow awesome job . I have 4 big trees on my yard .You can saw what ever off use it for fire wood if you wish to have it . As long as you do this to the Stumps .:)
What a pity that the beautiful tree was cut!
My thoughts exactly.
Me, too. You cut down a healthy tree for that!? 😮
@@gailcirac4485 If you were paying attention you would know that two trees were threatening the house and needed to be cut down..
Although I am sure he would rather have not had to do so...one cannot allow one's home to be destroyed for a tree...and I am sure he has planted other trees like I do if one must be moved....
@@WinyanStaz1 oh, thank you so much , High Muckiuk of Tree Information. If I valued your opinion, I’d have asked for it. Piss off.
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SO KOOL !!!
EXCELLENT !!!!!!!!
BEAUTIFUL ART PIECE !!!!!!!!
I love people when they do stuff like this it's beautiful
love this... absolutely adorable
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it's a masterpiece and very cute
Love your video's!!! Keep up the good work! :)
+ben2be
Thanks Ben2be! I enjoy making them.
wow that's great it sure gives me an idea for the stump on my mother's yard hope u don't mind if I take your idea thanx
That's really cute and creative! Very nice work and you inspired me to get a chainsaw. My Sawzall is not enough, I need a small chainsaw for chopping my firewood. Thanks for an entertaining and instructive video!!
That is so creative and looks awesome! I never thought to carve the stairs, door and windows with a chainsaw! You have given me ideas for the trees that need to come down on our property. What did you use for the chimney?
I'm glad you like it! I used I" diameter tubing welded to gether for the chimeny.
Paul Elkins Thank you. I had to come back and show my husband this video. He thought it was cool too.
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Beautiful creation!
You are as bad as me! When my kids got projects I would go totally overboard with 3D miniature models with working doors etc. The kids used to get good marks even if they hadn't seen it till they took it to school Lol! I am supposed to be a grown up now (my kids are starting to have kids ...one of them is married with a good job and two lovely kids. The younger is at Uni doing third year Law so my taking over their projects didn't impact on them too badly!) as I was saying I'm nearer 60 than 30 lol and last year I saw a wooden mini rocking chair in a charity shop and when I went in they had a wicker and wood chair too..same size, so by the time my partner gets home from work I've built a to scale mini studio flat for the cats with very convincing painted windows and a 3D Woodburning stove, on this huge sheet of heavy card from the art shop, a carpet, bamboo blinds on the fake Windows and little cupboards that I once bought (again at a charity shop!) Do you think there's something wrong with us or are we just nurturing our inner children? LOL (this is true FYI!).
+Anne Anderson (Foxiepaws) I think it's common to do a bit of regression when we get older. Maybe for you it's kind of like playing with a doll house, but you know what you want, and are mature and talented enough to pull it off. It's fun, Yes? Same goes with me. My fascination with small shelters is kind of a control issue. If you see some of my videos you'll notice my cluttered shop- I have a hard time throwing stuff away. So the small shelters are a way of having just what you need and a place for all your items. Some day I'll learn to purge, but till then I'll probably keep making small shelters. It's a good past time.
thank you for sharing this, it is awesome and much appreciated! !!!!
would be so cool to put a wood chip smoker and led in it to illuminate the window and billow/wisp smoke out the chimney;-)
maybe even make a 1lb Jerky/fish smoker inside the stump with the chimney/stove-pipe as the vent;-?
I love it and I love seeing men have fun like that. You can always be a kid right?
OMG, looks amazing.
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Fantastic I love it, we have to cut trees down now and then, I am a bit of a tree hugger but if a tree was too close to my house and getting bigger I would cut it down. We need to lighten up here a bit here it is a fantastic use of an old tree stump.
Nice work Paul
For all the people concerned about why the tree was cut, you better damn well not have any wood furniture in your house.
***** Hell, you know their homes were made out of wood.
Not mine,I live in a shipping container,lol.
I live in one of Bozo's old shoe boxes.
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Yeah, but the tree isn't being wasted if it is going toward homes or furniture. If they just cut it down just to cut it down and not use it then people get mad.
Great job .... really nice
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nice job that was beautiful
We have some fairly large stumps in the bush left over from the first European timber getters, for some reason i just assumed this was an actual tiny home made from a super old stump.
Still cool though.
Well done, beautiful wonderful and very imaginative gnome sweet home.
This was so adorable. I love how your mind works.
To those who come on people's channels and complain about whatever...saving trees in this instance...why not go plant a few and stop complaining. hagd
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This is so adorable 😍 I love it 😁💓
Compliment to you great idea, its okey to cut down tree.s but plant a young tree somewhere else to make up for the one you took down.
Great, now I want to build one full size, and the gnomes can be the new owners - the round house made to look like a giant tree stump, but all modern materials inside the walls... and decorate the inside of the home accordingly...
Amazing!!! You are so talented!!! Thank you for sharing!!!
The wee ones shall take particular delight!
OMG!! HE'S KILLING THOSE POOR TREES!! Just kidding Paul. My Dad had the same problem at his house. We didn't want to lose the trees but we had no other choice. The front path and front wall of the house were showing visible cracks. I think it's really cool and inventive what you've done. LOL
Those gnomes make ecstasy tabs in that lil stump pad
A gnome crack den.
When cutting down/removing trees, think season........As a Wildlife Rehabber, most of the arboreal wildlife babies &/or injured adults we treat, come to the shelter, IF they survive the crash. When falling your trees, first consider the season & who is raising their family up there.
Great idea looks very beautiful .
Damn I though someone was going to show me how to build a real home out of a tree stump.
Same here 😒
I to thought like that only
That is so cute, Thank you for sharing.
I wish I had thought of this with our tree stump in our back yard. My dear husband ended up hacking away at it every day for about an hour or so; he figured he needed the exercise anyway. My kids would have loved a fairy house tree stump in our back yard. Oh well, maybe I'll have the opportunity again some time. :) Thumbs up on the video and I added the video to a new playlist called "Fairy Houses". Thank you so much for your time!!!
Just another reason to divorce your husband.
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Oh my gosh this is so cute this is cute as heck I just absolutely love this so creative I absolutely love this bringing a stump to life 🥰💕
That's a awesome Idea do you have a light inside for night time?
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He can chainsaw better than I can draw XD
Children still in utero can draw better then I can....
Creative idea! Thanks for sharing.
Cute idea, very creative. Also I love that little chainsaw you're using. Mind if I ask what kind it is? It looks fantastic for a hobbyist like myself.
Wish I weren't afraid of chainsaws...I'd do this to my huge stump that grew 4 trees!
Awesome job it looks so cool!! What a great project and thanks for letting us see it!
It's so so so so so so so Cute
That is so cute and creative now I know what to do with a stump I've got.
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A work of art!!
Looks very nice but why kill the tree ?
why do i keep watching these videos expecting someone to actually live in the tree?
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Oh!!!! The blinkin’ gnome door could have been placed on that beautiful healthy tree. Why?!!!!
"O My Goodness he's killing those poor trees".
That's awesome
Very cool stump usage, your Gnomes should be very happy for many years to come!
really cool!!
very cute; great imagination ☺!
C’est joli, mais abattre un bel arbre pour ça, cela me laisse sceptique.
Lovely gnome home !
if you read the descrition it clearly says he cut down the tree bcuz it was growing too close to his home. he reused it so i dnt get why some people keep mentioning the tree....anyways i think it was a very nice gnome home.
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Simply amazing
What a great way to salvage a tree stump! Wish I'd have thought of this with an old willow stump we had in the yard. What fun!
Very beautiful welldon
Very creative response to an unfortunate but necessary decision !!!
That is pretty riki tiki cute.
Wow, that is so cool! I wished I had a house, I'd have my hubby make a gnome house. Awesome job, Paul.
That is incredibly cool
Omg you cut that beautiful tree for this?! I thought this would be to decorate an existing stump or to cut a dead tree...
janewright315 did you read the video description?
Wow, great job!
You should totally run power out to that stump and fit some lights behind the door and window for effect at night : )
Kind of reminds me of the elfin oak in Kensington gardens, London
That'd be pretty!! What a good idea!
Solar lights would work.
That's great 👍 it's looks like fun project
This is Awesome! I too have a diseased and dying tree that I’ve tried to save to for 25 years….I’m gonna make a GNOME house! Thank you!!!!!!!!