With autumn well and truly upon us, I decided to spend a little bit of time this weekend constructing a wellington boot stand. The idea of the stand is that it is positioned just outside the back door. Instead of muddy wellies being brought into the house, they are removed outdoors, and are placed upside down on the stand. They can stay outside, on the stand, in all weather and the inside of the boots won’t get wet.

The stand didn’t cost anything to make as it only used materials I already had (old fence posts, scraps of wood and reclaimed screws). Less than an hours work, a quick coat of non-toxic wood preserver, and hey presto, one ‘rustic’ (ie. it looks homemade), but very useful welly stand.