RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Good morning. I'm Rachel Martin. Sharalee Armitage Howard of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, had been watching the 110-year-old cottonwood tree in her front yard deteriorate for years. The dying branches were a safety risk. And she knew it had to come down, but she wanted to give it another life. So she hollowed out the stump. She put on a roof and a glass French door and turned that stump into a Little Free Library. It's been a huge hit. Photos have gone viral. One man in Arkansas wrote, don't be surprised when the elves move in.
Sharalee Armitage Howard gave a deteriorating 110-year-old cottonwood tree a new life by hollowing out the stump and adding a roof and a glass French door. She turned it into a little free library.