Stump or no stump

[ginandwineandbaileys]

I'm having a Willow removed, because it's in the wrong place, creates too much shade. I'm undecided on whether to have the stump removed. Kids would like to turn it into a table or a seat. I'm worried about honey fungus, and I've heard that poison doesn't always kill the trunk properly.
Should I just go ahead and the stump ground and top visible removed, they create a bumpy surface? Leaving the stump would save me money, but I might regret it in a couple of years

That should've - have the stump ground and visible roots removed

We had a load of trees removed and had the stumps ground and it worked out for the best for us. At my kids forest school, they removed a tree and left a stump and it soon became covered in a sticky sap an grew mushrooms, which is what our me off leaving anything in my own garden! I appreciate it probably depends on the tree type, but as a novice, I didn't want to take the risk.

Willow may well resprout if you leave the stump