| How I Personally Designed Living Room Tables | | | | surface upon which to apply the finish. The |
| The tables sprang to life quite by accident. My wife | | | | treatment worked out beautifully and remains my |
| and I were browsing through a local hardwood supply | | | | secret. |
| store selecting wood for some now forgotten | | | | The slabs were each mounted on a trestle leg base |
| project. We took our time to pick through and | | | | cut from one and one half inch popular wood stock. I |
| admire the beautiful woods racked and strewn about | | | | selected creamy popular as this lumber can be quite |
| the shop. Hidden behind an unruly stack of long | | | | green in color. Each of the tables was provided two |
| planks my wife rolled out two irregular slabs of horse | | | | trestles, a matching stretcher and wedges in |
| chestnut. The approximately thirty inch irregular slices | | | | contrasting walnut. One of the slabs was so irregular |
| had been cut just below the base of the tree as | | | | that I couldn't visualize construction as is my usual |
| they had loose rough bark and small rootlets about | | | | path and so I had to construct a full mock up in |
| the edges. The wood was tight, grained, hard and | | | | disposable framing lumber. With bark removed, and |
| creamy in color. The slabs were three inches thick | | | | rootlets preserved, the tables each sit in a living |
| contained a number of punky (rotten) spots. These | | | | room, perhaps holding fashionable magazines. The |
| spots brought the price down to an affordable level. I | | | | first living room furniture table sold on ebay and was |
| had an experimental treatment in mind to stabilize the | | | | delivered to an MD in Cape Cod. The second resides |
| punky wood, seal the surface and provide a beautiful | | | | on its trestles in the living room of dear friends who |
| finish. A random orbit sander provided a smooth | | | | work with stain glass and pottery. |