The tables sprang to life quite by accident. My wife and I were flipping through a local hardwood supply store making a selection of wood for some now lose sight of project. We took our time to pick through and be crazy about the beautiful woods racked and strewn about the shop. Hidden behind an unruly disorderly stack of long planks my wife rolled out two very special slabs of horse chestnut. The about thirty inch strange slices had been cut just below the base of the tree as they had limp rough bark and tiny rootlets about the border. The wood was compact, grained, hard and creamy in color. The slabs were three inches deep contained a number of punky (rotten) spots. These spots brought the price reduce to an affordable level. I had an experimental treatment in mind to stabilize the punky wood, seal the surface and provide a better finish. A random orbit sander offered a smooth surface upon which to apply the finish. The method worked out successfully and remains my secret.

The slabs were each fixed on a trestle leg base cut from one and one half inch popular wood stock. I choosen milky popular as this lumber can be fairly green in color. Individual tables was offered two trestles, a matching stretcher and wedges in contrasting walnut. One of the slabs was sospecial that I couldn’t imagine construction as is my common path and so I had to make a full mock up in throwaway framing lumber. With bark eliminated, and rootlets preserved, the tables each sit in a living room, possible couple with fashionable magazines. The headmost living room furniture table sold on eBay and was delivered to an MD in Cape Cod. The second locate on its trestles in the living room of dear friends who work with stain glass and pottery.

Writer has extensive experience and specializes in living room furniture.

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