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Furniture
Making a dining side table
This table was a commission based on a bench design that
appealed to my client. Here's the original bench and the finished table:
The room that the table is intended for is in an Arts and Crafts
style home with a lot of dark stained Oak.
My design goal
is to make a table that retains the concept of the
bench while
addressing
the design details of the Arts and Crafts
aesthetic.
I chose Black Walnut for the table top and horizontal
leg parts, and
Australian Lacewood (Cardwellia sublimis) for the legs.
The top is
assembled from 3 Walnut boards, the center board
having wavy grain
and the outer 2 boards having straight grain.
I decided to
accentuate the separation between the boards with a
1/8" strip of
solid mahogany that will show both from the top and the ends.
The Black
Walnut
tones in with the dark stained Oak in the room,
while the
Lacewood
makes a strong grain pattern statement that
reflects the
traditional use of quarter sawn Oak in Arts and Crafts
style
furniture.
The edges have 45 degree bevels rather
than the rounded
shape in the bench.
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