We tried to get the pattern the way we wanted and narrowed a few of the boards so we’d have some variation in widths and a total width of about 62 inches (54” for the length of the table, plus 3” for each side and some wiggle room). With the wood purchased, we cut boards to about 40 inches in length (our table width of 30” plus 3” for each side plus some wiggle room), cleaned up the edges, and started to lay out the top of the table. Of course we knew none of this at the time. It turns out rift-sawn creates very long, parallel grain lines along the face of the boards that are great for furniture and ended up fitting this design really well. The sun-dried, weathered, and un-dyed colors of nature will keep you mesmerized. All of these terms refer to the way the wood planks are cut from the tree and the resulting grain pattern. This unique and gorgeous handmade coffee table has been crafted from reclaimed avocado wood, harvested from a retired grove. It was the first white oak that we saw and we didn’t realize that we had “upgraded” from plain-sawn and quarter-sawn. Buying the rift-sawn pieces was actually a happy (albeit expensive) accident. We went back to our favorite lumber store ( Th&H) and bought a bunch of pieces of rift-sawn white oak in 1-inch thickness. The downside was that the design would now require a whole ton of 45-degree miter joins, which neither of us felt super comfortable with. The upside was that it would make it much easier to get the lumber and would make the final product much lighter. This design is perfect for beachy interior themes and cozy cottage spaces, yet its effortless versatility opens an entire world of decorative possibilities. Since the grain pattern will be continuous across the bend, it can look like a single solid piece. Rectangle Teak Wood Coffee Table: Handcrafted from thick slabs of natural teak wood, this rectangle coffee table puts organic beauty on full display. You can think of this like taking a flat board and “bending” it 90 degrees downward. They used a “waterfall” edge to create the impression of a continuous piece. We found that in both cases, while they were made to look like solid 2-3 inch pieces of wood, they were actually not. Since we were close to some of these furniture retailers, we actually went and looked at a couple of these tables in person. So day 1 and the plan was already completely out the window. What little we did find wasn’t super high quality and weighed (and cost) a ton. But when we went to look for the lumber, we found almost nothing that was in 3-inch thickness. We’d join 8-10 pieces together with the grain running along the short side of the rectangle to make the top, and build similar pieces to create the big block legs. More of our furniture can be viewed on the gallery pages although there are many more recent pics not yet on there so scanning through the facebook page is the best place to see more recent work.The design assumed we’d use thick, 3-inch pieces of either pine or white oak. It will be for sale but haven’t worked out a cost yet…the seating area and table are to create a more relaxed shopping / browsing experience at the same time as showing off some of the wood in its finished form. Since all of our furniture is handmade, this piece can be. Now I see it complete I would like to add a smaller single one up on the top in the smaller ‘tail’ of epoxy, which I think would just finish it off nicely. As with all of our Waterfall occasional tables, the curved legs are tenoned through the table top. Enjoy Free Shipping on most stuff, even big stuff. Some more pics of the coffee table we made recently for the new showroom / shop area using some of our figured olive ash 2 boards bookmatched and then mitred and folded in 2 places to create a waterfall effect of grain flowing over the edge of the table we (or should I say David in the workshop who made this one) filled the splits with epoxy resin with a little dark pigment added for a mysterious depth to the fill and then some laburnum butterfly keys were cut and fitted, more for effect than out of necessity. Shop AllModern for modern and contemporary wood waterfall table to match your style and budget.
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