We have a friend who had a very very large corotu tree fall down in his back yard. It damaged part of his fence and workshop. That’s a lot of wood to use up.
It took a while to get a guy with a six foot chain saw blade to come and cut the tree into slabs.
We decided to get a piece. My new preferred activity is wood working and what a wonderful opportunity to get a solid piece of wood to make a table 6′ x 3′.
Ours is somewhere in the middle of this pile. We will probably need a forklift to move it. It has a beautiful dark centre with light colour around the edges. There is also enough wood in the slab to make the legs.
The wood got a chemical treatment to keep termites and other creatures from eating it. Now it has to sit for a year or so to dry out. Then the real work starts. I am good with doing the table top, Daryl will make the legs.
We needed a regular height work surface as we have lots of work in our future. Somebody told us somebody (you know how it goes) had an old table with a separate tree stump base for sale.
The ‘stump’ was too short for a regular table height so we decided to shorten it and make a coffee table.
Even though it is in pretty rough shape, it has too much potential to be used as a work table.
We took it to the house and Daryl gave it the termite treatment. After a few days I decided it was ok to start the cleaning up process..
The sanding did not last long as there was too much chemical odor.
Both pieces are stored for completion in the fall. At some point we hope it will be a fabulous coffee table.
While we were at the lumber yard getting wood for the window trim, I saw an old piece of grey wood that could work as a work station. ‘The guy’ would sell it for $20, but first he would clean it up.
After being sanded and cleaned up, it was a very nice piece of wood and the perfect size for an end table. My plan was to use a block of wood for the base. But ‘the guy’ had a better plan, and only for another $20!
This table is never coming apart.
It would not have been my choice for table legs, however this man is an artist at work. This table only needs the legs stained and a clear sealer. The beautiful tabletop is all natural.
Now we have an outside dining table, a coffee table and an end table all in different stages of development. We ended up using a kitchen counter that needs replacing as a work station.
Cheers
Ruth
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