Travis delivered our pile of lumber this afternoon – and will you look at that, he seems to have turned it into a table of some sort!
We couldn’t be happier with the whole process – from sending him our initial ideas, to stopping by his shop to see the progress, all the way to carrying the finished table into place. Travis said almost everyone who came to his shop gave it glowing reviews, so Missy and I have our fingers crossed that he’s not too busy building duplicates to make us an office table in a few months.
Also, I mentioned in the last post that we still need to find a worthy piece of pottery for the top. My sister mentioned in the comments that my aunt is a potter (pottress? potterette?), so I e-mailed Krista to see if we could commission something. She seems really happy to make a piece for us, and refuses to let us pay her for it. She’s exceptionally talented, so we can’t wait to see what she does from the pictures I sent. (But I’m still buying that four-buttress Teco vase someday, even if TOWWAS disapproves.)
Final details:
Material: Quartersawn white oak from Poy Sippi, WI (storm-felled in 2001)
Construction: glued mortise-and-tenon, zero screws/nuts/nails/other metal joinery
Finish: Minwax Golden Oak, three coats polyurethane, two coats wax
Ooh, the table’s beautiful! I’m still not so sure about the vase, but I can see how it might work in the setting.
Oooh-wee!! Look at that grain! Totally awesome.
Oh my stars, that’s gorgeous! *covet*
Beautiful, gorgeous table!! Your mother thought you finished it with Golden Oak stain??? I found Danish oil stain at Menards a few weeks back and am using it, Golden Oak, on the locust wood clock. I am using Danish oil on almost everything new that I make. It is so nice to apply, but the required wet sanding takes time, but it is Oh! so smooth, you don’t have to worry about dust and you can stop and start whenever you have a few minutes. I read your site nearly every day, but don’t often have time to comment, but want you to know I enjoy immensely.
Especially the news about Josie and her growth and accomplishments. My hair dressers(barber) oldest little girl walked at 7 1/2 months, and if Josie is ready to crawl at her age, she might make that. Gpa Marsh
[...] November 30, 2008 by Jason Check it out – Travis put our table on the front page of his website. Wait for the third photo to load – that’s the table he made for our entry! [...]