I love it. Yay.

(The photoshopped picture isn't to scale, right?)

Oh Yes. Definitely.

Red

Yea!

Yes, if you like it, absolutely.
I would drop the leaves and turn it 90 degrees, and I'd also want a rug under it, to make a separation between the finish and age of the table, and the floor.

I'm in love with that table! YES!!!

It's SO cute! I love it, and the corner detail is very nice. From the mauve carpet, I'd guess that it's at Cherished Possessions. Am I right? Did you get the dimensions of it? so you can 'plot' in in your LR like you did the 45" round oak one?

That's the "one"!

I dunno. Do you love it? If you love it, then yes!

I think it will look great. I like the rug idea. It might look good turned the other way as well.

That table is a messed up mid 19th century drop leaf kitchen table. Someone has cut off the legs, made the base smaller and put part of the leg between the base and the table-top....and cut off the corners and about half of the leaves, likely because they were broken.
If you like it, fine....but know what you are buying before you plunk down money.
It's not a cute coffee table, it's a ruined kitchen table. Know what you are buying, look underneath for signs of modification.
If you like it buy it....but know what you are looking at and pay accordingly. To me it looks very out of proportion, because I know what the original looked like.
Linda C

I agree with Linda. And the fact that the corners drop bothers me as well. You'd never be able to set a glass or cup close to the corners without it sliding down.

If it's not overly priced, and you like how it looks, go for it. Personally I'd want it cheap enough that after I'd fixed (leveled) the drop leaves it still would be a fair price.
I wouldn't want anyone spilling a drink thinking they were setting it on a solid table. It's very interesting looking and I DO think it would make a *very* interesting piece in your home BH.

Didn't you want an oak table? Didn't you want to avoid "seams"? I'd wait and keep looking because I think you are settling for something that doesn't come anywhere near meeting your original goals.

Linda, re: out of proportion, yes. That is it. I agree. But again, if you really love it, get it . . .but don't settle.

Thanks for opinions, everyone. I'm torn. On one hand, I love the patina on it, but the more I thought about it, the more I wondered where it came from. I could see the top coming from a kitchen table, but the other pieces seem a bit thin to me to come from there. I wonder if it's not a hodge podge of pieces. Does it matter? I don't know. It is an interesting piece regardless of where it came from. It's $70. (and yes, m3d, it's at Cherished Possessions -- good eye!). The drooping leaves would be easy enough to fix by wedging a shim underneath. It seems that most old drop leaf tables I've seen have that problem. And I am not necessarily looking for an oak table, just old wood, and the seams on this case would not bothr me since they have an obvious function. In the case of a cut down big round table, there would never be a leaf inserted so that seam would be useless.

I think the top is interesting, a fun reuse of a table, but the legs don't do a thing for the look, especially the balls on the bottom.

Honestly, given your room and existing furniture, I wouldn't do a coffee table, but a couple of interesting (read mismatched) end tables. They would make the small loveseat feel more substantial being added on either end, in keeping with the bulk of the other pieces in the room.

I think it makes the other pieces in the room look .....too shabby. If you got a table that was a little more upscale it would give the room a lift....I think it brings the room down to it's level. I like the piece just not for this setting. JMHO

"I wonder if it's not a hodge podge of pieces. Does it matter? I don't know. It is an interesting piece regardless of where it came from."

I don't think it matters how it was built. It is truly unique. A lot of furniture artists "Frankenstein" their work from vintage cast-offs.

I think it will look good in your room. I am assuming you will turn the piece when it is in front of the couch, and are only using the only available photo angle of the piece for your Photoshop example.

The drooping can be fixed with shims easily.

You have a nice room already and this will make a great accent piece.

I think it's lovely and would be a wonderful addition to your room. It appears the proportions are nice for the layout you have. Without a coffee table it's a bit bare in the middle and off balance.

I think some people get a bit hung up on what's "real" and what's not. No I wouldn't pay ten grand for it...but for a reasonable price a modified piece is just fine. Only a snob is going to walk into your room and raise their nose at your table because it's cut down. I advise you not to invite antique snobs to have coffee in your gorgeous room :)

Reusing furniture is a very old tradition, very very very old. Cutting down kitchen tables is also incredibly common ever since "coffee" tables came into fashion. Cutting down library tables is also another common cut down you see quite often. They still have value. Personally I think if it's in nice condition, 70 is cheap.

I love the patina on it. I once had a fabulous antique tool chest (wood, milk paint etc) that I used as a coffee table. One of the things I loved best was that given it's already roughened patina, you didn't have to baby it at all :)

That table would also be a fabulous children's table. I'd pick it up in a heart beat (and secretly...I'm a bit of an antique snob too heh heh but I also know cut down tables are not a cardinal sin to own) :oP