Cottage update: live edge coffee and dining tables
Good morning! I haven't posted in a while, but we've been slowly adding pieces and refining some items at the cottage. It is a gorgeous sunny Sunday morning here, so the timing was perfect for a picture of our dining and coffee tables.
Some of you might remember I asked for help a year or more ago re: ideas for the DR Table. Originally I resisted live edge, thinking I wanted something simpler, maybe with a white top. In the end live edge was the simplest, local option. The dining table is ash, salvaged from the millions of ash trees cut down in recent years because of the Emerald ash borer. I loved the idea of using some of the ash.
Still open to ideas on chairs! The chairs in the photo will go back to our main house soon. Eames dowel chairs?
The coffee table is maple.
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8 years agoNosoccermom, yes, for the DR table I expect the bark will come off with use. The table maker sprayed it with the same water based finishing as the table top, but the bark is still vulnerable. DH and I may finish the bark in a much stronger product to secure it more. And we should use a table cloth when eating. But regardless, on a table that will be used frequently I'm sure we'll lose some bark. That's okay I guess, the table will still work. ;)
Robo, love that chair from Pier1. I never think of Pier1. I had thought I would go with a cheap knock off of the Eames shell, only $65 I think from EQ3 or Structube:But I think I prefer a tall windsor like the marcel. EQ3 sells the Lyla for $179 but I've seen these in person and they seem too small. I think the Marcel is taller. He are the Lylas:
I've been keeping an eye on Kijiji for antique Windsors too. I'm a bit wary though, as the antique dining chars I've purchased in the past were a bit fragile for daily use.
Just found these online for $179 each, locally made it looks like, but not as elegant as the Marcel. I will definitely head to Pier1 and check them out.
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