If we reckon the coffee table the truck
and the TV tray table the car, then the ultralight coffee table must
be the crossover. Light enough to pick up with one hand but just
large enough for a nice spread of hors d'oeuvres, this small table
was designed to accompany my side tables called
Three Easy Pieces.
Just five pieces of wood, the coffee table is assembled in the same
manner as the side tables with the black walnut legs embedded into
mortises routed slightly more than halfway into the underside of the top. The tripod design make these side tables just precarious
enough to be interesting and keep one alert.
The tops of the side tables are
straight grain old-growth California redwood salvaged from
architectural shelving in the home of an early Northern Arizona
ranching family, a gift from them to me. The top of the coffee
table, however, is actually old pine salvaged from a kitchen door
jamb in my son's home by the Arizona Inn in Tucson. The jamb was cut
into thirds, glued up and then stained to match the redwood using
Mohawk Wiping Stains, one of my favorites. All the many nail holes
both in the redwood and pine were filled carefully to make them
mostly disappear. Finish for all four pieces is multiple coats of
satin Waterlox, which provides an even wine-resistant coating.
Singular wooden ware + hand carved teaspoons: FlyingCircusStudios.Etsy.com
