Table question of the day

@Bexsy cedar is a favorite of mine... especially if you can find the highly figured and the redder the better.

@Virgo79 yep, walnut has long been my top pick for most anyting.

@RebelRaven They do... it's the contrast that does it and I like them both myself. That's the problem, I like all three🤣

@Ontheroad maybe use elements of all three to make a design original to you???

@Carla I will for sure not straight out copy whichever I end up doing.

@Carla I do too, but I'm wondering if it's not too busy?

@Ontheroad you could go for species that are closer is color.
You say busy...i think it pops🙂

@Carla good idea on using a different species in place of the Maple (white wood), maybe a cherry which is a bit lighter and has a reddish/brown tone... and you are right, it does have the "pop" element which is why it attracted me.

@PatientlyWaiting25 it like it myself and if I could find highly figured red cedar, it might be wrahter stunning.

@CookieCrumbs I'm the same... I have zero furniture that isn't made of real wood, and almost all of it I've, over the years, made myself.

There is something about it so... I'm not sure what the word is, but elemental comes to mind.

@Ontheroad
I’m impressed and inspired with people who could ‘build’ things. It’s not one of my talents. 😁

I think i understand what you mean about elemental…. Being surrounded by wood products is a way of connecting with nature.

I’m not fond of glass tables.

@CookieCrumbs building, fixing and creating satisfies, sooths and brings me peace like nothing else does. Even like with the table - when I look at something, imagine it, draw out a plan and screw it all up when building it, and have to start over🤣

It's never been that I know what I'm doing, I just "feel" my way through it and sometimes that is not the best of plans.

Ha! Glass tables... I bought a glass topped dinette table years ago. Got rid of it within a few months and to this day, I have no clue why I even bought it. I think it was when they first became poplar and I bought into the fad. I seldom do that and am usually a traditionalist, sort of an old soul even when I wasn't old😁

@Bexsy I made cutting boards similar to 3 for almost every family member. Wood prices have gone nuts - at least doubled in the last year or so.

@Ontheroad You can thank T for that.

@Punxi it does, but also like cutting boards... still, it is a classic design and one I like. Seems 3 keeps gaining ground.

@MrAverage1965 That's vote two for #2.

@Maturebate it's a classic.

@Ontheroad I think solid...the cutting board look would be fine in a cabin in the woods, but its not very elegant.

@TexChik interesting... that's the one thought that had me hesitating on #3. I'm not going for elegant, more casual. Now I'm thinking maybe solid walnut with two oblong inlaid cherry panels. In any case, you have me thinking.

@Ontheroad All are beautiful projects ☺

@SoftIceCream the place I get my lumber from sells kiln dried, so that isn't a problem and yes, sealing well is always part of the process. Swapping the Maple for a darker wood, maybe Cherry, is a thought, but I think the contrast is important... a dark (blackish) wood down the middle would detract from the idea of having the stripe. Not sure that would be what I want, but the idea of a bit darker stripe has merit.

@Ontheroad I was thinking that stripe down the center was Epoxy Resin. The black Epoxy looks very nice with real wood. Lots of youtube vids showing it.

@SoftIceCream I purposefully stayed away from the resin idea. I think it looks okay on the river table style with live edges, but that isn't something I like all that much. They look nice, but just not something I would want.

@NudasPriest I had to chuckle... I like 3 except for the legs😁

@Notsimilarreally agree, I don't like the legs on three... not at all.

@bookerdana I don't have a "REEEEEEE", wait, okay, three. Got it. Why so slow?

@Ontheroad 😄more caffeine...asap

@bookerdana me too... this is hard work.

@OogieBoogie totally get that it's "supportive" and you are the second person to say the legs make it easy to clean under. I never though of that, but it would be a plus... just need to maybe redesign those legs a bit... it's the style that bothers me, but the ability to stand up under my big butt if I sit on it, has its pluses.

@Ontheroad I love it

@Ontheroad Yes! I got the seal of approval😁 I hoped I'd get enough different comments to get me thinking and it worked! I kept looking and did this cut and paste mockup and now I'm pretty satisfied with it... plus I got a yes!

@Crusher69 fair comment and I agree that one is a bit busy, but the other two aren't near that busy.

@jefferson seems to be for now, the favorite.