GARDEN STRUCTURES

Here’s my latest piece- a live edge desk made of big leaf maple. The top is a 2″ thick slab of maple while the base is made of mahogany with a dark stain./

the top has some beautiful figure.

 

I started this project with a slab of western maple that was

1 3/4″ thick and almost 7ft long. That gave me enough wood for the top and the 2 “legs”.   The finished dimensions are 5ft long and 17″ high. The width varies from 16″ to 12″ wide.

 

Turn your head to the left and you’ll see the 2 eyes of the ?????I see an elephants head but that’s just me.

I applied 2 coats of Danish oil and then finished it with a coat of carnuba wax.

Maple  table   $575

 

The next coffee table  started out as a 9ft long slab of English walnut. Now it’s just over 4ft long and 18″ wide.

The variation between the darker heart wood and the lighter sap wood outlines the animal head.

In this view I can see the 2 eyes and the mouth of a cat???, but in the close up

it’s easy to visualize the head of an Otter???

otter head table    $675

 

COMPUTER DESK

Using another 9ft slab of English walnut, I had enough material for the desk top, the “backsplash”, the 2 shelves and the 2 drawer handles.

I couldn’t find a source for english walnut, which was much lighter than the regular western walnut that I used for the frame of the desk and the drawers.

That’s why I stained the live edge top dark to better blend in with the rest of the desk.

There’s a keyboard drawer on the left and 2 storage drawers on the right. I used aromatic cedar for the drawers.

I thought of getting brass handles for the drawers but then I realized I still had some material left over- enough for the 2 handles.

Walnut computer desk    $3200