tom's coffee table

This was a labour of love. Tom had wanted to make a coffee table from the very beginning. He found an old door underneath the Main House. We dusted it off and called in the pro. Gene measured it up and then sawed off the bottom of the door. Tom then climbed up the bluff and found the perfect birch tree. He returned with Phil's new chain saw. He had his legs.

A touch more measuring before the final assemblage.

And then voila! A thing of beauty and totally constructed from recycled materials. Except for the screws which we bought in Petoskey.

 All that was left to do was a bit of sanding, filling the holes with plastic wood filler and then a couple of coats of tung oil. These were my jobs. This is the last piece of furniture for the house this year and our favourite so far.