It Is Finished!

It has been some time since I updated my coffee table project. I have been applying a finish to the tabletop, which took a couple of attempts. I also reattached the base as I was unhappy with how it looked the first time around.

Beautiful and practical, this table will be up for sale at the end of April 2024.

The finishing conundrum came after I applied my “final” coat of satin gloss polyurethane. I had expected it to take down the extreme gloss and still show off the stunning figure … nope. The figure of the tabletop was really diminished … and as that is really the hero of the table, I needed to fix that. To do so I aggressively rubbed the top down with paste wax and 0000 steel wool and then polished it off with a lambswool buffer. I was pleased with that how that turned out. Plus, the coat of wax made the tabletop feel so silky smooth. The chatoyance of the figure presents nearly a 3D effect on many of the curly sections. It is an exceptional piece of wood and truly deserved an excellent finish.

Combining an organic live edge with a geometric base, this coffee table give a nod to Prairie Style design.

I will be putting the coffee table up for sale at the end of this month. It still needs to star in a short video that will appear on the WGOA … so it is biding its time until then.

Like almost every project I build, there are details that I would change about it. But unlike earlier in my career, I won’t be pointing them out.

I am on to a couple of new projects that I will be writing about. Next up, finishing an F-Style mandolin. Stay tuned.

The curly bubinga tabletop has stunning figure that looks like you could go swimming in those waves.