Vermont Woods Studios » live edge http://vermontfurnitureblog.com Fine American Made Solid Wood Furniture Handmade & Custom Crafted in Vermont Wed, 22 May 2013 10:50:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 A LARGE Custom Walnut Slab Table http://vermontfurnitureblog.com/a-huge-custom-walnut-slab-table/ http://vermontfurnitureblog.com/a-huge-custom-walnut-slab-table/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 08:57:58 +0000 Peggy Farabaugh http://vermontfurnitureblog.com/?p=373 Our friend David Allard and the talented furniture makers at Lyndon Furniture are always coming up with some new, exciting wood furniture design project.  Check out this huge custom walnut slab table they recently finished.  It's 13.5' long and the two planks in the top are made of 1 ¾" thick solid black walnut. The [...]

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]]> Custom-walnut-slab-table Our friend David Allard and the talented furniture makers at Lyndon Furniture are always coming up with some new, exciting wood furniture design project.  Check out this huge custom walnut slab table they recently finished.  It's 13.5' long and the two planks in the top are made of 1 ¾" thick solid black walnut.

The legs are made of welded steel tubes that thread through the walnut slab top like through-tenons.  On the top, Dave left a gap between the 2 walnut slabs to allow for wood movement.  Believe it or not, even kiln-dried wood (like these walnut slabs) expands and contracts quite a bit with changes in humidity and temperature.

Such a simple elegant design, isn't it?  But as any amateur woodworker could attest, it's not one to try at home unless you've got the hand of a trained professional.  And a crane :)

 

 

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]]> http://vermontfurnitureblog.com/a-huge-custom-walnut-slab-table/feed/ 0 Walnut Furniture: It’s Hot! http://vermontfurnitureblog.com/walnut-furniture-its-whats-hot/ http://vermontfurnitureblog.com/walnut-furniture-its-whats-hot/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:22:17 +0000 Peggy Farabaugh http://vermontfurnitureblog.com/?p=615 We've always offered black walnut as a choice for our Vermont Woods Studios furniture but to be honest, walnut hasn't been very popular these last several years.  I'm not sure why, but lately the tables have turned!  Just in the last few weeks we've had more inquiries for walnut furniture than over the past 2 [...]

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We've always offered black walnut as a choice for our Vermont Woods Studios furniture but to be honest, walnut hasn't been very popular these last several years.  I'm not sure why, but lately the tables have turned!  Just in the last few weeks we've had more inquiries for walnut furniture than over the past 2 years.

I think walnut is a stunning hardwood.  It's a chocolate-brown color and generally much more figured than other local woods we work with.  Walnut furniture has great character and richness. 

Black-walnut-tables from Vermont Woods Studios 

Live edge walnut furniture seems to be what's really on fire now.  Our friend and woodworking magician, Dan does a lot of work with live edge walnut.  I think he's going to be very busy this year.

Walnut-slab-table handmade in Vermont How do you like this live edge table?  Greg built this one a couple months ago.  The customer had a hand in designing this live edge showpiece and I love the way it turned out.

Thinking about walnut furniture for your home?  Contact us for ideas!

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