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post #1546 of 1961
1/23/13 at 6:16am

Concrete is underused in kitchens without a doubt. If only he was looking for a new kitchen work space and not a dining room table.

 

Thomas, two things come to mind. I'm having dinner at a friend's this weekend who had a beautiful table made out of a raw piece of walnut and bronze legs. Not exactly inexpensive, but I think you can do the look for less. I'd love to rip this idea off, but we're too close. Maybe keep your eye out for a great piece of used marble and go from there. I'll take a few pics when I'm there.

 

If you would consider rustic I am probably selling a 100-year-old round pedestal table from the Philippines. Seats eight. Maybe too rustic but it really does stand out and round tables are great for dinner conversation.

 

lefty

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post #1547 of 1961
1/23/13 at 6:47am
There is a place near me that does the 'live edge' wood tables called Willard Bros. if it ends up coming to a table in that spectrum I would give them a call. They have quite a bit of experience in that style of table, and have a huge inventory of slabs.
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post #1548 of 1961
1/23/13 at 7:21am

The slab table has been a little overused lately, but done well it is very beautiful. The key is dark hand-rubbed finish that draws the eye in and a very high-end leg.

 

Kind of like an expensive hooker.

 

lefty 

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post #1549 of 1961
1/23/13 at 7:29am
LOL!

The master woodworker of that shop is Ru Amagasu, who is a very talented craftsman in his own right, and also happens to be George Nakashima's grandson. Hard to find a better apprenticeship in the realm of live edge wood tables.

Not sure if it's where the discussion was going, but it's a choice that would fit the look of the house well, in my opinion.
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post #1550 of 1961
1/23/13 at 7:45am

It might fit my needs as well. I've decided that to maximize my space I'm going to do away with the bar seating area of the island and built a table for 8 coming out from under the counter where the stools would normally sit. This will allow me to keep the food/eating area visually separated from the living/seating area and allow for a few seating options in the living space. I have a harvest table that I will slip into the space and live with for a while.

 

Either that or buy the apt next door and put in a proper dining room.

 

lefty

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post #1551 of 1961
1/23/13 at 8:18am
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Thomas, two things come to mind. I'm having dinner at a friend's this weekend who had a beautiful table made out of a raw piece of walnut and bronze legs. Not exactly inexpensive, but I think you can do the look for less. I'd love to rip this idea off, but we're too close. Maybe keep your eye out for a great piece of used marble and go from there. I'll take a few pics when I'm there.

And very "on trend".

You can most likely "DIY" it, get a walnut, wenge etc. slab and have someone make the frame in steel and get it copper coated, I don't think bronze is that expensive if you can get it wholesale.


Speaking of "raw" wood www.hudsonfurnitureinc.com
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post #1552 of 1961
1/23/13 at 8:28am
@Lefty, I'm apartment hunting at the moment and I decided a while back, that I wanted a round dining table and I have actually been looking at a Tulipan, Platner or the new Tom Dixon with the marble top as options, with some nice contemporary chairs and a Persian rug.
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post #1553 of 1961
1/23/13 at 9:01am
I agree that a "live edge" table (I had no idea that was the term) would harmonize nicely in my space but my folks are Nakashima collectors of sorts, owning two dining tables, a desk, and a coffee table (the coffee table is "original" George Nakashima, the rest are from his continuing studio operation). My wife and I have widely varying tastes, and it's hard enough hammering out a compromise as it is. The last thing I need is to hear "you just want that because you want the house to look like your parents' house!" I once retorted "it's not my fault I was raised with parents with good taste" but that didn't end well for me.

Anyways, our house is already so staid I have sort of been enjoying the idea of breaking the mold a little with something a bit more daring anyways.
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post #1554 of 1961
1/23/13 at 10:04am
Lol, I'm engaged and live with my fiancé, so i completely understand.
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post #1555 of 1961
1/23/13 at 10:24am
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I agree that a "live edge" table (I had no idea that was the term) would harmonize nicely in my space but my folks are Nakashima collectors of sorts, owning two dining tables, a desk, and a coffee table (the coffee table is "original" George Nakashima, the rest are from his continuing studio operation). My wife and I have widely varying tastes, and it's hard enough hammering out a compromise as it is. The last thing I need is to hear "you just want that because you want the house to look like your parents' house!" I once retorted "it's not my fault I was raised with parents with good taste" but that didn't end well for me.

Anyways, our house is already so staid I have sort of been enjoying the idea of breaking the mold a little with something a bit more daring anyways.

Be careful, never accuse your wife of having poor taste, afterall she chose you wink.gif
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post #1556 of 1961
1/23/13 at 10:27am
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Be careful, never accuse your wife of having poor taste, afterall she chose you wink.gif

pretty much QED
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post #1557 of 1961
1/23/13 at 12:24pm
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@Lefty, I'm apartment hunting at the moment and I decided a while back, that I wanted a round dining table and I have actually been looking at a Tulipan, Platner or the new Tom Dixon with the marble top as options, with some nice contemporary chairs and a Persian rug.

 

A round table is a good thing. I will miss this one. My problem is that a lot of my bigger furniture won't fit into my new NYC life. There are a few things I'm loathe to sell like my Jens Risom desk. But at 6' x 3' it's hard to justify the space for it, so it's in storage in NJ until someone makes me a reasonable offer for it (looking at you, SG) or I haul it out to Rago and auction it off.

 

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I agree that a "live edge" table (I had no idea that was the term) would harmonize nicely in my space but my folks are Nakashima collectors of sorts, owning two dining tables, a desk, and a coffee table (the coffee table is "original" George Nakashima, the rest are from his continuing studio operation). My wife and I have widely varying tastes, and it's hard enough hammering out a compromise as it is. The last thing I need is to hear "you just want that because you want the house to look like your parents' house!" I once retorted "it's not my fault I was raised with parents with good taste" but that didn't end well for me.

Anyways, our house is already so staid I have sort of been enjoying the idea of breaking the mold a little with something a bit more daring anyways.

 

Pics of your parent's furniture/house would be cool. I bet they loved your place when they saw it.

 

By the way, your house is anything but "staid."  It's the most compelling place I've seen on here.

 

lefty

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post #1558 of 1961
1/24/13 at 1:43am
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I agree that a "live edge" table (I had no idea that was the term) would harmonize nicely in my space but my folks are Nakashima collectors of sorts, owning two dining tables, a desk, and a coffee table (the coffee table is "original" George Nakashima, the rest are from his continuing studio operation). My wife and I have widely varying tastes, and it's hard enough hammering out a compromise as it is. The last thing I need is to hear "you just want that because you want the house to look like your parents' house!" I once retorted "it's not my fault I was raised with parents with good taste" but that didn't end well for me.

Anyways, our house is already so staid I have sort of been enjoying the idea of breaking the mold a little with something a bit more daring anyways.

I'm so glad my gf and I have pretty similar tastes.
I grew up in a house full of antiques, which is something I will probably never want to live in again. She grew up in a house full of nicknacks, thus preferring a more cleaned up look.

Combined you get a more modern cleaned up look. Its one discussion we never have.
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post #1559 of 1961
1/24/13 at 6:20am
There is a very large overlap between modern and antiques, since many modern pieces 'of the era' are in fact antiques. That is if you are using modern to represent a body of work and not as a replacement for contemporary.

Furniture or interior aesthetics seem to flip flop with each generation, the stuff I like is more consistent with what my grandparents liked than what my parents Like. I suspect when I have kids they will hate modern after 20 years or so.
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post #1560 of 1961
1/24/13 at 8:01am
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There is a very large overlap between modern and antiques, since many modern pieces 'of the era' are in fact antiques. That is if you are using modern to represent a body of work and not as a replacement for contemporary.

Furniture or interior aesthetics seem to flip flop with each generation, the stuff I like is more consistent with what my grandparents liked than what my parents Like. I suspect when I have kids they will hate modern after 20 years or so.

I know, but when i said antique I meant the luxury 1890 look. This included paintings from the hague school like Verveer, Mesdag etc. The house basically was a live in museum.

My own apartment has more elements from eames, rohe and an overdose of walnut bookcases. I call it relatively modern, but I'm sure it can be called something else more precisely.
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