This water damaged, 3 legged beauty was in need of some attention. Resuscitated from left over White Oak veneers, the final step in the rehabilitation was jet black dye. The history of the repair still evident in the textural difference between the original Maple and new Oak.
A new coffee table coming together
Sometimes Design can remain soft until the point in the process when materials converge. This only works at certain scales... like a console table.
First step towards a live edge coffee table.... Taming the slab.