Monday, September 13, 2010

Stumped

I picked up a wood stump side table a few years back at Z Gallerie. It was sitting on the floor behind the check-out counter. There was a huge split down the middle - I guess it got too dry. They were going to toss it because it was unsellable in that condition, so I made an offer. Its one of my favorite pieces in the house - even with the big split, it looks great no matter where I put it. Just mind that you don't get a splinter.

via A Little Luxe

And this one is mine.

5 comments:

anita said...

my husband is in the process of chainsawing (is that a word?) a felled oak tree for firewood.
i want a big chunk of of the trunk for just this purpose.
i love yours.

Brandi@ Flights of Whimsy said...

I just love your stump next to your antique chairs! A lot of stuff we make at Aidan gray splits like that and you wouldn't believe the people that complain, we say "that's the whole point!".

A House and Home said...

Just saved one of those photos to my furniture inspiration files. Thank you!

A Perfect Gray said...

love it. we lost a large tree about a year ago and I have always regretted not making one of these from part of it...

(hope the little man is coming along well...)

FROM THE RIGHT BANK said...

Thanks for pointing me to this post. I almost titled my post today Stumped but for some reason went with Stumpy. So glad I did. :) I didn't realize PB also sold them! They're even more mainstream than I had thought. Yours is great - it has so much character.