Matter of Choice

Either way, Monte, this is beautiful!

TZH

-- Where The Spirit In Wood Lives On

Monte, you do amazing work. Of course, I haven’t seen any of your work I didn’t like.

-- AP--I thought growing old would take longer.

Excellent job Monte. It looked far nicer before the brown was applied. The customer isn’t always right.

-- Mark

Absolutely beautiful work. Great job buddy

-- The Old Rednek Workshop https://www.facebook.com/theoldrednekworkshoptn

Too bad she made you change it, I like the first edition a whole lot better. Both look good, but the first is more to my liking.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

Monte, I’m with you about keeping it light but either way it is marvelous. You continue to amaze me at the imaginative projects you do. I’ll bet your items are the most copied on Lumberjocks…....and I am one. See my coffee table, direct off one of your projects. Thanks for all the inspiration. I’ll be 78 in a week and I have had to slow way down but your projects always spur something inside me to keep working. Thanks

-- I am going to go stand outside so if anyone asks about me, tell them I'M OUTSTANDING!

Well, look on the bright side. At least she didn’t ask you to paint it black.

-- Perform A Random Act Of Kindness Today ... Pay It Forward

Monte, I like both looks. It just depends on the setting. Hope she leafs you post a pic of it when it and the bench are ‘home’. Thanks for sharing.

-- God bless, Candy

I’m with you Monte on preferring the look before the stain. However, it’s a beautiful table to the liking of the customer, so it’s win/win.

-- No, I don't want to buy the pink hammer.

Love “your” table, hate the stain

-- bowtie,.....jus passin thru....

Monte

Like Candy I also like both looks. The lady you sold it to might have a darker furniture in the kitchen so it would match.

-- It is always the right time, to do the right thing.

Is because the wood angled in those quadrants that you don’t have to worry about expansion problems? Or is there something underneath you’re doing that solves this? Or maybe you simply don’t have problems doing it this way?

Just curious because I’m an idiot and don’t know enough about designing for expansion/contraction and want to learn.

If were the customer I would have slapped myself for asking it to be stained!

You created a beautiful table. I would have kept it and made her one with a plywood top painted brown. There is no accounting for taste (or lack of same).

-- " I'll try to be nicer, if you'll try to be smarter" gfadvm

Hi Monte

Do prefer the natural colors myself but the customer is always right if it is a commercial project. Lucky for me that I only do things I want and they take it the way it ends up. Keep on making the dust my friend.

-- George Coles, https://www.jarrahworks.com

Unfortunately you have to give the customer what they want. The first version is the real winner. But we always take care of the customer. Nice job in giving her what she wanted.

-- Dave, Downers Grove, Il. -------- When you run out of ideas, start building your dreams.