Salvage White Oak Side Table

Description

We don't want to be bossy, but we'd hate for you to miss this: Take a good look at the wood grain of this tabletop. Go ahead – we’ll wait. See? Wasn't that worth it? We have never seen feathering like this in oak before, so we knew we had to feature it prominently. (And to think this piece of wood was pulled from a slash pile… it almost went into the chipper!) The base on this table is no slouch either, with its weathered, adjustable-height, cast-iron legs and handy lower shelf.

Our one-of-a-kind salvage furniture is constructed in our Portland workshop from found industrial machinery and reclaimed wood from Oregon. We select from vintage i-beam trestles, machine parts, and even streetlamps for the bases, and then scour our selection of reclaimed wood slabs to craft the tops. In most cases, this wood is from deadfall or "scrap" trees that would otherwise be pulped or chipped; in others, the wood is salvaged from old beams. When designing these pieces, we choose and place each piece of wood to best feature its natural characteristics – eccentricities of grain, high figure, burl bark intrusions, and the like. To preserve the open grain of the wood, we use a 100% vegetal food-safe nontoxic finish; steel and iron components are sealed with a layer of wax to preserve their natural patina.