Building A Primitive Table

Yesterday I told you we decided to build a rustic end table to put by our swing, and we did.  Bringing a piece of basic, primitive furniture from a blueprint in our minds into reality was both fun and rewarding, especially when we (I say we, Wayne and Johny did the bulk of the work) used only natural supplies right out of the woods! 

This is the end result of our efforts...

We began with three branches about 1" in diameter and one half of a red oak log.

Johny and Wayne used a draw knife...

...and chisel to make the surface of the log smooth and flat...

...giving us beautiful curls of shaved wood.

This is a closeup of the texture of the log before they began...

...and after some shaving and sanding...

...the log looked like this.

Then they cut four 1 foot long legs out of the branches...

...and used the draw knife to create the skip/peel look.

We used a drill to make the holes for the legs (the only power tool used)...

...and inserted the first leg to determine the placement of the other three legs.

Then we brought the end table up to the swing to level it...

...banging the legs deeper into the holes until they measured the same distance from table top to floor.

Behold our little end table!

The boys then sat in the afternoon breeze relaxing and benefiting from the new table!

This morning, I used butcher block oil as a finish, which brought out the natural beauty of the wood.  We all really like our creation!

Have you ever built a piece of basic, primitive furniture, or does the thought leave you bewildered?

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