I work for a major construction supplier here in the neighborhood that I live in, but my great friend and I have a large warecabin with a carpentry, a metal, & a fiberglass shop! And a few years ago, my coworker Ed found a large piece of log on the side of the road & decided he wanted to build a custom coffee table from it; So, he brought the log into our carpentry shop & explained to the lead carpenter, David, what he wanted. I was shocked to see how much thought Ed had localed into this coffee table, he had it all planned out, he even gave David with sketches & the specs for the custom coffee table. After reviewing all the details, David told him that it would take about 2 weeks to complete the entire project, but two weeks might seem long for a custom coffee table, however the carpentry shop is regularly tied up with work, so the coffee table was not high priority on the list. Anyway, I kept up with the progress of the coffee table & was quite impressed with how well it turned out. In fact, I wasn’t the only person impressed with the custom built table, as my boss decided that she too wanted a similar one. However, when she discovered that the material (the large tree trunk) was found on the side of the road, she reconsidered. After all, it’s not every afternoon that you run into a large tree trunk on the side of the road that you can turn into an amazing custom built coffee table.
Southwest style