Walnut, Hickory and Steel Coffee Table

[Mitch Fenneman]

I really like the "Look" that you achieved with it! It is appealing to the eye in a variety of ways.

Jim

Thanks Jim!

[William Fretwell]

Mitch, the table showcases the wood grain very well. My only reservation, especially with a young family is dropping stuff in the gaps.

[Christopher Charles]

Really interesting piece with beautiful wood. Are walnut boxes solid wood? Or ply and veneer? Impressive either way. Will look forward to seeing your next project as well.

[Mitch Fenneman]

Really interesting piece with beautiful wood. Are walnut boxes solid wood? Or ply and veneer? Impressive either way. Will look forward to seeing your next project as well.

Thanks Christopher! The walnut boxes are solid wood, about 3/4" thick. The faces of each box that you can't see are plywood which I painted black.

[Mitch Fenneman]

Mitch, the table showcases the wood grain very well. My only reservation, especially with a young family is dropping stuff in the gaps.

Thanks William! I am sure there will be some items dropped down in there from time to time, but between each box and the base, it is open and whatever is dropped in can always be pushed back out through that gap. There is a piece of plywood that is inset flush with the top of the steel base, so it should be pretty easy to get anything that gets in there back out.

[james glenn]

This is a great piece and well executed. It has interest from every view.
How heavy is it? Or are you able to remove sections for moving?

[Mitch Fenneman]

This is a great piece and well executed. It has interest from every view.
How heavy is it? Or are you able to remove sections for moving?

Thank you James! Each box can be removed with 4 screws (which I think I am going to replace with threaded inserts and bolts), but I was able to carry it in my house with my neighbor's help (we were close to 6' apart picking up on each end ). I would guess it weighs somewhere around 200 lbs in total but I have not weighed it at all to know for sure.

[David Utterback]

An excellent balance of mass, tones and asymmetry. And, I should add, craftsmanship. Thanks for sharing!

[Mitch Fenneman]

An excellent balance of mass, tones and asymmetry. And, I should add, craftsmanship. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks David!

[Paul F Mills]

That is cool. I love the continuous grain. You should figure a way to may them open or a removable panel to conceal things that need to be concealed.

[Brian W Evans]

Gorgeous! Is that your design?

[Mitch Fenneman]

Gorgeous! Is that your design?

Thanks Brian. My wife found something similar on Etsy and then I made some changes such as the steel base and sizing the boxes to the wood that I had on hand.

[Mitch Fenneman]

That is cool. I love the continuous grain. You should figure a way to may them open or a removable panel to conceal things that need to be concealed.

My original intent was to put drawer slides under the boxes so that they could pull out toward which ever side of the table you are sitting on so it is easier to put a drink on it or put up your feet, but that got super complicated and I just wanted to be done with it. I do think I might go back and make some hidden drawers behind the smaller pieces of wood on each end of the segmented box. Should be pretty easy because I can cut the plywood box that the segments are attached to from the inside and that can essentially be the front of the drawer box with the segmented pieces as the drawer front.

[Phil Mueller]

A little late to the post, but really great piece, Mitch. Love the design and wood choices and well as the metal/wood combination. Thanks for posting.

[Mitch Fenneman]

A little late to the post, but really great piece, Mitch. Love the design and wood choices and well as the metal/wood combination. Thanks for posting.

Thanks Phil!