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It’s taken a long time, but Jeff and I have finally figured out this here end table. It began way back when I was making my tables and we thought that this kind of look would work well as a whole line, but we needed to simplify a lot of things. So we started with an end table. Very quickly we used the leg shape that I was already using in the dining table and came up with this.

Then Jeff started exploring bending plastic. Heating up a standard plastic sheet makes it pliable, and then on cooling it holds its shape. Much like the records I did a while back. As long as it’s a thermoplastic, it will do this. So we played around with draping and got this.

Then we started thinking about functionality and wondering if this plastic top thing could have some use. Immediately a tray table came to mind.

So we had a tray table, but we had lost the feel of the original tables. So we started working with the idea that the original tables looked like the middle part should come out. It looks as though you should be able to lift it up and find some magic underneath. So I quickly bandsawed up one of our original side tables and got this.

The functionality was there and now we just needed to finalize a form. So this is what our production piece is going to look like. The legs and base will be lacquered white, and the apron and top will be matching hardwood.

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