sur la table

This is the old table purchased a few weekends ago

it's actually a desk

 

The little plaque is still on:

 The Desk exchange

Arthur M Hansen

Seattle 1933

 

Chef is attacking it head on

with the grinder, wool head gear & muck boots....

Two layers of paint off

So that was a surprise....and a not a good one

the prior owner apparently loved his cigarettes and left them all around the edge to burn

But the cross hewn oak is amazing- beautiful striations

 

 

 

Working so hard

clothes are starting to come off...

 

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The next day the big guns come out

 chef is hell bent on fixing up the table

legs come off and everything is re- enforced

 

 

Got rid of the cig burns and sanded smooth

 

 

 we rubbed Tung oil on - amazing product for refinishing furniture

and then a coat of Howard Feed-n-Wax

beeswax + orange oil

 now we have a most excellent kitchen table

 

Ready for some wonderful meals, conversations, baking and home work time
 

Sur la Table- means "on the table"

 

and there will be only goodness

served on the table from now on!