Filed under: Furniture, Industrial, Inspiration, Latest Find, What will it be?
Look at this killer industrial table base. A Custom size wood top dinning table could transform this old factory relic into a handsome one of a kind dining table … A zinc top would work too…
Here is a sample of a zinc top I tried just to play around with it.
The color of the zinc works well with the old sage green paint.
Filed under: Architecture, Industrial, Inspiration, Latest Find, Surface, What will it be?
One of my favorite things about being an antiques dealer and designer is finding things that inspire me. I bought a pair of these not knowing what they were, just that I thought they were beautifully worn solid white oak “rollers” of some sort. I later found out that they were used in fields to compact the soil after the seeds were sown to keep the moisture in the soil. I cut off the stems on the ends so they stand on end more steadily. They make great pedestals for urns or finials. They have a very ” Rough Lux ” look.
Look what I found…. Can you tell what I’m going to make this bell coupala from an old school house in to? Yes, a small building….a dove cote. I’ll fasten it to a large column I have in the shop ….that’s as much as I know so far.
How great would a section of this tree be as a table base? Because the tree is being choked by a non native invasive makes it a mark…
It’s getting cut any way …
Look at these amazing slate chalk boards. These boards were salvaged from an elementary school in Atlantic City. I had to have a few……think I’m going to tile a bath room and shower with them. Will probably need to seal them, but need to find a product that doesn’t darken them and make them shiny.They could make a cool table top too….or maybe an accent wall or floor. Though one might think to do these in a child’s room, I think they would be handsome almost anywhere that had a cleaner modern look. Would definitely be cool with an industrial vibe. Another thought about these dark stone slabs is if you use them in a room on a floor or wall that gets direct sun for some of the day they will absorb the heat and radiate it back out as it cools of and the sun goes down….nice.
