A DIY Log Table | Scandinavian Style

About a year ago - YES a year ago, our friend was clearing some property behind his home and he had to cut down a few maples. Immediately, I asked if I could have a stump! This is what we took home.

It's a white maple and came from a coastal area - so it was WET. Not unhealthy or rotting - that's just the way things are here. Anyway, hours and hours and hours of painstaking stripping of the bark and sanding and we ended up with this.





It took an entire YEAR for the log to entirely dry out. During that year, we used it as a little table, but it was slowly darkening in colour and becoming prettier as it dried out. I had a vision from the start to give it some pop and purpose. Man, waiting that year was tough!





Finally, the wet centre ring was reduced to basically nothing. I sanded it one last time and gave it a good prime on half of it. Then voila!
FINALLY! My Scandinavian style log table was complete :) I also added wheels to it.
To see more about our log adventure - head over to our blog!












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