Rustic and Rusticer

excellent and excellenter!!
This is awesome. (no surprise of course). Love the legs …
very unique and very “Dennis-ee”. Well done on all your firsts that you put into this one project.

Love seeing your creations!

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Dennis, I’ve seen a whole wack of fence posts out behind my friends barn, in a heap. Now I know what I can do with them.

Great work. Original.

-- Phil Brown, Ontario

Dennis We are all the better, because of your participation also. Great table. congratulations on getting it finished. Tis is the king of table that I wanted to see when I proposed the challenge.

Out unique talents, starting from the same point in time, and getting different results.

Great design.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Wow!

Greene and Greene goes green.

I like it!

-- Randy (P), a rustic wood crafter in Morning View, Kentucky

Very cool! Nice wood selection for the legs, with the flare at the bottom.

-- Jeff, West Linn, OR, http://www.dogwood-design.com

Well done indeed. Thanks for sharing.

-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX

This is great, Dennis. The bookmatch looks very nice and I like the texture left on the bottom shelf too. In my mind, the pegs invoke sturdiness while the rest of the table seems carefree. I don’t know if that makes sense or not. Having trouble using words today… Congrats on your entry!

-- Jeff, St. Paul, MN

Very original, Dennis. Great job!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

good job at staying true to the spirit of the original, while going your own way.

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Vincent Van Gogh -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

I too would commend you on following the plan but adding your own flair. I love the rustic look and feel but am sometimes annoyed when the joinery really sucks on some of it… This looks very well built.

Drew

-- Drew, Pleasant Grove, Utah

I love it so much everything about it.

Diane

-- http://s205.photobucket.com/albums/bb276/DMarcella/

Very well done Dennis – your craftsmanship really shows..
Larry

-- Larry "In dog years - I'm dead"

Nice work Dennis
I love the look of rustic , it looks so natural in any setting.

-- John in Cranbrook http://www.extremebirdhouse.com ....http://community.webshots.com/user/cranbrook2

Thanks everyone! I’m getting real busy with this cabinet thing again. I’m going to build normal stuff for awhile. Boxes, boxes, boxes…have to learn to use a square and one of those roll up metal things with the confusing numbers written on it.

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

Like karson said we’re all the better for having known you and your fine techniques. Maybe if your shop was as clean as mine though, you could have gotten some of those kinks out, however, the kinks give it much character of a substantial nature. If you know what I mean. jockmike

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com

not the metal roll-up thingy!!! before you know it, you’ll be using 1000 grit sandpaper!

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Hi Dennis;
—-great table art!!!
What a wonder-full reflection of your imagination here according to the ‘rustic of greene and greene’....

Ha!....I know what you mean about those metal thingy’s, too many confusing numbers….that’s why I use the backside and make my own marks….

Thank you.
GODSPEED,
Frank

-- --frank, NH, http://frank.wordpress.com/

Very nice Dennis,
You’ve proven to everybody that you don’t have to go to a fancy store for materials.

You make do with what you have.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

amazing…I love every aspect!

-- Matt, Napa, CA...177 days to sanity...

Almost 300 years before the Greene Brothers made their first fancy table, their Great Great Great Great Great Grandfather landed on Plymouth Rock and quickly went to designing some very simple but functional furniture for the settlers.

This is what they created. They didn’t have the machinery or time to mill lumber and they didn’t have the time to wait for it to dry out. They opened their little Greene Furniture Store and they made a killing. The made enough money so that by the time the Greene brothers were born they had the funds to go to College.

Great Job Dennis.

-- http://ye-olde-cabinet-shoppe.com/

Very, very nice Dennis. Joinery that nice in rustic furniture is ridiculously difficult (at least for me). Your skill, creativity and artistry really shine in your work.

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

Great looking piece! I like the paint mixed with the rustic look.

Thanks for the kind words. We all benefit from your work and views, too.

-- Jesus is Lord!

Haven’t been on for a while Dennis and missed this post. Outstanding as usual. Wonderful take on the Greene and Greene. Perhaps someday there will be books written about the “Mitchell” approach to furniture making.

-- Better to say nothing and be thought the fool... then to speak and erase all doubt.

Awesome use of wood in its most natural state.

Just caugh this on “pulse” Thie is awesome and awesomer!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

Dennis, do you “do” anything to the cut ends of the weathered boards?

Here is a product that I found that quickly “ages” wood so the ends get that weathered look within a few days or so

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Debbie, On this table I sanded then lacquered the ends so they are finished. I have seen the ends stained grey to give the wood an all weathered look.

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

Debbie, I somehow didn’t see this when it was posted. Very interesting interpretation of the Thorsten Table and most reflective of you artistic perspective.

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/

Oh Don….

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

awesome work !!! really really nice

-- ..... art for lifes sake

How did I miss this? Very cool, Dennis. I especially like the legs and cloud lift.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

This is cool. i do some rough things with driftwood, and i’m always trying to think of ways to integrate regular cut pieces with it.. and i think i’ve learned a few things looking at this project.
-Pat

-- "sir are you classified as human?" ---- "negative, i am a meat popsicle"