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Clever Way to Upcycle an Ugly Table Into Something New and Beautiful
Rupert Herring's "From Dining to Coffee"
Here's a brilliant way to create something new out of something old, from British designer/builder Rupert Herring. Herring took an old, staid dining table from the 1930s and broke it down into its constituent parts:
Enter a caption (optional)He then cut the oak tabletop into strips, and rearranged and relaminated them together to form a rectangle.
Enter a caption (optional)I love how the original curved perimeter of the table shows up as irregular gaps in the surface.
Enter a caption (optional)Also note the legs. He's essentially turned them inside out, facing the rectilinear parts outwards while the original curved exterior now faces inwards.
Enter a caption (optional)He calls the finished product "From Dining to Coffee."
Enter a caption (optional)Writes Herring,
I work with reclaimed wood, partly because its physical properties and patina can be ideal for a durable outdoor piece, but also because it seems somehow wonderful to bestow new life to a material that has already acquired associations of meaning throughout its history.
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Brilliant.
Thank you Juan. please feel free to view my other work. just search Rupert Herring
Nice table. You keep your workshop immaculate too.
Maybe I'm missing something or maybe I'm being too literal but the title of the piece makes me believe it went from a dining room table to a coffee table. The proportions don't seem to reflect that, however, as it seems too tall for a coffee table. I love the voids too, though my mild OCD would prefer them filled with clear epoxy.
That is correct it was once a family dining table way back in the 1940's here in New Zealand. It has been fully re-arranged / transformed so the proportions are now completely different. It is just under 500mm in height and the top is 1050 x 490. Funnily enough it has been built to a much higher standard then the original using age old joinery technics. this table will literally ladt for hundreds of years to come which is more than can be said for the original one!