July 5, 2020. Western Head, Nova Scotia. The Coffee Table.

I like the coffee table in the living room, here in Nova Scotia. The wood is made of tiger maple and cherry. David Nickerson made the table for us, using as his guide a picture we found in a book of antiques of eastern Canada. He cut it down to make it into a coffee table. The sides at the top and the strapping at the bottom are tiger maple so you can see the lovely grain. It was his last piece of that wood so was unable to use it as accents but not the whole table. But the cherry wood is lovely too so I am happy with the look. In addition he made four stools, all of cherry who fit under the table, so the little girls could sit to play games or eat., I never store the stools under the coffee table because they occlude the maple wood so I use them as little tables by the couches. David also made a bed for our Carriage House, again a copy of a 17th C. bed I found in a book. It was a beautiful spool bed made of ash but unfortunately it burned down in the fire. He also build a drop leaf table for the Carriage House. It was badly scorched in the fire but David took the whole table apart. Now it is perfect and looks lovely and useful in the Guest House. When we bought this house, we purchased some furniture from the previous owner. The end tables and coffee table we bought were sturdy but ugly so we soon replaced them with the new coffee table built by David. Those tables are still useful in the garage. But they are still ugly. As Ken and I both enjoy lovely objects, we were pleased that David was willing to make us our coffee table, which I enjoy every day. Looking at it makes me smile.