2012 New American Coffee Table

Written By Robin Wade

 

2012 New American Coffee Table

The smallest of our three featured pieces at the 2012 New American Home seemed right at Home at this week's annual NAHB show.

Made of sustainably harvested Alabama oak, this coffee table was custom designed for this amazing space.  As you can see, the oak was beautifully partically spalted by nature - I havet't learned this technique - yet.

If you are on the fence about visiting this show, seeing this home is absolutely worth the trip.  These guys got it right.  Can't wait to get back over to the ShowHome again this afternoon.  This time, I'll be taking more pics and plenty of notes.

2012 New American Coffee Table

Robin Wade
Robin Wade Furniture is a celebration of nature—a melding of a forward thinking commitment to the environment and a quiet, harmonious design aesthetic. From his "slow studio" in North Alabama, award-winning wood artist Robin Wade designs and crafts one-of-a-kind handmade furniture. Years before a piece is ready to enter a client's home or a gallery, the process begins—naturally—with the tree. Sustainably harvested, each specimen of hardwood is flitch sawn into natural-edge wood slabs, debarked by hand with a draw knife, and stacked to dry, usually for years, before the final cure in the kiln. From here, Wade and his team use both hand and power tools to bring Wade's vision to life, and then finish each piece with a hand-rubbed oil blend. Each organic furniture creation by Robin Wade Furniture balances the raw, natural beauty of environmentally, locally sourced hardwoods with minimally invasive, clean lines—a juxtaposition Wade calls both rustic and modern. “I haven’t yet found a better artist than nature,” he says.
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