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River Table Created in Live Edge Hardwoods or Traditional Style

December 31, 2017 By Anna Smith

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We love to create new designs in our studio and we're excited about the River tables that we have been making this year. With hand cut blue glass and slabs of stunning hardwoods, our River Tables are truly functional art pieces. Dining tables are the centre of the home, where we entertain guests and meet together as a family every day. It's the place we build memories, laugh and enjoy the warmth of the company of those we hold the dearest. We are always honoured that we're invited to create the central gathering place for so many families, and as is due such an honour, at Living Wood we use only the finest craftsmanship to create each table. Using traditional techniques that have been passed down through the generations, we create heirloom pieces that will stand the test of time.

Our heirloom River Tables are created with hand cut glass and slabs of kiln dried hardwoods that are salvaged from local fallen trees. These stately old trees are given a new life through our kiln drying process and then hand picked for remarkable grain and colour. We can create any design and use any wood species, and create live edge tables or straight edge. Each family has their very own style and our designs reflect our consultations as we create the perfect live edge dining table or more traditional dimensional table for your home.

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Our live edge black walnut table featured in June’s House & Home Magazine!

May 3, 2017 By LWD

We love that one of our live edge dining tables is in the June issue of House & Home magazine! We created this 11' live edge Black Walnut dining table for an amazing family and their Muskoka cottage in May 2016, and we're excited to see the amazing transformation the cottage underwent since we delivered the table.

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We met with the clients at our Toronto location in the spring of 2016 and they chose the salvaged live edge slabs that they wanted for their table. They loved the amazing colour and grain in the slabs and what a beautiful double bookmatch it was.

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We then created their custom made live edge dining table and black steel base in our Muskoka workshop, and we delivered the table to their lakeside cottage. The cottage was still undergoing the renovation when we delivered so we weren't able to get any good photos at the time. We were excited to see how designer Virginie Martocq has transformed the cottage into the stunning place that it is today. The live edge black walnut table is perfect in the space, where elegant charm and classic Muskoka style are embodied in the décor. We wish this family a lifetime of building warm memories around this table here at their lakeside Muskoka cottage!

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Modern, live edge dining table designed for luxury Sag Harbor, New York home

January 30, 2017 By LWD

One of our favourite aspects of creating custom furniture is the collaborative process of designing one of a kind pieces with amazing designers and clients from around the globe.

Living Wood Design has recently collaborated on some custom live edge black walnut dining tables with Allison Babcock, a Sag Harbor, New York designer who integrates both contemporary and traditional design in her elegant approach to interior design in Sag Harbor residences.

For this project Babcock requested that we create a truly unique live edge walnut table for her client; they had envisioned a modern white steel base in a sleek design tempered by the timeless beauty of an exceptional Walnut wood slab table top with a live edge. They also appreciated that all of our wood is locally salvaged from fallen or injured trees, and that we strive for sustainability in all that we do at Living Wood Design. We pick stunning huge slabs from fallen logs, mill them up and kiln dry then so we create heirloom quality slabs for all of our projects. We love the idea that we're giving new life to beautiful, stately old trees and sending them to live in homes where they will be treasured for generations!

The designer and her client reviewed the many photos of live edge wood slabs available to them, and chose a stunning set of salvaged English Walnut slabs for their dining table top. We absolutely love the creative process of designing our tables with our clients, and no matter how many miles between us, the process of creating a piece of functional art together is always exciting! The ease of which technology allows us to create a piece together, despite the geographic distance, always amazes us.

Living Wood Design created the live edge English Walnut table top and the modern, sleek white powder coated steel table base that Allison Babcock had envisioned for her client, and the final product is a stunning and elegant dining table, perfect for this Sag Harbor, New York home. The mix of modern and classic pieces curated by Allison Babcock gives this luxury home a sense of tranquility and timeless beauty that truly resonates throughout every room.

The client was thrilled with their table and we look forward to creating more one of a kind pieces with the always amazing Allison Babcock!

Photos by Tria Giovan Photography.

Modern live edge maple table with sleek chrome base

February 6, 2013 By LWD

We recently created a table for a couple who live in Toronto's High Park area with their two children; they had undertaken a quest for their dream live edge table. They chose Living Wood Design to bring their vision to life, and decided on the chrome Rosseau base. They chose a stunning set of salvaged, live edge silver maple slabs, with amazing grain and black spalt for their table. The myriad of colours in the wood grain looks perfect in their bright sunny home. The sculptural hand- carved wave that they chose for one end of the table compliments their artistic environment and personalities!