New Coffee Table (Arts and Craft-ish) project

a bunch of 8/4 x 11-12" wide QS WO that I want to use so was looking for inspiration that could utilize the heavy timber I have available.

the Little Journey's tables(if you are familiar).

All are hard to beat. I went through the same process about 8 1/2 years ago when designing a trestle table for our kitchen:

The pictures you show above all seem to be mindful of that little detail to some extent.

I believe I said in the "twenty twenty hindsight" comment that I would hav= e doubled up, in thickness, on the "foot" were I to do it again. The pictur= es you show above all seem to be mindful of that little detail to some exte= nt. --

I didn't go thicker on the feet for structural reasons. I don't like mating= faces like the leg and foot. I like to break the plane a little at the sea= ms for easy of fit-up (no exact matching required) and to add some interest= or mass. Did the same at the top, just less extreme so there is more weigh= ting at the bottom. I reversed the weighting with the legs stepping down to= a more narrow profile at the calf\ankle and a wider thigh.

I like both your and Karl's designs.

Sonny

little at the seams for easy of fit-up (no exact matching required) and to add some interest or mass. Did the same at the top, just less extreme so there is more weighting at the bottom. I reversed the weighting with the legs stepping down to a more narrow profile at the calf\ankle and a wider thigh.

I really do like what you came up with design-wise, much better than mine, and with much more of a classical feel to it.

I totally lack the designer gene, plus I'm generally pretty rushed when building for myself and therefore generally try to keep things relatively simple as a result. (I kick myself at the end of almost every personal project for not taking more time, and for using materials leftover from other projects ... something I don't do on bespoke/custom projects for others.)

(I kick myself at the end of almost every personal project for not taking m= ore time, and for using materials leftover from other projects ... somethin= g I don't do on bespoke/custom projects for others.) --

a bunch of 8/4 x 11-12" wide QS WO that I want to use so was looking for inspiration that could utilize the heavy timber I have available.

the Little Journey's tables(if you are familiar).

I see one problem though. Instead of the rail at the bottom having 2 contact patches it looks like 4. That will cause the table to rock more than with 2, since most floors are not nearly level. Is what I am seeing real, or an optical illusion.

Nice wood can we see the top?

le and side tables. I am a Craftsman style guy. I have a bunch of 8/4 x 11-=

To clarify: The photos are of an antique full sized Stickley table. I did n= ot build this. I used that design as an inspiration for my "squashed" coffe= e table design. Then I also used some of the scale from a type of table cal= led a Little Journey's for the end tables. My only work so far is the sketc= hs.

The old tables did actually clear the floor at the center. I have pictures = form other views and of other tables that validate that. I chnaged my desig= n so it doesn't have that center drop anyway.

Note: I constantly harvest antique Stickley furniture images from eBay and = have collected maybe 100 designs or so.