12/24/2024
Some clients of mine purchased this table from a craft show years ago, and years later, I was commissioned to built a new base for it and refinish the top. About 6 weeks ago these clients decided to rearrange their furniture and this table turned 90 degrees in that process and no longer fit, so I was called in again, this time to shorten it from 8 feet to 7 feet.
When you buy something custom, or craftsperson made, you get a piece that can alter through the years to meet your current needs and wants. Both times this piece has been in my shop we've changed it in a way that normally requires purchasing something new, and both alterations were less expensive than new.
I imagine as the years go by we'll alter this again, maybe it'll need to be longer again, or more narrow, or turned into two square tables, but whatever that change is, we can make it happen so that this table doesn't end up in a landfill to make room for another table that will only fit their needs and their aesthetic temporarily.
