Do you think this would work? coffee table PIPs

[McGavin]

There is a set of coffee table/end tables on CL for sale exactly like this table:



I want to replace the glass with wood and hope to achieve this look:



In my brain this works and looks good, but what do you think?

[mrs.jacinthe]

I definitely think it could work. I think yours would wind up looking a little more industrial than your inspiration pic due to the different "shelf" thing, but otherwise, I think it would look nice.

Would you be buying butcher block or using a slab of wood or something else?

[McGavin]

May 15, 2012 14:35:58 GMT -5 mrs.jacinthe said:

I definitely think it could work. I think yours would wind up looking a little more industrial than your inspiration pic due to the different "shelf" thing, but otherwise, I think it would look nice.

Would you be buying butcher block or using a slab of wood or something else?

I'd probably buy 4" planks (pine maybe) and put them together. I'm planning putting some baskets on the bottom shelf which would look less industrial and more rustic, I hope.

[mrs.jacinthe]

In that circumstance, I like it. Would you distress the pine or use knotty pine? That would certainly make it more rustic.