The whole thing is built out of pine. The top is strips glued together, planed and sealed. I notched the legs together and joined them with the center beam. I used a wood dowel to hold the whole thing together. You can see a detail of that below.
When my wife and I started talking about this project we had several different design ideas. We both really wanted to have the top be the strips of wood but the legs were hard to agree on. I liked the look of older farm house style table legs, more rustic, and she preferred a more modern look. I feel like i found a nice medium of the two aesthetics. I enhanced it by staining the legs different from the top.
One thing we both really wanted with our new table was a bench for seating. I am a big fan of the bench seating at tables. I tried to emulate the table style with the bench but wanted it to be different enough to be an accent not a match. You can push the bench all the way under the table. The legs of the bench go right over the legs of the table.
I'm really pleased with the how this piece turned out. I look forward to building another one soon. Any one in the market for a new dining room table?
