pair of sofa tables in scottish elm à la Tim Stead

Project by Tim Germain

Year: 2025

Cost: £4,000

sofa table elm tim stead
one of a pair of low-ish sofa tables for my wonderful local pub
sofa table elm tim stead
inspired by the furniture of Tim Stead but with a few flourishes of my own
sofa table elm tim stead
a natural hollow in the elm is filled with a marble and plugged with a champagne cork
sofa table elm tim stead
the abyss in the top is bridged so that glasses and plates can safely be placed……. and before you ask why i didn’t use resin, let me point out that resin looks great for a year or two but then the differential shrinkage of the resin compared to the elm plus the degrading of the resin itself mean it won’t last. Well, you did ask……I aim to make furniture that lasts a few centuries, and not a few short years.