after a few days at the brimfield antique fair i woke up on saturday morning officially ready to rid my living room of my mid century furniture in exchange for a look that is more “rustic antique”. i’m trying to find a way to mix in some industrial-style antiques, along with some worn wooden pieces, so i’ve got “weathered” looks on the brain. so when i saw this email from designer robert andrew highsmith of workstead i was instantly smitten.
robert’s new workstead table is made of 100% reclaimed materials. the table is built from two steel stands formerly used to support the structure of a ship’s hull and the tabletop is an old recycled plank door. i love the base of the table and am already imagining a way to start a separate savings account to save up for this sucker. until that day, i’ll continue to pine away for this table over at the workstead site. if you’d like to chat with them about purchasing (the table is available for custom orders only + several finishes/heights are available upon request) just email stefanie right here.
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I’ve always liked the rustic look.
this is absolutely gorgeous. do want!!
aaaaahhhh, this is incredible.
Woah look at those legs!…sound more acceptable when talking about furniture
I’m into having a mix of midcentury and rustic/industrial. Like, this amazing table, paired with, say, Bertoia wire chairs.
What a wonderful table! Industrial antiques give me trouble too, largely because they make me want to throw everything out and start again (or buy a bigger house!) but for now I will content myself with our Jielde lamps and plot and plan for our next home…
a wonderful table, but why get rid of the midcentury? i agree with Sarah above – mix it in!
Amazing. I can’t imagine it as a desk, though. Isn’t conducive to long sits, especially since any chair other than a minimalist design wouldn’t look right.
I see this as a unique dining room table.
Thanks for all these finds. I am truly smitten with this site!
Yay for Brimfield! I went for my first time this year and LOOOOVED it. Great desk, too.
I had so much fun at Brimfield, too! I’ve been a long fan of the industrial, rustic look, so I thought the market was amazing (and overwhelming). It feels good to fill your home with furniture that’s getting a second life, or pieces made with reclaimed woods. I think it’s truly one of the greenest ways to decorate.
I went to Brimfield for the first time yesterday, and WHOA. There’s SO MUCH to see! This year I walked away with just some costume jewelery… but once I’m ready to re-do the apartment, watch out! :-)
The desk pictured above is lovely, but where do you put all your desk-like items, such as pens, papers, tape, scissors, external hard drive, etc? That was the issue I had with my previous non-drawer desk.
my home is pretty minimal rustic. i always appreciate other styles (like mid-cent. mod but have personally always felt comfortable with old and worn.)most awesome table. i need something like this in my studio but higher so i can stand and work. i love using reclaimed wood. and brimfield? soooo much fun but exhausting. can’t wait for next may already.
Fabulous! How resourceful. It’s charming, too!
This desk is EXACTLY what I want. I wonder what kind of pricing we’re talking about…
Like some other folks, we went to Brimfield also, but on a very rainy day :(
check out what we saw:
http://donkeehouse.com/?p=1044
We went up to Brimfield about five years ago for our annual anniversary weekend trip. Unfortunately, we didn’t have the time, money or car space, to bring back everything we wanted. But we did manage to bring back two industrial desk chairs.
Grace, I don’t understand your need to purge the mid-century items you already have. I think the two styles compliment each other quite well. But, if you can’t shake it, feel free to dump off your MCM stuff on me. I’ll take good care of it!
vicki
i’ll be selling 4 main pieces (i’m keeping the really nice stuff and purging some of the cheaper mass produced pieces i have) on craigslist if you’re in town ;)
grace
yes. wonderful idea. it’s warmer and more ecclectic and worn. I think fantastic .
This looks like it could also be a fabulous dinner table!
I’d love to see more of the rustic/antique industrial look – that’s what I’ve always loved: rustic antiques paired with ultra modern stuff. I’m SO over mid century.
Exploring and commenting a lot today, I am. This table grabs me the most so far! The juxtaposition of metal forms and wood is used a lot in live edge slab tables, not usually successfully. This is very similar to live edge work with the reclaimed top, and the base and top work together perfectly. Not an accident! If you go to the Workstead site you can see the black gloss finish they chose for the base: Just the right departure from the slab: the base form becomes both industrial AND familiar, like a favorite old bike.
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