Originally Posted by
Mash Jones
Thanks for the kind words all.
Tommorrow after work I'll take a picture of end grain of some of the left over material that I took the legs from. I counted > 25 rings per inch in the 4x6 that i took the legs from.
John, you'd know about the color better than I, as this is my first time with old growth heart pine. It is gummy stuff though. Ran through plenty of sand paper on this one.
On the headboard there is actually a small crack propagated by a nail hole. My take was this gives the piece more character, but I did not want to ignore it and have it look like a flaw that was missed in the execution.
Thus my first butterfly on the head board. A subtle one though, with the same material that the legs are made out of.
As far as the southern charm goes, my arrival in all my 'style' has been known to provide some serious comedic relief, but it also means my daughter and son typically cruise with mom.