The Kidney Bean Coffee Table was designed for a great client who considers each and every material-good purchase deeply, and how it will impact their life and their home in the long run. I can appreciate this attitude and believe it is paramount to living a sustainable life. We designed this piece together, ironing out the details and various uses the room will see, to build a sense of purpose into every step of the build.

The table was shaped for the space, and creates a truly flowing living room between their 2 couches and designer chair. The entire room's layout is asymmetric, as most tend to be, and an asymmetric coffee table with more visual weight on one side brings a very organic, connective element to the centre. Inspired by mid-century design, it's form is modern yet classic.

The joinery keeping it together was a complicated problem to solve, and it's solution had many steps to execute, which allowed for an ultimately simple result. In woodworking, I often find simple form is created through complex construction. In this example, each leg is a hair narrower between the shelf and the top, allowing it to be slid through during assembly, yet tightly joined to the shelf. This difference in width is so minor it's unseen, without a caliper. The top of each leg has what's called a shoulder, providing additional glued surface area to the joint and maximizing strength. White Ash was used, one of my favourite species for it's work-ability, grain pattern and strength.

The construction techniques, material selection and overall design come together as an heirloom quality product.