Finally, a coffee table

We've tried hard to keep our 1938 house in the period, by using antiques and finishings that are close to the era. We struggled to find a coffee table for the living room that would fit in, until Christine found an old table/desk on Craigslist. It had a warped and cracked top that was added or changed after, but you could see that it was an old base.

Anyhow, since it was no longer original, I had no problem cutting down the round pillars (which you can't see from the pic above) and then I created a new tabletop with a sheet of oak plywood. I added thickness to the edge with MDF, and then hid the plywood edge with oak veneer. You'd have to get pretty close to see that they don't belong together, and we think it fits in well with our living room.