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Building Big: The Ross Boss Story (Cannon Hill Fan Fiction Submission)

What is the Modern Desk?

An explanation of table bases and terminology:

Pedestal table bases: Pricing and sourcing

You get what you pay for, but good enough can be good enough

Recently we took on two very different, but equally meaningful projects for two great clients. Both clients were looking for surprise anniversary gifts for their wives. They wanted to commission pieces of furniture, but they wanted to make sure that the gifts were engraved. In addition, as they were anniversary gifts, we needed to deliver them on time! There are so many options for engraving. Below are some:

Metal Bases for the tables we make at Cannon Hill Woodworking are in three general categories, but there are other types available as well. Generally, our clients have gravitated towards three types of bases, and the vast majority go with a custom base built by Cannon Hill Woodworking. 

People reach out to us quite often to ask about having a live edge table made custom in New England. What they don’t often realize is that it can take dozens of phone calls and days to find the right material for their project. You can’t just go to the Live Edge Lumber store and find any specie of wood in the exact size that you want. 

The world of retail furniture is inundated with options and it can feel overwhelming. The majority of clients come to us because they know that the quality and craftsmanship of a Cannon Hill table far surpasses anything that can be found online or in a “high end” overpriced furniture store.

Staining, Fuming, or Painting My Dining Table Grey: Quite often a potential client contacts us about a dining table with a grey tint or a grey undertone. Sometimes they ask for a “weathered” look that involves grey.

We recently built a table to accommodate a client in a wheelchair. Without needing to get into all the details, she has been in her current home for much longer than she has been in a wheelchair. This is important because it means her home and furniture purchased or arranged with wheelchair access in mind, and in this case the table was not doing her any favors.