Journal

How a Slab Top Attaches to Its Base — and Why t...

A buyer asked me last week whether a slab top just bolts to its base. It is a fair question and the answer is no — or rather, it can,...

How to Read a Slab Listing: What Each Line Actu...

I write the listings on this site myself. Here is what each line is doing, in the order I would read it, and the three things that never fit in...

Ordering Teak Lumber From a Cut List: What I Ne...

A cut list and a lumber order are not the same document. Here is how I translate one into the other, and what to put on the sheet before you...

What Happens on the Day Your Table Is Delivered...

A direct importer's walkthrough of delivery day for a live-edge Saman table: measuring the path in, carrying the top safely, setting the base, and what the first week in the...

How to Measure a Room for a Live-Edge Dining Table

The question I get more than any other starts the same way: "Will a nine-foot table fit in my dining room?" I never have a straight answer, because the room's...

How Slabs Actually Move: Pickup, Freight and Cr...

The three ways a Saman slab table leaves my building, what a crate is actually for, where a freight shipment really ends, and the four things to tell me when...