Using live edge wood can add a new dimension to your home. Craftsman, modern, rustic, or transitional styles can all be accented with the natural contours of a literal tree slice.

These slabs can be used for coffee tables, sofa tables, headboards, or just accent pieces in your home.

 

The wood in the sanding process. You can start to see the grain emerge.

Holes cut for the lights.

The back side, where I tested different stains, with the wiring completed.

Dark stain on the wood will help to pop against beige ceiling.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Looking up at the wood grain.

The finished product hung in place.

Lights on!

 

The original builder-grade light fixture.