Oh wow what a great table
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Great pieces of wood from a giant tree. Why would you paint it instead of varnish? Ugh. Oh, and the hole!
Probably a case of client knows best
Fill the hole with acrylic epoxy resin? No that’s tacky. Let’s “white wash it”
‘Pours entire bucket of white paint over it’ perfection
Fill it with Ramen!
Sunflower seeds and super glue
Cucumber
now we're talkin
Yeah at this point you may as well just have a resin cast
Most indubitably.
I think resin is super expensive. So you’re saying it’s way more expensive than super expensive?
But not as expensive as a slab of wood like that (still pretty damn expensive)
$80 a gallon on amazon
Literally everything about this is terribly executed. It hurts to look at.
A piece of glass on top would also do the trick.
Could put a cool design in there.
Why not use a router to put a lip on the hole and put a nice piece of glass in there instead? Much cheaper and it’s a nice feature :)
This happened at my old work. It's an old warehouse converted into a giant liquor store with big wooden support beams throughout the sales floor. The owners decided they want them painted white. The painter was in there for weeks trying to get enough layers on to cover how dark the wood is. It looks like ass now and there is no going back.
That’s actually depressing. They should’ve just encased it in Sheetrock or something at that point.
Yup. Would have looked a million times better too.
Or a different glued on type thing.. gosh what a horrible decision
Carpenter: I could sand it back, fill the holes with epoxy, and laquer it to bring out the natural grain.
Client: Nah, I think it’d look more kitsch if we keep the hole and paint it white.
Carpenter: You realise kitsch isn’t a good thing?
Kitsch can be good but it’s very easy for it to not be good.
Sure, if done ironically, but something tells me that’s not the case here.
Agreed
“No thanks, I have some white paint laying around somewhere”
Exactly, look at the rest of the tables. Client probably just wanted it white instead of anything actually cool.
Because they still had paint left over from when they did all the other tables.
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Never knew potato salad could burn a hole through a table.
It took them 3 days to make that potato salad.
THREE DAYS!
🎺 🎺🎺 🎺
the whole what?
So it fits with the rest of the "décor", perhaps? That's such a waste though.
And those crappy cheap seats around it. That could be the best table in the house, but, instead it's this.
The paint is pretty infuriating. They could also have placed a glass panel over the whole table so you could not be bothered by the hole but eh.
Right!? Fill that hole with blue resin, glass or acrylic and then vanish the crap out of that thing. That could have been beautiful. This is an afront to trees.
Yeah, makes it look like some weird white steak.
Unless they have multiple pieces from the same tree it looks like they are fake.
https://s3-media0.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/JqGLUy73d2Ivx9TzBAd5iA/o.jpg
Somehow that makes this worse.
For some reason I thought I was in r/Terrainbuilding. This table could have some potential there.
You always want to wear a breathing mask when applying lacquer or varnish.
Otherwise it could be a sad end...but a fine finish.
You are supposed to put glass over it.
Then a tablecloth, so God can't see this crime.
Not flat, has a giant hole, and was slathered in white paint. If they flattened it out, filled the hole with like clear resin, and then gave the table some nice finish instead of ugly sloppy white paint, it could be halfway decent.
And be worth substantially more money. From a piece of trash to thousands of dollars.
You can't just paint something like that. And to do such a poor job with it as well. . .
The paint bothers me way more than the hole.
Most indubitably.
He ain't a lazy ass, he put effort into making it worse he's a dumb was
Way more
Routing a lip and adding a glass piece over that whole with a natural finish would look good too.
Someone is gonna say it...
Well, if the whole interior is white a natural wood look would be out of place, so it's understandable. But the hole is an issue...
Counterpoint: Natural finish picnic tables would look better as well. Whoever runs this place has terrible taste.
I don't think it looks bad to be honest, disregarding the center piece. With the white walls I think it comes together well.
Could it look better? Sure, but it looks fine to me as it is.
The entrance is lined with fake grass too
Natural wood looks nice against white though.
Ya I get a white aesthetic (we have white stained wood in our home and it looks nice) but the problem is that this simply isn’t the type of wood to do it with (also it’s improperly done). It would have been a better idea to just sell this and get a more fitting table.
You misspelled "awesome" there.
Had an old table similar to this, but it was nice mahogany wood, and any holes were filled with really clear glass. It looked really nice!
Honestly, a slice from a big tree like that is cool and resin fills look amazing, but I would be willing to have the hole and just not seat people there if it were flat, stained, and sealed (or just sealed depending on the wood. The hole almost gives it character, nature isn't perfect. Would still pick a resin fill over it but wouldn't shy away. The paint and uneven-ness kill it.
glass would have been even better than resin Imo. just make a small nook and cut a glass plate in the shape of that hole
Or just use ramen
Exactly what I was thinking.
Put a garbage can under that hole and make clean up a breeze!
And think of the ambiance!
"Here, have an ice cream served on the rim of a huge garbage can where you just discarded the remains of your fish"
If putting a garbage can under the hole makes the table rim of the garbage can, then your whole body is rim of your asshole. No offence of course.
None taken, it fits. Wait...
Where are you? How did you manage to smell me today?
Your body is just a donut. Your digestive tract is the hole.
I’ve been to places that served seafood boil with holes in the table with cans under to throw shells into.
Would actually work at a crab shack
My husband and I were DJs in college. Our senior year the new station manager decided that everything needed a more professional look. Which meant the door with decades of stickers and writing had to go. We grabbed it, removed the vent grate to make a hole and fitted it with some pipe legs. Best crawfish boil table we ever had.
It hurts knowing how much potential that piece of wood had
God, why would you get a real cut of wood and then just paint it white?
I'm betting the wood is rotten / damaged and the paint is covering up that up... which makes it super gross that it's in an eatery.
I feel like they missed the point with live edge furniture
Anyone who has those chairs also has a live love laugh sign
Would be cool if they filled the whole with epoxy
I was drunk when i typed this leave me alone lol
That's not how you spell holl
Is it spelled jholl?... the j is silent.
Whole...jholl....holl. Jole
oh, just Jole, like the spanish pronunciation.... got it
Just break out the ramen, and presto! Fixed!
r/Wewanttables?
Hole-some content
You have been busted by the dad-joke patrol for that unholy joke.
Fill that hole with resin and put a glass top on it and that would be an awesome table.
You don't even have to fill it, just put glass on top of the entire table.
I agree
Does the booster seat go under the hole? And ya just pop the baby in a 360° grub zone!?
Put a tablecloth on it, no one would ever notice.
Why paint it? It enrages me!. Such a nice piece of wood, would have made a beautiful table alongside some clear resin/glass for the hole. What's the need of destroy it with white paint.
Table for 8 at the white hole please!
Just cut a lip into the border and trip some decently thick Plexi glass to fit. Glue it into place and Bob's your auntie.
I can deal with the hole, but the painting makes me wanna puke in the sink.
That used to be a whole table until someone tried to remove a face hugger on the floor above.
Apparently, Hulk was not pleased with the food at this establishment.
Go in there and eat every day. Make sure to "accidentally" knock some portion of your meal into the hole every time. See how long it takes for them to come up with a solution.
(Warning: their solution might be banning you from the establishment as if that will somehow fix the hole problem)
Is this a BBQ place? BBQ places seem to have the worst furniture
I'd be willing to put money on this being Picnic Beach in Gulf Shores, Alabama. We dropped by there after a festival earlier this year and it looks extremely familiar. I don't remember this table, but my brain was pretty mush at that point.
If it is, they have healthy foods, smoothies, and yes, BBQ.
Checked Yelp photos. You nailed it.
OP confirmed, gulf shores
It is, I have sat at this table and eaten. My daughter and I were dropping stuff through the hole the entire time.
If they removed the god damn white paint and instead used some resign to fill that hole. I feel like it would be a worth a lott
Oh yes
On the plus side, looks like someone carved Florida OUT of that thing.
If you don't finish your meal then throw it down the hole.
Who the hell painted that..
Holy hell what a terrible color to paint that
"here is your food sir." fucking clatters to the floor
That’s I’m Gulf Shores, AL. That was the most hipster trying to be hipster restaurant I’ve ever been to.
That's the way how some artists express their concerns about melting glaciers.
It's just the hole for the Cinco Food Tubes
Hey I went there, it’s down in gulf shores
r/wewanttables
Fix it with ramen and resin.
Gulf shores?
Yup picnic beach
"Your piping hot soup sir"
I literally had lunch here today!
That’s a trash hole, duh!
I hope that is where they keep the trash can.
it would be cool if they made a “fish tank/pond” out of clear resin so they could still see through the hole but wont have anything fall through
I think on a smaller scale I'd be a good living room coffee table!
Have these people never visited the internet? Fill that gape with resin like the internet would.
Some glass wouldn't hurt now, wood it?
*tabe-hole
When she says you're her first one
So bad. On so many levels.
Don't know why everyone's complaining about the hole. That's where you are supposed to take your mid-meal shit.
Has anyone seen my drink?
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It would look really good if that was filled in with some sort of epoxy.
This place looks like it’s no where NEAR classy enough to be pulling shit like this.
It's like one of those dumb resin tables but they forgot the resin.
Hole makes for a great trash can spot tho
Seat's 5 out of 4
What the hell happened here?
What is that shape??
That's okay you guys go ahead and eat I wasn't hungry anyway
I think they just put one massive steak on it and boom
My mother's best friend a.k.a my English teacher have a dinner table exactly like this one. She invited us for dinner once and when we were eating, my younger sister nearly knock a glass down through the hole. All the adults were mad at her, saying she was playing around and things like that. I was like, what did you expect?
Modern table
MY LIFE IN ONE PICTURE😂
Can eat around the hole. Just like a black kiss.
"Pass the gravy... oh shit. Where'd it go?"
Cheap ass chairs around it as well.
r/fuckyouinparticular
Coulda put a lazy Susan or something in there.
Is that hole a south america map???
I read the title and looked at the table and said to myself ‘no it’s not - that is not a great table at all.
Then I looked at the sub.
Ahhh sarcasm.
Did someone bite it?
I'll have the seat as far away from the hole as possible.
i think its a bit too high
They just haven't added the ramen yet
I had a similar problem at a costa rican place, but it was covered by a placemat so when my drink spilled my entire family thought it was me
Did you know this table has a food processor built into it and a garbage can and sink when your done with anything just toss it in the hole and it sorts itself!
Don't u realize. Ur knee is the table
r/wewanttables
How rustic
I mean, you sat at it didn't you?
Yum yum. Ill finish it later.
Looks like petrified wood that has been painted with primer
I feel like I recognize this place. Biloxi, Mississippi?
Nope gulf shores Alabama
Now who took a huge bite out of that table
Where else is the bar tender supposed to stand?
They should just get a piece of glass cut to go over it.
Seen a bar made of natural wood with knot holes that routinely caused spilled beers.
If it wasn't because it's obviously for some kind of restaurant, it'd be kind of an interesting design, tho. Organic shapes can look super cool...Not mixed up with those chairs, that is.
Those chairs too, yeesh!
I hate the whole roll of paper towels at a table, they are a huge waste and invariably have goop left over from the last party there. Just bring the table a few napkins.
Reminds me of those us state shaped tables in that one simpsons episode where they went to japan.
So, the stripper can climb out of it without wasting perfectly good cake . . .
When you spill the soup and it turns out it was acid
Well I know where my family would seat me.
I've been to a restaurant with these tables. I placed a wine glass directly into the hole and straight onto my shoes.
“Could you pass me the salt?” “Sure thing.” THUD
I love it when my food falls through a hole in a table
“Sorry bob. Tables full, you get the hole”
Why the fuss? This hole is for all the charging cables powering the laptops and phones and tablets.
Throw it farer than one yard and get your food for free.
I'd be dumping shit in that hole just to prove a point.
Jfc at least fill the gap with glass or shit goddamn you cant even use it
But it's aRtIsiNaL
The Flowers look like an owls been squashed into a jar from a distance
That’s knot a good design
There is a little dive bar/burger joint in Lawrence, KS The Burger Stand at the Casbah and they have some high-top tables that are made with extremely irregular wood. Makes it impossible to negotiate eating a burger and fries with dignity.
Slabs of wood replacing critical restaurateur equipment is expanding!
r/WeWantPlates
What will be next?
r/DiWHY?
"Art"
This could have been a really cool table idea too if they'd done it right. Covering the hole with glass and leaving the natural wood grain just covered with varnish would have looked awesome.
It was a great meal ok?!
I could see this used as a resin project, it’s too bad they covered it with paint
I hate tables that thick