Why I love the look of an end grain wood table
If you've ever walked into a room and been immediately drawn to an end grain wood table, you already know they have a certain gravity that other furniture just lacks. Most tables show off the long grain—those sweeping lines and swirls we're all used to—but an end grain surface is something else entirely. It's like looking at a topographical map or a collection of nature's own pixels. Instead of the side of the tree, you're looking at the very life of it, seeing every growth ring and every year of that tree's history laid out in a grid. ...