The Lane Coffee Table

We love a good story, especially one involving furniture and our home state of Virginia! The Red Cedar Chest Company was formed in 1912 by John Lane and his son, Ed in Altavista, Virginia. After cornering the market on cedar chests, the company expanded greatly throughout the next 60 years, eventually manufacturing tables, casegoods, and accent pieces before acquiring a reclining chair company in Mississippi in 1970. From there, the sky was the limit for the Lane Furniture company. Today, Lane is part of the Heritage Home Group, one of the largest furniture manufacturing companies!

We found this beautiful, mid-century modern Lane coffee table at a thrift store for cheap. It was in rough shape, but we new just what the piece needed - a little bit of elbow grease!

After a good cleaning, we sanded the entire table with 200-grit sandpaper to remove all of the dents, dings, scratches, and stains.

We were surprised to find the gorgeous grains on the top of this wood, with the lightest portion in the center of the table. Just beautiful! Next, it was time for stain. We chose a deep ebony stain to highlight the beautiful grain of the table top.

After several coats of stain, we sealed the top with polyurethane and painted the base of this table in Country Chic's vanilla frosting, a creamy and warm white.

All finished! We lightly distressed the edges of the piece in order to highlight them without being too overt. We thought, a mid-century piece might have minimal wear after 60+ years of gentle use.

This table is low and long, and would be perfect in a spacious living or sitting room to accent a couch or settee. Let us know if you're interested in purchasing this beautiful Lane coffee table by emailing us at blessingdesignhouse@gmail.com!