I've always liked live edge wood pieces and have thought many times about trying my hand at making something.
About 3 - 4 weeks ago, we were at "Gold Rush" in Rochester, which is a semi annual flea/craft market.
One of the vendors always has live edge wood for sale and this year we were there near closing time on Sunday. He offered us a "So I won't have to haul it home again price" - 40% off his original asking price (we had looked at it earlier in the day).
This is what we bought:
It's a raw piece of oak that I had a vision for...
This is our new coffee table for our sunroom:
Bought the legs on Amazon, multiple coats of pourable epoxy glaze and I think it came out pretty good for my first attempt.