Stool, brutalist side table in solid oak.

How to describe this stool? Brutalist? Perhaps, but not solely, as the legs are crafted from turned wood. Upcycled, certainly! And even multiple times! Someone didn’t want to lose or burn this beautiful and very heavy piece of solid oak (the stool weighs about 9kg!), and thus transformed it into a stool by adding legs presumably salvaged from another piece of furniture. Likely a piece that was unusable, destined for the dump because back then, nothing was thrown away, and certainly not turned wooden legs that could still be useful! And I, faced with a piece of oak with a large crack, a significant flaw, chose to fill the gap with a mixture of wood glue and brass powder (a technique also used in woodturning) to add a little chic, elegant touch, to bring a bit of sparkle to this raw wood, enhancing the surprising aspect of this stool. Then I sanded the seat and applied a bit of antique wax to polish the wood and brass (but you can wax it from time to time to revive its colours and textures. The photos do not do it full justice; some were taken on grey days, others in brighter light. So here is a very heavy, very stable stool that can also serve as an end table or bedside table, adding a natural and cosy touch to the room. And above all, a completely unique piece! It is in generally good condition, stable, solid, but does not hide the marks of time: one end of a leg was too rotten, so I shortened all four (another touch of upcycling for a longer life), I filled a visible crack in one leg with wood filler, and on top of that, there are various marks of time and use. It measures 37 cm by 29 cm with a height of 35 cm.