i love a good old big project, and this one was no exception.  i will say though now, i’m happy it’s gone and we are on to other projects.  it was challenging one on a number of levels, from the large, solid white oak turned columns with a quarter section out of them and their square bottoms, to the distressed ‘antique’ finish and the disassembly and delivery.  then there was the discovery late in the game that we had to take off the front door and the weatherstirpping to get them out of the shop.  they made it though.  there are several posts, more and larger photos of this piece as well as a description of the finish, assembly and column turning processes on my dorset custom furniture blog … 3 links at the bottom of that post …. all for now … dan