Niermann Weeks’ Chatsworth Table – Antique Inspiration for Your Home.
For years Joe and I have used a wonderful table in our living room. It’s a drum-type table that we bought from David Bell’s antique store in Georgetown. For Christmas 2002 I put a small tree on it, decorated only with ornaments that we have made here at the factory on hobby nights. Every year we’d work together in the evenings to make a special angel, omnibus, Chesapeake Bay crab, or Santa. There is even a replica of Joe’s in-line skates. Only employees and the friends had access to these limited editions, which I treasure and display separately from our main tree. My cat Phoebe loved batting at this tree of treasures.
Eleanor McKay's Cat Phoebe admires the Christmas tree on top of her antique table that inspired Niermann Weeks' Chatsworth Table
The inset marble top has hosted many a meal and a game of cards, all leaving their indelible marks on the once white top. Consequently I never worry about any marks we may leave. Previous owners have painted shut all but three of the drawers, but there’s still plenty of room for the miscellaneous desk stuff we use.
The original table has in inset marble top
...and was loving use for crafts of all kinds
This table functions so well that we’ve been urging Joe to turn it into a new product for Niermann Weeks, which he’s finally done. Our new Chatsworth Table debuted in our DC showroom just in time for Nancy Corzine to sign her newest book, Nancy Corzine: Glamour at Home.
Niermann Weeks interpreted the Chatsworth into our own signature style
Up close, Niermann Weeks‘ new Chatsworth Table has a distressed celadon finish, neutral enough to work in many settings. It’s eco-friendly, made from farmed poplar trees, and all the paints are water-based. For the top, we can insert a faux marble slab or, my favorite, a real marble slab. And naturally we’ll make you a custom version as a larger or small table, as a console, as a coffee table, or whatever. Anyway you want it, I’m glad Joe finally decided to share this special table with you. I hope you enjoy using the Chatsworth Table in your home as much as we do.
Niermann Weeks' Chatsworth Table
Chatsworth Table Detail
Great post! I love seeing the inspiration for your furniture. David Bell is such a great guy – I have had the pleasure of meeting him several times, and my sister is lucky enough to own several pieces from his shop as well as several original works of art that he has painted. My sister’s Chesapeake Bay home was featured in one of those special interest magazines – Decor, or Decoating, or something like that (the NW Lucien table in the bedroom), and David got SO many painting commissions from that spread as one of his paintings was prominently featured above the mantle.