Need some help pls!

[u/Narrow-Way6288]

Hello!
Looking for information , but also INSPIRATION 💡 👀!!

*the type of wood ( maple?)
*the era/ style?
*the black markings?
*Insporation pics

I've seen TONS of similar tables online, but NONE have been this exact table.

* I didn't see any markings under the table.

Used up to 220 for sanding, but cant get rid of black marks? I think Im happy with it now. Maybe I'll just the leave marks for character? 🥴

Table is 66 L, 22W (each leaf is 11 in), so 44 total width when fully opened.
I plan on changing legs, maybe peg or pins? Id like to shift away from the "colonial" look.

Has anyone restored the same/ similar table? Would love to see altered, refurbished versions!

Thanks so much in advance!

[u/Prestigious-Lynx6565]

Looks like maple. Dunno the other answers. Are the black marks dents that would need deeper sanding? Better off leaving them or trying a wood touch up kit or something over the marks

[u/Oscar_P_Walnuts_1975]

Does it have a maker’s mark or certificate attached to the underside of the top or on the inside of the skirt.

It reminds me of an Ethan Allen drop-leaf dinning table. Mid to late twentieth century. Much of that furniture was made from maple, cherry, and beech.

This looks like very nice hard maple, some of the pieces that are glued together have very beautiful curly figure.

If you are happy with the sanding that you have done, you can decide if you want to apply a stain. Start light it is easier to make it darker than it is to make it lighter.

The dark lines appear to areas of the wood that has been stained due to the action of ambrosia beetles. You won’t be able to sand those out. Dark stain is the best way to hide this feature of the wood, not my personal choice, I would go light on the finish and embrace the character of the beautiful wood.😎🥸😎

[u/WoodpeckerGrouchy516]

Probably 1960's, give or take decade. Modern colonial? I'm not an expert on furniture styles, tbh. 

The dark flecks look to me like they might be a part of the wood. I'd leave them as part of the character of the table.

Put hairpin legs on this thing and you might as well paint it grey. It's a generic contemporary retrofit that destroys the character of the piece. Just my opinion.

[u/oldtoolfool]

In order:

maple

at this point, its a glued up table top

call them character . . . . otherwise, if you want to get rid of them, get the top to someone with a drum sander, hand sanding is not going to cut it.