Phisherman, you are soooo correct but I can't bring myself to covering
up beautiful wood grain. Although I could only paint the top.

Some other ideas are emerging. In Colorado we have a rock called
flagstone. It's very flat and you can get it in inch thick very flat
pieces. The rock "stores" will cut it for you.


Another idea is tile. I have some left over from a room I finished in
my basement. I would have some wood trim to hold it but it would
minimize the amount of wood exposed to sun.

As I noted above, I have UV filters in my windows so it's not as great
a worry as I originally thought.


Thanks for the reply.


Phisherman wrote in message . ..
On 31 Oct 2004 09:39:25 -0800, (Never Enough
Money) wrote:

I want to build a low table just under one of my windows. The window
is the sunniest one in the house. I'm concerned about the sun fading
the wood... and Colorado sun is merciless.

What would be a good choice of wood and finish for this? I might even
put some UV protective glass on the top.

I happen to have some hard maple, lyptus, and zerba wood already in my
shop, not that I would not go out and buy something else....like
walnut....

What say y'all?

Paint is excellent UV protection. I'd build the stand out of pine or
poplar and save the expensive woods for other furniture.