Cedar Log End TableCedar Log End Table Enhance your yard or home with our multi purpose End Table. Made of northern white cedar, the table can be left to weather to a silvery gray or finished with a quality penetrating oil finish. Many or most of the logs will have cracks. These cracks are called checks. Checking occurs when the logs dry and the cells shrink causing the wood to split. This does not weaken the wood. Checking helps give cedar furniture its rustic beauty.