encrusted with amethyst, quartz, and other jewels. >> for half a century, real estate developer ed bennettquirky furniture from master craftsman george nakashima. elizabeth soto and bruce bennett, two of bennett's four children, grew up surrounded by the stuff. the tables and chairs, the bench in the hall, all crafted by nakashima. but one piece in particular embodies the close bond shared by both edmund and diane's children. >> my favorite piece by far was the dining room table. we would gather around this table, and it turned out that we blended quite well. >> a black walnut tree given that second life by nakashima. bennett cherishes it for the rest of his. >> well, the dining room table was the center of the family. i look at it -- there was four generations of our family that sat at that table. it just seemed like if there was another person, somehow, another chair fit there. >> in march of 2013, the family gathers around it for a meal. edmund is 93 and seriously ill. >> he was sitting up at the head of the table where he always sits. >> we didn't know for sure that it was going to be