Monday, April 22, 2013

550 Classic farm tables have an antique finish and can be built with leaves




Turned legs and a pullout breadboard leaf system
Close view of turned leg and antiqued finish


This is a 30 x 60 inch table that expands to seat 10.


Leaves are stored inside this end.
A simpler design, straight tapered legs

classic french farmhouse table with antique look in custom sizes
We almost always use newly sawn kiln dried wood for our furniture.  Cracks are fake, wormholes are fake, discoloration is fake.  Pegs are fake too!  For somebody who likes to eat whole foods and wears no makeup, it's rather hysterical that all I do at work is fake finishes.
#610 -- A variation on that theme:  with cabriole legs and "company board leaves".
Simply constructed leaves are attached to leaf arms and fit within slots cut in each end.

Plugs cover these leaf arm holes when the leaf is absent.





#596 -- Another color and style variation:  slightly thinner, straighter legs.  This has pullout style leaves:  Leaf arms are attached to breadboard ends on the table itself.  Breadboard ends pull out to accept a flat leaf. 






#483:  Another variation:  straight tapered legs, pullout breadboard ends, and self storing leaves.
This one has a bench and a cutting board.
Solid oak cutting board
Leaves stack up on that cutting board as shown in following photos:





At the other end, leaves are stored as shown in the following photos: 


















Tuesday, April 16, 2013

542 Curvy French Table

Here is an absolutely beautiful hand carved solid alder dining table that seats 8 generously and squeezes 10.  Dimensions are 40 x 110 on this one; however, we do gladly make custom sizes.  

It wears a living finish (of course) and has a rich, complex, antique walnut finish somewhat on the darker side of normal.  

This one is color #33 which is a nice neutral.  All of these colors are exceedingly complex, which means that they'll harmonize with exactly everything. 

Closer view of the top, showing little round pegs at the joints. 

Showing the end.  


Showing the curvature of the leg.  The thin ankle makes the whole thing look like a very nicely shaped tall woman up on little pointy heels.  A nice feature here is that the apron is rather thicker than one would expect, and this is visible when viewing the table at this angle shown here.  

Showing a close view of the carving, texture, end grain, fake cracks and "worm" damage.  

View of the leg and apron showing how the leg and apron transition together so smoothly and gracefully, with square pegs at the joints.  

Thursday, April 4, 2013

310 Massive Belgian Tables

Here is a beautiful dining table with a sculpted trestle base. 

It has a living distressed finish on solid knotty alder 
It's an extension dining table - those large breadboard ends pull out so that a leaf can be inserted for big parties

It's an extension table, and the breadboard end pulls out on two sturdy leaf arms. 

This picture shows the sturdy and elegant arms and feet

Close view, "under the hood"

Close view of top, showing texture, color and distressing.  The client was enthusiastic about a living finish because she said, the parties always seemed to happen at her house.  She wanted to enjoy the party without worrying about ketchup stains on some crazy precious tabletop. 

Here it shows the shape of the pedestal

Showing leaf arms and trestle arms

Another view. 

Another view of the top:  In most cases, it is ideal for chairs to straddle the feet.