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Thursday, May 31, 2007

Dining Room Table Being Built

A month before Dave Barlow was finished with the interior woodwork, I asked him if he thought he could build a dining room table out of mahogany and ebony from plans that I saw in a woodworking magazine. After a few weeks of studying the drawings, Dave said " Do you want it exactly like the plans show?" I asked him why and he told me that he could make it better. So we started. Below are a few pictures of this table being built. It took 5 months to complete.
The table is modeled after a table in the Robinson House, another Greene and Greene design. With both leaves in, it can comfortably seat 14, without the leaves it can easily seat 8. It weighs in at about 150 lbs for the base and 150 lbs for the top. The extensions are wood sliding on wood, there are no metal sliders. Also notice that your knees won't hit anywhere around the table.


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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 4, 2008 at 4:11 PM

    Your table is amazing! Is it solid mahogan or just veneered? Also, I see little black squares. Is that the ebony?

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  2. UnknownJune 4, 2008 at 4:17 PM

    I'm glad you like it! The table is solid Honduran mahogany, hence the 150 pound weight. The little black squares you see are pieces of ebony. In fact, the ebony in the table is from the same piece of wood as the ebony used throughout the rest of the house.

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