The questions people ask before they buy a table
A dining table is bought once a decade and researched for weeks. These are the things worth knowing before you spend — written plainly, including the parts that are not to our advantage.
START HERE — SIZING
What size dining table do I need?
The measurement that decides it is not the table. It is the gap left around it — and there is one number to remember.
8 min read
CONSTRUCTION
Live edge, joined, veneered: how to tell what you are buying
Three tables can look identical in a photograph and be worth three different amounts. Here is where to look.
9 min read
SOURCING
Is Suar wood sustainable? An honest answer
It is a tropical hardwood. Pretending that question away would be the wrong answer, so here is the long one.
8 min read
TIMBER
What is monkey pod wood?
Monkey pod, Suar, raintree, albizia, acacia. Five names in the listings, and mostly one tree.
6 min read
LIVING WITH IT
How to choose chairs for a live edge table
A slab top is thicker than a factory one, and that single centimetre decides which chairs will fit under it.
7 min read
CONSTRUCTION
Epoxy river tables: what they are, and whether they last
A river table is two boards and a decision. The resin is doing less work than it looks like it is doing.
8 min read
AFTERWARDS
Where your old dining table actually goes
A dining table is one of the hardest things in a house to get rid of well. There are four routes out, and only one of them is the kerb.
7 min read
TIMBER
Suar vs oak vs walnut: which to choose
One is theatrical, one is formal, one is calm. The room usually decides before you do.
9 min read