Slipper Foot Table

July 5,2008

Walnut extension table

45" W x 48" L (72" L or 96 " L) x 30"H

A large wooden table with a natural live edge and rich wood grain sits on a hardwood floor in a dining room.

I've had a hard time getting good pictures of this table, but here are a couple of the better ones. I built this extension table in Walnut. These book-matched boards (shown here with one of two leaves installed) are from the top of the tree, 20' high, where the first big branches spilt the trunk into several directions.

The leaves are book-matched as well, but from a different tree. Solid heartwood from deep in the wide trunk of the tree. The third leg in the center of the table provides stability even when the table is opened to 8 feet long.

A wooden dining table with four mismatched wooden chairs is placed on a light wood floor in a room with large windows and beige walls.

A wooden dining table with curved edges and four legs, placed on a hardwood floor near a red chair and a window.

A close-up of a wooden table with a live edge design, showing natural grain patterns and curved legs on a hardwood floor.

A wooden dining table with a highly figured grain and scalloped edge, placed on a hardwood floor with chairs in the background.

I built the extension mechanism from walnut and ball bearing drawer slides, with hard maple guides. They seem to work fine, and they are a lot more elegant than the factory made hardware.