Tables

by Christian Becksvoort

The measured drawing that Christian H. Becksvoort includes in this piece on a Shaker round table is by no means definitive, but it’s exceedingly close; he’s built ...

by Peter Tischler

When Peter Tischler builds a dining table, he starts by finding out how the owner likes to dine and where the table is going. He makes rough sketches and scale ...

by C. Michael Vogt

C. Michael Vogt built a low tea table with sliding dovetails and butterfly keys using both machines and hand tools. His design was influenced by George Nakashima. ...

by Greg Isaak

The table Greg Isaak built was inspired by several original Shaker pieces, but he modified it with Sheraton-style tapered legs. There’s nothing tricky about building ...

by James Merritt Dunlap

James Merritt Dunlap, who lives in Alaska, made a knockdown trestle table that has self-tightening, shallow-tapered, loose-wedged tenons, good for enduring extreme ...

by Frank M. Pittman

Frank M. Pittman researched designs for 10 years before building this gorgeous gate-leg card table. It has tapered legs and string inlay similar to Hepplewhite ...

by Gary Rogowski

Gary Rogowski’s nightstand won’t put you to sleep. It’s cherry with a cloud-rise pattern on its rails and a rosewood pull on the drawer, all of which give it a ...

by Paul M. Bowman

Building a pool table is somewhat intimidating, Paul M. Bowman admits, because of the size and the weight it must support. However, it doesn’t involve anything ...

by David Ray Pine

David Ray Pine explains how he built a tripod piecrust table, a tip-and-turn style that apparently was popular only in the Pennsylvania region. The main article ...

by Jeremiah de Rham

Large tables are wonderful for crowds of feasting relatives, but when they go home, you’re stuck with a conference table for 20, notes Jeremiah de Rham. Expanding ...

by Michael Dunbar

Michael Dunbar says that Americans were fascinated with card playing during the Federal Period. A special piece of furniture – the round card table with one hinged ...

by Eugene E. Landon

Eugene Landon copied an extremely rare, beautiful example of a Queen Anne handkerchief table. He made a rubbing of the original tabletop when it was off, so all ...

by Simon Watts

Simon Watts describes the style and construction history of drop-leaf and gate-leg tables, which he said were used principally in taverns. Design can vary, but ...

by Tage Frid

Of all the types of extension dining tables, Tage Frid prefers the "Dutch pull-out" dining table because it is both simple and fast to make. The tabletop consists ...

by John Kassay

The stands shown in John Kassay's article were all made in the first half of the 19th century, when the Shaker sect was at its peak. To duplicate one, you'll need ...