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Illustrations of Table Designs.
Below are photographs of some of the tables I have designed and made, to illustrate how one can vary the appearance of a table by the use of different methods of construction, and differences in the dimensions of the elements.
Coffee Table 1
This cherry coffee table is supported by two central posts with top brackets and curved feet at the bottom. All the joints between the base components are mortise and tenon. The top has semicircular ends.
Coffee Table 2
A completely different approach with this american hard maple coffee table which is made from thick slabs of maple joined with a series of haunched mortise and tenon joints across the width of the boards.
Coffee Table 3
A maple coffee table with the top fixed through blocks of maple which have been wood stained black to match the granite slab which has been inset into the top.
Coffee Table 4
A conventional oak coffee table with mortise and tenon corner joints and a pot shelf underneath.
Coffee Table 5
This coffee table has been massively over structured for its intended purpose purely as a design statement and would probably support a car engine, let alone a coffee cup.
