How many people can you seat at your table? Plan on 20" at a minimum per person.

Boots

 

 

Tables from 1880 and earlier often need boots. Sometimes because the casters that were often found on these heavy tables are

damaged or missing or because over time the bottom of the leg has been damaged due to damp floors or puppy chewing.

My husband will then put on a boot to achieve the desired height.

 

Here is a beautiful leg with a boot added and restored with mahogany wax.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
An example of a tiny boot, applied in time past.

 
An example of a boot applied perhaps 50 years ago. This table leg is unrestored as yet by the way. We actually did not even see the boots until we lifted the table up onto another table for storage.

You can see that boots are not readily visible. We often find them on old tables or need to apply them.

Bread Board Ends

Making a table wider....

 

We also shortened this table to 30" in height

 

Bread Board ends....

This table needed a bigger top for comfort.

Borge added breadboard ends and enlarged the width as well.

 

and another before and after example...

From this

 

 

 to this

 

 

 Borge in his workshop, polishing a plank table to which he has just added bread board ends and since this family has young children, polyurethane on the top.

 

 

Adding Aprons to Leaves

 

The original leaves for this table did not have aprons. The original owners would have used a table cloth when the table was extended.

 

For contemporary use, we have added aprons to the leaves so that the table can be used fully extended without a tablecloth.

 

Here is an example of adding an apron to a table with a fluted apron....

 

from this to

 

Here is an example of a table leave with added aprons...

We also put on table locks...

All the table leaves are marked with notches...

 

 

 

 

 

Putting in the table leaves

 

Pull the table apart first.

This is a photo isolating what Borge thinks of as the Primary Leaf. The leaf is marked with a line which means one on the one side and two lines which mean, well two on the other side!

Match the one line to the one line on the permanent table top always. The double line will match to the second leaf OR to the permanent table top on the other side. When you only need one leaf in you use this one. The second leaf will not fit in by itelf!

 

Match up these dowels.

if your table has leaves with aprons it will look like this...

this is how it looks underneath

You will need to tip in the second leave.

The one mark on the permanent table top. Look for the same mark on the leaves and match up notches. The one mark should face each other when assembled.

Table top assembled and locked. Remember to use your table locks or the top may separate or warp!

 

 

 

The table fully restored with 2 leaves.

 

These are leaves from another table, but you can clearly see the marks on the leaves....

and the matching marks on the table...

 

and

Screwing in the table legs

 

Legs screw in COUNTERCLOCKWISE.

Legs are removed by twisting CLOCKWISE!!!! This is the opposite of screws!

 

Banquet Table Conversion

 

 

 

Scrolled Sides

 

 

Scrolled sides look like this!

and like this...

to this

 

 

 

or this!

 

Adding Width to Your Table....I will put the next example here. Borge can add width to most plank table tops.

 

Conversion to Console Tables or Hunt Boards

 

This table is sold.

 

 

My husband took this table and on a custom order cut the depth from 27" to 22" which resulted in this custom desk or console table...

There will be an additional reasonable charge for conversion on top of the regular table price.

 

 

We can convert a writing table ( on our Desks Page) or a larger table to a console table for you.

This one could be converted...both are found in more detail on the Kitchen Table page.

$1450 Item # Kitchen Table tk1201-1

or this one for example....

$1450 #Table11059-2