The Shape of Things to Come

Happy St. Paddy's Day!

Well, I finally got around to sketching three new table and bench designs. I did a little 27" side table (above), a 36" bench (below) and a 47" bench (bringing up the rear).

Each piece is constructed with mortise and tenon joinery, has a "floating" top and doubled stretchers (triple on the 47" bench) that connect the lower side rails together to give the piece some added rigidity.

These are perspective drawings so things don't look rectilinear when they really are. And I haven't rounded over the edges in the drawings so the edges look sharper than they will be when the prototypes are actually built. And, as always, I build prototypes in order to tweak the design. So these drawings are preliminary sketches. The final product is likely to be similar, but not identical, to what you see here.

It's breezy and cold outside, but I'll be in my cozy little shop beginning work on the prototypes. Hope to have more to show you soon.

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Comments

[Beth Simpson]

I am interested in your tables - how many can be seated at each? Price? Dimensions? Can benches as well as chairs go with them?

[Carolina Adirondack]

Hi Beth:

If you are referring to the table and benches in this post, the table is just a side table. I could modify the design to make a larger table with the triple stretcher that would seat four. Let me know if you're interested.

[Nicole]

I am looking for a very long bench- 120". Do you have anything?
thanks