Cove Dining Table

There is no hard corner anywhere on this table.

The legs are round and tapered, and where each one meets the top the two are joined by a continuous concave curve instead of a joint line. That curve is a cove, and cutting it is the slowest thing we do. The corners of the top are rounded to match it, and a shadow line runs under the edge so the top reads as floating rather than sitting.

It was drawn for walnut. The cove catches light along its length, and in a dark wood that edge is the whole design. In the pale oaks it reads much softer — still good, but a quieter table.

Honest notes

• The curves are why this one costs more than the plainer tables. If the shape isn’t what you want, the Plain is the same table without them, for less.
  
• Rounded corners mean the last few inches at each end aren’t square. You lose a little usable surface at the very ends.
  
• Give it two weeks before you’re rough with it. The oil finish takes fourteen days to cure — keep it dry and out of direct sun until then.
• Oak takes stain and we offer four finishes. Maple and walnut are finished natural, because they’re better that way.

Specifications

Made to order and shipped within ten business days, by hand, in New Braunfels, Texas.