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Butcher block restaurant table construction beneath the finish
The edge of a butcher block tabletop reveals part of its construction, while the finish can make separate pieces of wood read as one surface.
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Tables, tops and bases for the dining room
A table is a top, a base and a height that has to agree with the seat beside it. These articles take tables as a system: choosing a mix for party sizes, high-top service, butcher block construction, how bases compare and how to plan a communal table.
Measure the wall, then the table
The questions that recur are practical ones. How much edge does each guest get, what does a base need to carry a top, and where does a long shared table leave the aisle? Each article answers one of them with measurements you can check against your own room.
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Tables · 5 min
Communal restaurant table planning for guests who arrive separately
A communal table can hold several small parties without dividing the room into many little islands.
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Where high-top restaurant dining tables belong in an evening room
Put a guest on a stool at a 42-inch table and the whole posture of the evening changes.
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A restaurant table base design comparison from the guest side
The tabletop receives most of the attention before dinner. Beneath it, the base decides where a guest's feet can rest and how a chair approaches the edge.
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What a restaurant table buying guide should settle before you order a single top
The top gets chosen from a photograph. Everything after it is arithmetic. How many elbows can the edge hold? How high does the surface stand once the base is under it?
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Building a restaurant table mix for party sizes from your own reservation book
How many of last Saturday's parties were pairs? It is the number that decides your tables, and it sits in the reservation book rather than on the floor plan.
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Seating plans
Save configured booths, tables and chairs to a seating plan, then duplicate the plan for the next dining room or location.