Product Description
About Our Oak Table Tops
Our beautiful and bespoke best-selling oak table tops are designed and handcrafted by our timber experts from our timber yard and workshop in Plumpton Green Sussex. Our stunning and unique live edge oak table tops are truly unique, rustic -modern and guaranteed to add a unique sense of natural beauty and interest to your home or business.
We use beautiful waney edge oak slabs that we exclusively source from sustainable woodlands, National Trust and private estates across the UK, we then slice & vacuum kiln dry wood slabs on-site to ensure stability and maximum longevity. We personally hand pick each wooden slab for its unique rustic characteristics, such as the knots, cracks and striations, and delicately infuse them with epoxy resin to create stunning glassy details full of character and interest. We can also include a series of special effects, such as our tree bark preservation technique that is available through our luxury range. For more information regarding our luxury extras, please visit our site Earthy Timber or use our special requests form.
Our bespoke oak dining tables are available with a variety of different edging styles, each with their own stylistic characteristics. Our live or waney edging follows the natural shape of the tree to give a unique rural and rustic appeal or if you prefer the more traditional straight/ or square edging, we can also incorporate this style too. For those looking for something in between, we can offer our mixed edging which combines both edging styles.
Whether your desired table is for modern home or a rural and rustic styled cottage in the countryside, our stunning oak tables are guaranteed to suit all environments, and with the right finishing can be made suitable for commercial areas too. We can craft your stunning oak tables to suit pubs, restaurants, coffee shops, hotels and office spaces. We offer two mains types of finishing, either our lacquer or oil finishing. Our lacquer finishing is suitable if you wish to retain the original earthy tones and textures of the timber and acts as a thick shield against water damage and scratches. Alternatively, we can offer our oil-based finishing which penetrates the timber to create multiple layers of protection and enhances the natural colourings to create shades of gold and orange.
Our solid oak tables are available to buy alongside any of our other products, such as our earthy modern oak shelves, kitchen island worktops, countertops and breakfast bars. When two or more of our solid wooden furniture products are bought together, we can craft them from the same tree to make a unique bespoke set of matching furniture for your home or business.
Like all our solid wooden furniture, our stunning and unique oak tables are completely 100% bespoke, so we expect each dining table to take around one month to create. This time frame also lets us ensure that your beautiful commissioned table is of the highest possible quality. Once your table is complete, it will then be delivered by our dedicated delivery service or be ready for collection from our workshop.
We recommend the use of our own table legs – see section dining tables – in this way we can ensure the table is adequately supported. Our table legs are made to order and carefully calibrated to the exact size, type of table top construction and its weight.
To see more examples of our oak dining tables please visit our sites www.treesome.co.uk or www.earthytimber.com for our luxury range. Alternatively, feel free to browse our instagram www.instagram.com/treesomeorigin or www.instagram.com/earthydesign
Andrew –
Thank you for your help in us making a good decision on edges and size of live edge oak table top. Resin infill in knots and open voids looks very natural and beautiful. Thank you, we will be back soon for matching live edge coffee table and perhaps a couple of live edge shelves.
Andrew, Penallt
Ian Turner –
Our project for this year was to redecorate our open plan lounge and dining room that are joined by an arch. The plan was to increase natural daylight in the rooms by adding a side window. The rooms where quite dark as there are six oak trees at the front that reduce light coming in the front bat window.
So our aim was to maximize light and create a light and airy feeling by removing clutter and choosing modern wooden furniture and colours to reflect and promote lightness.
Stage 1 was the lounge, we removed the existing dado rail, filled and sanded the walls. Had the hole for the new window cut and new window installed. We removed the tv table and mounted the TV on the wall and put all the cables in trunking.
Next was paint, I then constructed a window seat, with storage. The top of the window seat was oak constructed from window sill boards. To finish the lounge we added a feature wall.
Our next consideration was the dining table, the existing table was something we exchanged for a bottle of whisky 15 years ago, and somehow never got round to replacing. We had started looking at tables at the beginning of the project, we did find something we liked in a popular department store, but the wood surface seemed deeply grained (e.g. sand blasted) and appeared to be quite porous. It was apparent that you had to self-assemble the legs to the table. At which point it occurred to me I could buy wooden table top and legs.
My initial search started by looking at full stave worktops, I sent for some samples to convince the family this was the worth considering. We continued looking for tables in normal retail outlets and either found they were very expensive, or not solid (a thin oak bard on a frame) or oak with very little character.
The only problem with making our own table was the desire to make it extendable. In the end we able to move our existing storage so we could make the wooden table long enough to have three chairs down each side, avoid the need to have a chair on the end that would block access to our conservatory. The wood table is long enough to fit 4 chairs down each side plus a chair at each end for the odd occasion like Christmas where we might need 10 sittings.
Now I had to finalise the choice of solid wood table top and metal legs. The legs were easy as we decided X shaped legs gave maximum flexibility on chair positions. We had a choice of using character full stave worktop or a handcrafted to order live edge top from Earthy Timber. The Earthy Timber’ website was very helpful explaining how they prepare the timber in vacuum kiln to dry the timber to less than 10% moisture. It also explained how to choose legs and finish the wood. To avoid cracking and splitting.
Finally we decided against the standard oak worktop option from companies like Norfolk Oak, Worktop Express or Wood and Beyond, because there was no information on how the wood was sourced or prepared. The staves would have been narrow, the sides would have been straight.
I choose the Earthy Timber top as it would have a character grain any natural cracks and knots would be filled with resin. I opted to have a live edge for more character. So the order was placed. To keep the cost down I opted for unsanded and unfinished.
I then made space in the garage to complete the sanding and lacquering of my wooden table with beautiful natural, wavy edge. I found some lacquer online called Mann’s pro lacquer that was a two part water based lacquer. This would provide a fully waterproof coating. I opted for the clear /satin option.
When the oak table top arrived it was already finished to a high standard. I sanded both sides further with p600/p800 silicon carbide paper. I positioned the legs and drilled the holes for the legs. I had already added new 10mm holes to the legs as the supplied holes were only 5mm slots the would not allow enough movement for differential expansion between the metal legs and the natural character oak table top.
I then lacquered the bottom side of the wood table to confirm that the lacquer was the right choice. It was quite a tough finish, I sanded between each coat. The first coat need a bit of sanding because it raises the wood grain. I applied 3 coats of lacquer as recommended by Timberdeal/ Earthy Timber
Finally the oak table was ready for assembly, it was carefully lifted into the dining room. The two X legs bolted on with 8 x M6 Stainless lag bolts (coach bolts) with large washers.
The final live edge oak table from Earthy Timber Design was everything we hoped for and exceeded the options we had seen in retail shops and all other online suppliers. The grain includes the different elements found in oak grain. There is a large interesting knot filled with resin, where you can look in and see interesting shapes. The wavy edge makes the table different and connects you to the fact that this was a living structure.
Ian, Verwood, Dorset
Leon –
We used the pricing tool and ordered live edge table top in a patterned wood (we were open to elm/oak/yew etc) that measured 150cm in length, approx. 50cm deep allowing for fluctuance of the natural wood plank edge.
We priced it as finished (planed, oiled and ready to fit) and ordered the oak table top online. The countertop is very nice and my fitter and I are very impressed with the quality.
Kay –
We live in a traditional style house and wanted to upgrade our dining room furniture. We started with the oak dining table from Earthy Timber ‘s luxury range and it the main feature of the room. The table seats 8 to 10 people people and we love the resin infill that complements our otherwise quite traditional cottage house.
We now consider what other side pieces might compliment the table furter such as live edge wood sideboard or oak kitchen island with breakfast bar to join open plan kitchen with living room.
Rosaline –
Earthy Timber hand-crafted a custom natural oak breakfast bar in an L shape for our new German kitchen. The measurements are 1900mm x 550mm on long edge and 1500mm x 550mm on short edge. The wood edges are partially square with shape of the tree preserved in placed. I love the rustic – modern look and natural warmth of our statement kitchen island extension. Earthy Timber is an exceptional company with genuine environmental credentials. Our oak table top is made from the salvaged wood and dried in vacuum chamber. The oak’s imperfections are transformed into stunning details, thanks to their unique technology. Look no further!