How Wide Should A Farmhouse Table Be
Its been a crazy week over here at the Hathaway house.
How wide should a farmhouse table be. Its been two years since I built my very first farmhouse table. The table is supported by a rugged trestle base and it has a sun-dried natural finish with a muted tone. The overall dimensions of my table are approximately 46 14 inches wide by 87 12 inches long.
Here is a diagram of the modifications I made to Anas plans. So planned to just lay 6 boards across and we have a table thats exactly 4 feet wide 6 x 8 inches 48 inches for those of you mathematically challenged. This lets the Farm Table stand out taking the focus off the Farm Table Bench.
For larger gatherings you can use the included leaves to extend it to 96 inches. Farmhouse table Staining the top. The supplies are really basic so it isnt expensive to build around 100 but it does take some time.
At the time I was getting into woodworking and did my best to follow along with the great plans you can find onlineRecently I built a few farmhouse tables for my friends. A standard plate is about 105 inches wide and a typical table setting is 15 inches wide to accommodate the plate and some room for a drink behind the plate. The apron should be at least 2 inches wide to provide the required support Rockler says although this can be adjusted depending on how large the surface being supported is.
Assuming a chair seat is about 16 inches off the floor a rule of thumb on the distance from the bottom of the apron to the floor is 24 inches Rockler says. 42 long x 14 wide x 18 high. However you can either paint or stain the whole table if you wish.
While deciding how to finish my pine farmhouse table I decided to stain the top and paint the base. Luckily thats a quick and easy fix so we modified both the table and bench dimensions to fit our space before we moved forward with building Table A the Rustic Farmhouse Table and Rustic X Bench from Ana White. This beautiful farmhouse table is crafted from reclaimed pine wood and its 72 inches long and 44 inches wideperfect for seating six to eight people.