Round High-Top Table

Dimensions: Diameter 35.5 inches, Height 42.25 inches, Weight 42 pounds. This versatile bar-height table could be just what you need in a dining room, den, rec room, or even a breakfast nook. It could work equally well whether you’re serving meals or cocktails. So, pull up 2-4 bar stools and enjoy a meal, or stand around it and enjoy some drinks. Was $225, now $175. Click here to purchase.

The Story

I found the metal stand, with no table top, a few years ago in an alley across the street from my home in the Glover Park neighborhood of D.C. The top piece, bottom piece and cylinder were a little loose, but I easily fixed that by tightening a nut on the bottom of the rod that connects them. I gave it a nice new coat of satin black paint. A few years later, I finally found a good top for it, in an alley a few blocks away. I stripped and sanded off the shellac that gave it an orange tone, stained it a dark brown, and finished it with three coats of Minwax water-based clear satin Polycrylic. I could have just attached the top directly to the base using the eight screw holes, but that would make it difficult for anyone to move it in and out various rooms, because the top is so much wider than a doorway. Who wants to take the top off and put it back on every time? So, I came up with a solution that allows you to lift the top up vertically when moving it, but then lock it back into a horizontal position when ready. I mounted the metal base to a piece of pine and attached that to the underside of the table with a length of piano hinge. A barrel bolt latch, also mounted to the underside of the table, secures the top when horizontal. I am inordinately proud of having designed and executed this. To hide these additions and give the piece a cleaner look from the side, I added a square surrounding rail, made from new 1 x 2 lumber, and finished to match the table, also mounted to the underside.

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