A four-metre dining table in a barn conversion, made from three boards of the same tree, with a bench to match.
Where
Barn conversion, Wetherby Lane
Fitted
December 2025
Timber
Cherry, one tree
Finish
Hardwax oil, matt
On the bench
6 weeks
4 000
Three boards, one tree
The owners wanted one table for everyone at Christmas. We found a cherry tree that had come down in a storm three winters before, sawn and stacked at a mill up the valley, and bought three boards cut one after the other from the trunk, so the grain runs on from one to the next.
The base is a trestle with drawbored tenons and no glue, so the table comes apart into five pieces. That was the only way it was ever getting through the barn door.
Fig. 2The top on the bench, the week before it left
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