Counter Height Kitchen Table

[MacB]

I've been working on remodel plans for the kitchen and I really fancy a table rather than existing breakfast bar. The existing has to go to allow reposition of fridge freezer and addition of a tall unit able to take broom/mop/ironing board, etc. There are lots available online but they all seem to be the wrong size or not quite right in other way so I thought of making one or having one made.

I want to achieve drawer either end, width 900-1000mm, length 1800-2000mm and height about 950mm. I can buy a piece of worktop off the shelf that suits so I'm just looking at a support frame. I was thinking something in chunky wood, it doesn't seem that complex.

Any ideas or does anyone on here make this sort of stuff?

 

[slowmotion]

A few random thoughts....

For the table top itself, have a look at these people.....
http://www.worktop-express.co.uk/wood_worktops/beech_worktops.html#sizes-prices

I bought a Prime Beech worktop three metres long and 720mm wide for £135. It's 40mm thick and made from laminated solid staves. I was stunned by the quality of the timber. There were only two tiny knots, about four millimetres diameter in the whole slab. They do other sizes too.

On the dimensions, be very careful to allow enough clear space to allow people to sit comfortably without any of the table structure restricting how they sit. Ideally, aim so that people can cross their legs while sitting without the table top height being uncomfortably high. Most dining tables seem too high to me, especially as people tend to use their kitchen tables for all sorts of things apart from eating. If you want to prepare food on it and be comfortable, it will probably be too high for dining.

If you put drawers in the ends, people probably won't be able to sit comfortably with their legs underneath them.

My two cents.

 

[MacB]

Thanks Slowmo, yep I've seen quite a few worktops from about £90 up to £450 that fit the bill, I'm a laminate, or formica in old money, guy in this instance. The height was approximate based on existing stools and breakfast bar and there's no requirement for seating capacity at either end. I was thinking of a rectangular frame at the top level and then bottom level cross braces either end but a centre bar for bracing as opposed to two sidebars.

I know what I'm describing but I'm probably using incorrect terminology here.

Oh and the frame doesn't have to be wood, if there's some nice looking mechano style stuff you can bolt together yourself then that would work for me.

 

[MacB]

Just found a shot yt video that gives an idea of what I'd really like...minus the drawers, but I can make and add them


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgtASgoaeN0

 

[slowmotion]

Just found a shot yt video that gives an idea of what I'd really like...minus the drawers, but I can make and add them


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgtASgoaeN0

I never knew that big boys Meccano existed. Hours of fun with ripped up knuckles when the spanner slips...

 

[Bollo]

Best
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[TheDoctor]

Worktop express are good, we got our kitchen tops from them. Two 4.1 m lengths of laminate for £245 delivered iirc. Legs - IKEA do them, if you're near a Blue and Yellow Shed of Doom. The Bay of E or Screwfix are also worth a look.

 

[Hill Wimp]

How about recycling some metal pipework if you are into a bit of welding. Get a nice industrial look.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Have you got any good joinery businesses in the area?
Might be wort talking to one of them for a bespoke build.

Then you can chose from any wood or finish you want as price will vary considerably

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Let us know when you've finished with the serious shite in this thread so we can start feckin about.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Let us know when you've finished with the serious shite in this thread so we can start feckin about.

Lets hope the wife knows what he's upto before we make the decision for him

 

[MikeG]

That is going to be one weird piece of furniture. Are you really sure?

 

[MacB]

That is going to be one weird piece of furniture. Are you really sure?

??? It' just a kitchen island without the storage underneath, what's weird about that?

 

[MacB]

How about recycling some metal pipework if you are into a bit of welding. Get a nice industrial look.

Funny you should say that, the closest I've found online is this:-

http://www.bigdug.co.uk/workshop-be...e-tbar-workbench-with-melamine-worktop-p15884

Which is spot on dimension wise but just a bit to workshop for a kitchen and I don't like the pale top.

However the recycled metal pipe sounds cool, makes me think Steampunk and who couldn't use a bit of that in the kitchen? Shame I can't weld but that doesn't stop me finding a local bod who can...I think we have a winner.

 

[MikeG]

??? It' just a kitchen island without the storage underneath, what's weird about that?

It's a table, at non-table height. A table you can only stand at. It really will look like neither one thing nor the other.