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A rendering of an ebonized table on carved trestle pedestals with a stretcher, in a family dining room in daylight.

Solid hardwood
Elevation
Shown in a rendered room

The Regal, a curved trestle dining table

Two curved pedestals joined by a single horizontal stretcher, so the floor stays clear between them and nothing lands where a chair wants to go.

Begin a commission How it gets made

Elevation · Curved trestle

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Form
Curved trestle
Material
Solid hardwood
Made
Geneva, Illinois
Finish
Hard wax through to high-gloss flood coat
Delivery
White glove, placed in the room

Drawn from the boards it will be built from, and sized to your room. Every piece on this page is a one-off.

In this collection

8 photographed

  • Rectangular wooden table with white pedestal legs, photographed against a dark studio wall.
  • Dark wood dining table with white ornate pedestal legs, paired with built-in white bench seating, photographed against a dark studio wall.
  • Live-edge wooden dining table with white pedestal legs and an L-shaped white bench, photographed against a dark studio wall.
  • A thick natural wood table on white ornate pedestal legs, paired with a matching built-in white bench, photographed against a dark studio wall.
  • Dark wooden table with decorative curved base, photographed against a dark studio wall.
  • Black wooden table with rectangular top and curved legs connected by a horizontal beam, photographed against a dark studio wall.
  • Wooden table with white curved legs and decorative square blocks, placed on beige carpet in a light-colored room.
  • Underside of a table with white curved supports and a horizontal connector, photographed against a dark studio wall.

Watch: Curved Regal Pedestal with Center Extension in Walnut

The Regal Trestle is named for its base. Two curved pedestals are shaped and then joined by a single horizontal stretcher, so the floor stays clear between them and nothing lands where a chair wants to go.

Top and base are finished separately. Most of the tables here set a dark or natural hardwood top against a pale base, and I choose both with each client.

The frame takes a center extension, and benches are built to the same base detail where a set is wanted.

Species, finish and size are settled when I draw the table from the boards it will be built from.

Before you ask

Can I see the table before it is built?
That is the whole way I work. When slabs are used, I cut each slab out in Photoshop, size it against the measurements marked on it, and lay your top out to your dimensions. Then a SketchUp model shows the shape, proportions and details, along with AI-assisted visualizations to help you see the table in a finished space, before a board is cut. The drawing lands within a few percent of the finished table.
Can I see the wood and the finish first?
Yes. A sample board is made and shipped to you, so you can hold the species, the resin and the finish in your own room before anything is cut.
How is a commission priced?
Every piece is priced from its dimensions, its species and its base, so there is no list. Tell me the room and the budget you have in mind and I will tell you what is possible inside it. Size, species and base all move.
How does it get to me?
Across Chicagoland, I generally handle delivery and installation personally. Everywhere else, pieces travel white glove and are placed in the room. My work has gone to 47 of the 48 continental states.
Who actually builds it?
I design every piece myself and lead the build in my studio in Geneva, Illinois, from the drawing to the finish. You deal with me from the first call to the installation. There is no salesperson or account rep in between, and nobody the project is handed off to.
Do you make anything besides tables?
Bespoke and wall pieces, yes, and I am taking more of that work.

More of the work

Start with a drawing.

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