Chrissie Posted June 16, 2005 Share Posted June 16, 2005 Have just spent the second long hot day trawling around shops looking for a large table for use outdoors on our terrace (i.e. can seat 8 people).Don't want plastic - too light in a wind and a bit downmarket for inviting people for lunch.Don't want wood - too much hassle to maintain looking nice.Don't want glass, clear glass anyway.Don't want these pseudo-"distressed" tile-topped things that always look dusty.OK, so I'm a bit picky.Has anyone seen anything different anywhere. Perhaps fer forge base with metallic/granite/marble/ceramic top???????Please help before I go bonkersChrissie (81) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
letrangere Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 fer forge base with metallic/granite/marble/ceramic top???????I was about to suggest exactly this, Chrissie. They look terrific and are weather resistant (treat the wrought iron base). Only problem is, be sure you know in advance exactly where you want to place it as the tops can weigh a ton and you don't want to be moving it around all that often. We have a dark green marble one but I sometimes think I prefer my friend's with her black/grey veined top. She also has wrought iron chairs, which look stunning, though are a pain to shift. Alternatively, friends in the Lot have a gorgeous old weathered wooden table (chestnut, I think)that looks better every time I see it. It is naturally distressed but looks good even when dressed up with linen place mats and nice silver. They've had it for years and only put it under shelter during particularly wet periods. M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feuillant Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 we used an old door,- treated and varnished this is no trouble to maintain, and it looks superb (to my eye) with the door furniture still visible. Depends on your taste, I guess! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
letrangere Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 Old doors can make great tables. We have an old Indian one with brass panels that we use as a coffee table, it's beautiful. M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissie Posted June 17, 2005 Author Share Posted June 17, 2005 I like the idea of the marble-topped ones (what do you mean "treat the fer forge"?????)But WHERE can I get one, except by lucky chance at a depot-vente (and I don't think anyone ever gets rid of things like that.....Chrissie (81) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamedup Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 When you say a big table, how big do you mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissie Posted June 18, 2005 Author Share Posted June 18, 2005 Not huge. To seat 8 comfortably. (I suppose two identical tables that could be pushed together would do. More versatile but less attractive.)Chrissie (81) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamedup Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 When you said large I was thinking for 12. And that you would have to get one made. I think that you are just going to have to check out places like Casa, as well as furniture shops like Conforama and the usual brico's and hyper markets. For 8 isn't that big and you should find one somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moos Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 The previous owner had left the base of an ol treadle sewing machine which was cast iron and heavy. I used it as a table base, and bought a piece of exterior grade plywood (contreplaqué) from the builders merchants, and a sheet of zinc, which I cut with snips and tin shears (cuts really easily). Then hammered and bent it round the plywood, finishing off by nailing the bent over bits with copper hardboard pins. It stays outside all year round, and very quickly acquired that nice dull mottled patina. Looks great, though I say so myself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissie Posted June 22, 2005 Author Share Posted June 22, 2005 Guess I'll just have to keep looking. Like the sewing machine/hammered zinc idea though.......Thanks allChrissie (81) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon47 Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 Try Unopiu.frSimon47 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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