Hand made solid hardwood oval vintner's or wine tasting tables in custom sizes with antique finishes
- Suzanne Bonham
- Oct 22
- 3 min read
Updated: Nov 10




Here's the first such table we built. It was made for a local couple to use in their everything room. It was to sit against an upholstered bench on the wall. Their children were grown, and they spent evenings and some mornings together on the bench. One was left handed, and one was right. This allowed them to sit side by side and hold hands during dinner or TV time.

A smaller table built of solid cherry. At 30 x 60 this will seat 4.
Side view, showing sturdy uprights, arms, and base stretcher with a true mortise-and-tenon joint, expertly crafted with a wooden peg running through a square hole in the tenon. They are easily taken apart, and exceptionally stable and sturdy when assembled.
This was made for a family with an antique home who needed a small breakfast / homework space in the kitchen.
Cherry has a lot of natural red in it, but doesn't have to be obnoxious. We use wood bleach to neutralize the red tones without ruining the character.
"plan view" looking straight down at the top. True elliptical shape harmonizes with the shapes of the base feet and harp. Cherry's chatoyance or tiger-eye effect can be seen here, and is more prominent and lovely in real life. In addition, cherry offers the advantage of wide board availability and good looking, tight knots. This 30 x 60 table is made from only three boards of random widths, meaning that each board was greater than 10 inches wide before being joined together. Wide boards are important for the faux-antique look we are usually going for.
A perfectly crafted mortise and tenon joint with wooden through-peg. A gentle tap is all that's necessary to make a firm connection.
Yet another take on the theme - these are only 18 x 33 x 30h and could easily be tucked under the arm for a spontaneous glass of wine outdoors to admire a fall sunset!

The tilting tops are done with a round dowel pin which you can see here, and it rotates gently and is pegged in place with a brass rod.

This was modeled after antique campaign tables. The sort where you would smoke cigars and drink your cognac from the battle front.

It is solid alder and wears a warm natural antique finish with lots of "worm damage". A moderately-ornate square peg disguises a steel screw which rotates the harp.
Top showing some "cigar burns", evidence of "knife fights", "ink spots", "worm holes", puddles of spilled "cognac" and other evidence of battlefield "history", all gently faded, worn in and partially rubbed off.









