Configurable table tops

Some rooms never quite fit a stock size: a banquette that wants a top two inches shorter, a window bay that takes a round only. These 14 tops let you choose size, shape, surface and edge from listed options. Begin with the size the space allows, then settle the surface, and only then the edge and the color.

Build the top from the space outward

Start at the wall, not the catalog. Measure the booth or banquette the top serves, or the gap between two columns, and choose the size first. Square shapes are listed on 12 tops, rectangles and rounds on 11 each, and four can be ordered with drop leaves. That range covers most dining rooms, with the drop leaf for a room that seats couples at lunch and parties of four at dinner.

Surfaces run mostly to laminate, with eight tops, then resin with two, and single tops in veneer, wood and sintered stone. A custom laminate tabletop with self edge starts at $97. The same surface with a PVC edge, the custom laminate tabletop with PVC edge, lists at $106.

Standard options and custom orders

Stay inside the listed sizes, shapes and finishes and the top is ordered as a standard item, so the usual 14 to 21 business days apply before it leaves us. Step outside them, a size beyond the standard range or a special-order finish, and the top becomes a custom order. Custom work takes longer, up to about 8 weeks, needs a 40% deposit, and after our confirmation there is no cancelling it and no return. Settle every dimension before you send it.

Patio use is listed on four tops here. Keep the rest inside, and pair outdoor tops with bases that are also listed for patio use.

Samples and the second location

Ask for a free table top material sample before you order a room, and keep it with the venue file. When the group opens its next site, or reorders after a few seasons, a sample in hand will match far better than a color name on a screen.

For stock tops without choices, laminate table tops and wood table tops sit alongside, and resin table tops suit rooms that turn fast. Save every configured top to venue plans with its size, surface and edge, and copy the plan to open the next room with the same tops.