We recently picked up a couple of dining tables for restoration work. One was in need of a refinished top while the other was a bit more complicated. It was a large, extremely heavy, oak extension table which sagged badly in the center when it was fully extended. It was also very low and therefore uncomfortable to sit around for dinner. After all, who wants to sit at a table where they can't actually slide their chair in for fear of bruised knees?
The solution that Gorg came up with was to design an addition to the legs which would give it a few more inches of clearance, thereby allowing chairs and knees to safely 'tuck in' without fear of turning painful shades of black and blue, while looking as though they were an original part of the table. The rest of the table was also stabilized so as to drastically reduce the center sagging.
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| Leg Before |
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| The Extensions |
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| After |
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All in all, both tables turned out beautifully and now have renewed life to be the center of many more family gatherings to come while still preserving cherished memories of the past.
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