French Antique Farmhouse Dining Tables or " Les Tables ". The French provincial Farmhouse dining table, over the centuries, has progressed from being extremely basic to the more modern functional piece, we recognise today. Starting as a truly rustic French antique piece, being built for butchering and everyday usage, these antique tables were often referred [...]
ENGLISH COUNTRY TIMBER DESCRIPTION and FRENCH TRANSLATION. ENGLISH FRENCH ASH FRÊNE A pale straight grained timber, prized for it's elasticity. It has been used to make carriage wheels and is still used today to make Windsor chairs and Morgan car chassis. Ash BEECH HÊTRE A reasonably straight grained timber, with a dark fleck, [...]
Armoire: French wardrobe or cupboard, with 2 or more doors. Armoire Banc: Bench. Banc Bonnetière: French cupboard or armoire with a single door. Bonnetiere Buffet: French sideboard with 2 doors and sometimes drawers. Buffet Buffet 2 corps: Similar to a buffet but with doors above. [...]
The first thing to do is work out the size of table required. I know this sounds obvious but unless you have a definite plan, you can easily make mistakes. Remember that if you are building a table in order to fit in a certain size room, that you need to be able not only [...]