What this is
A base does three jobs: hold the weight, stay out of everyone's knees, and say the same thing the top says. We draw it as part of the table — the U-frame under a modern coffee table, a pinned trestle under a twelve-foot dining top, a cantilever where the room needs the floor to stay open.
Steel is fabricated, ground, and powder-coated to a satin black, raw clear, or a color you specify. Hardwood bases are joined the same way the tops are. If you already own a slab and only need the base, we build to your top's dimensions and weight.
What we build
- Blackened steel U-frames, hairpins, trapezoids, and cantilevers
- Hardwood trestles, pedestals, and pinned stretchers
- Sculptural and one-off bases drawn to your sketch
- Sit-stand base integration for desks
- Bases built to fit a slab you already own
Typical specification
- Steel stockTypically 2×2 in or 3×1 in tube, 1/4 in plate
- CoatingSatin black powder coat, raw clear, or custom
- LevelersAdjustable feet standard on all steel bases
- HardwoodMortise-and-tenon, drawbore-pegged
- À la carteBase-only builds welcome
Ranges, not a price list — every piece is quoted to its drawing
On engraving
Bases are rarely engraved, but a maker's mark or a dedication on the underside of a stretcher is a nice, quiet touch.
CNC engravingFrom the portfolio
Custom Table Legs & Bases we have built.
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How yours gets built
Approved on paper before it is cut in wood.
Consult
Space, budget, timeline, meaning. We ask what the room does before we ask what you want it to look like. No pressure, and no charge to talk.
Design
Drawings, 3D views, wood samples in your light, and an engraving proof if the piece carries one. Nothing is built until you approve it.
Build
Boards selected off the rack, milled, joined, and finished by hand. CNC work is cut in-house on our machine — never sent out.
Deliver
White-glove delivery and placement locally. Crated freight nationwide, insured, with the hardware and instructions you need.
Enjoy
A written care guide for your specific finish, and a lifetime craftsmanship guarantee on the joinery we cut.
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Let’s design your custom table legs & base.
Tell us the room, the dimensions if you have them, and whether the piece should say anything.