Good looking no stress eating

Ey up my faithful blogworms, had a couple of people ask recently ... why blogworm ? So if you're new to following my blogs, it's a term of endearment ... bookworms like books, blogworms like blogs ! Simples.

I've been asked just this week, you say you can make anything, can you make me a dining table to go with my kitchen. Strangely, we were only talking about this the other week so I thought I'd feature this week, tables we've made for other people.

One thing that's always puzzled me about dining tables is that you see so many where folk are scared to really use them properly.

A nice table sitting in your dining room permanently covered up with either a padded cover or a tablecloth, to me, is largely pointless. Some of these tables folk are so scared of marking that you never get a chance to use it in all it's glory.

If you're going to keep it's beauty covered up then it might as well be made of some nasty chipboard !


Well ..... like a lot of other puzzling dilemnas in kitchens, we've found an answer to that too !

Here's a couple of examples of two tables we've made which are designed to be used and abused and definitely not covered up !

By making basically a big frame out of hardwood, these two are Oak, and dropping a granite panel into the centre, shimmed level on battens, you get the most desirable and practical table top you could ever imagine. If you've been following my blogs lately, you'll understand our approach to oiling hardwood worktops properly and these tables are no different. 

You can serve hot pans etc. directly onto the granite panel .. no worries, no covers, no mats for your pans or any of that malarky ! Brilliant for a good family get together where everything is served directly on to the table and you all tuck in. No stress or anything to be scared of concerning your precious table top !

Our next cunning plan, to move this up to the next level, is to use Dekton as the entire table top for a more contemporary look, as shown here. 
(See my earlier blogs to learn all about the amazing properties of Dekton)

This will really raise the game for the future of the ultimately practical table top.

And as with everything else at Milestone, there's always "more than one way to skin a cat" ... ( and don't get all animal rightsey on me for that, it's just a turn of phrase ..OK )

You can have:

1) A complete table built from scratch in the wood / granite combo of your choice 

2) A new table top made as a 'cover top' for your existing table 

3) Keeping your existing table chassis and making a new top to fasten to it

So really there's no excuse for not getting yourself a good looking, eminently practical, useable, everyday dining table ! There's enough sources of stress in this world without worrying about your dining  table as well.

All you've got to do is ASK !

So, right, now, pick up your phone, ring me and let's change how you look at dining tables forever !!

Jules (J2)