Founded over 15 years ago, TheCoffeeTable.co.uk has established a reputation for top quality craftsmanship and an attention to detail: producing solid, custom made hardwood tables which are individually designed, hand finished with a water based lacquer, signed and dated on the underside, and built to last for generations. All the boards used in the construction are individually selected for maximization of the best figure and grain. The tables are constructed traditionally with mortise and tenon corner joints, and the boards for the tops are butt and biscuit jointed together: producing exceptionally robust finished articles. In addition to constructing coffee tables, cabinets, beds, TV, CD, and DVD units, dining tables, bedside tables and bookcases from timbers such as oak, ash, beech, and cherry, TheCoffeeTable.co.uk also offers on its website educational resources such as: a history of the development of the coffee table, how to construct a hardwood coffee table, and a D.I.Y project on making a pine coffee table with handy tips and warnings. At my workshop in Hampshire I produce, to individual specification, hand crafted wooden coffee tables in selected prime European oak and other hardwoods. Each coffee table is to my original design, made with traditional mortise and tenon joints, and is signed and dated on the underside. They are hand finished in shellac and antique wax or with a water based lacquer. On this web site you will find examples of coffee tables in English and European oak with tops made from selected quarter sawn timber which has beautiful silver figure or 'flower' as it is sometimes known where the cut has revealed the medullary rays. Also featured are American white oak coffee tables. The planks of this timber which are imported to Britain are rarely quarter sawn but the timber is lighter than English oak and does have an attractive grain. There are also several European oak coffee tables, some of which have drawers and shelves underneath for added storage, from a range of countries in Europe such as France, Bosnia, and Croatia. If you are looking for a coffee table with a rich mellow finish, American red cherry is an ideal choice offering a natural warm finish and an unusual colour. One of the more popular choices for modern style coffee tables is American hard maple as it is a very light coloured wood and you will find some examples on these pages, but a modern coffee table in oak or beech can look just as stylish. I make coffee tables in traditional styles with hand turned legs which compliment rooms in older properties, and also in contemporary and modern styles to suit contemporary surroundings. I also design my own completely original styles of coffee tables. Beech, a much underrated wood, which has a wonderful flecked figure in the quarter sawn planks, is one timber worth considering if you are looking for a coffee table in a light wood. Whilst beech is normally almost white in colour, steamed beech has a warm pinkish shade. American white ash is another light shaded wood, although the heartwood can range from brown to green or red which to my mind makes it an excellent timber to use for children’s furniture. I have been producing quality custom made wooden coffee tables from my workshop for over 17 years, so why not give me a call and choose from the coffee table designs on this site, or ask for a quotation to have an originally designed wooden coffee table made to order.