Live-edge & river tables
River tables, one slab at a time.
Statement dining and conference tables built around a single slab of wood and a hand-poured resin river. No two are, or could be, alike.
- Single-slab hardwood
- Hand-poured river
- 8 to 12 week builds
The idea
Statement pieces, resolved from a single tree.
A river table is not a product with options. It is one slab of wood, resolved. We start from the material: its figure, its live edges, the way it moved as it grew, and build the table the slab asks for.
The resin river is the quiet part. Done well, it disappears into the piece and lets the wood carry the room. Done poorly, it looks like a craft project. The difference is patience, and we have a lot of it.
These are the tables people photograph, seat their family at for thirty years, and eventually hand down. That is the brief we build to.
How it is made
Four stages, mostly patience.
From a rough slab to a finished table, here is the path each one takes through the studio.
- 01
Slab sourcing & drying
We select single slabs from regional mills and let them dry to your home's moisture content. A slab that spent decades as a tree is not worth rushing.
- 02
Flattening & bookmatching
The slab is flattened dead level, and the live edges are cleaned and matched so the river follows the natural line of the grain.
- 03
Resin pour
Epoxy is poured in controlled stages and tinted to your color, then left to cure slowly into a clear, bubble-free channel.
- 04
Hardwax-oil finish
We hand-sand through the grits and finish in hardwax oil, a surface you can feel and, unlike a factory topcoat, one you can repair at home for life.
Investment
What a river table begins at.
Every table is priced to its slab, but here is a real starting point to plan against.
from $9,500
for an eight-foot walnut river dining table, base and finish included.
Larger slabs, rarer species, and more involved bases move the number up, and we will walk you through exactly where before you commit.
What shapes the price
- Slab size, species, and figure
- River color and complexity
- Base and leg design, wood or steel
- Seating length and overall footprint
Questions
Before you commission one.
Start a table
Have a room in mind for one?
Tell us the space, the seating, and the feeling you are after. We reply within two business days with slab options and an honest range.