Expanding Kitchen Table

[Mike Henderson]

Here are some pictures of an expanding kitchen table that I built about six months ago. Style-wise, it’s fairly straightforward. The aspect I think is interesting is the design for the expansion.

I wanted a table that would be small enough to fit comfortably in our kitchen but be able to expand into a table for six when we needed it. The interesting part of the design is that the table is completely self contained – that is, everything needed to expand the table is part of the table – no leaves to store in a closet.

I’ve included a fairly complete description of the design of the table on my web site at http://members.cox.net/h-h.woodworks/ExpandingTable.htm so I’m going to ask you to look there rather than attempting to duplicate that description in this message.

Mike Henderson
Tustin, CA