Design your perfect table at home with Tablemakers
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'Few people realise that a table can be individually made to your exact measurements and wood type for a cost comparable to a mass manufactured product,' Kerry Walters tells me as we meet in the caf two doors replica christian louboutin shoes down from his St John's Hill Tablemakers showroom. Kerry founded Tablemakers at the start of the millennium as 'there was a demand for making dining tables and kitchen tables out of solid timber. Things that would look beautiful, but could also be serviceable for families to sit around and use.'
He's also responsible for the design and reveals inspiration can come from many places. 'The Ballerina table was designed for a client who was a concert pianist, and he wanted to buy a table for his wife for her birthday. She used to be a ballerina. We sketched it out then and there with him and that's become a firm hit. That's one we sell over replica louboutin and over now.' The Ballerina is one of three designs you will see being stocked at Heal's.
To reap the benefits of Tablemakers' bespoke service do pop into their Wandsworth showroom, where you will 'get a personal service,' says Kerry. 'We're interested in you, what it is you want and we'll make one of my designs to any proportion you want, with advice. Our first question is 'how many people do you want sitting around there?' and 'how big a space do you have?'.'
Once you've discussed what timbers you like, they'll give you various options to come up with the cheap jordans perfect table for you. 'Each table is made individually with solid timbers,' he adds. 'The stories that we get coming back from people, if they've had one of our tables for years, is that they love it, it's got all the family history to it. They've celebrated everything around the table from birthdays to Christmases to graduations so it develops its own family history.' There's even a secondhand market in Tablemakers tables now: '13 years on, people are selling them on as a branded product.' So it seems they do stand the test of time.