Oak Dining Tables are prized for their grain. Oak is a hardwood that has a relatively open grain resulting in a tone on tone look to the finish These solid oak tables celebrate the beauty of this wood.
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You’ll enjoy your solid hardwood table for many years so getting it built to order, just right for you, matters. We call this Goldilocks-ing your table. You design it. We build it. And if you want help designing, we have lots of experience with that too.
We expertly craft every piece of furniture one at a time with you in mind, based on the customizations you have chosen.
All of our designs can be Goldilocks-ed to suit your needs. Adjust the size, shape, wood, finish, base, or edge so it’s just right for you.
Every design we show has been developed to not only look great but to work well too. If you'd like help customizing your table, we're happy to chat!
We build all of our tables using solid hardwood to ensure that your table will stand up to the wear and tear of life.
All of our oak dining tables are made with solid oak. Oak is a highly sought after hardwood because of its beautiful grain. When we finish an oak table, the open grain takes the oil differently than the tighter grain, creating a unique tone on tone quality.
We finish our oak tables with an all natural oil that adheres to the fibers of the wood rather than sitting on top of the wood. It cures to a matte finish which highlights the natural beauty of the oak.
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Walnut is a dark brown hardwood with variation in colour and grain. Its color ranges from a dark brown to a blonde to a reddish brown. It can have straight grain or very complex interesting grain patterns. It’s important to note that when we say “Walnut” at Loewen Design Studios we mean the wood. Sometimes you’ll see others use “Walnut” to mean a color of stain on a different wood. We definitely mean the wood, which has much more exciting variation and richer browns than any walnut stain I’ve seen to date.

Walnut is an excellent wood that people have been using for furniture making for a very long time. There are some really simple reasons for this.
Walnut is one of those unique things that’s both a great material to build with - it’s strong and durable - and it’s beautiful. So often you need to build something strong then make it pretty on top. Walnut does both of those at the same time. It’s the best.

While I love listing the wonderful things about Walnut, it’s also worth mentioning that it isn’t perfect. It is hardwood, but it isn’t the hardest hardwood. It will hold up to a lot but it is more dentable than something like Maple. The nice thing is that it’s a little less dense so it isn’t quite as heavy as some other woods.
Walnut does also have natural color variations. They tell the story of the trees that make up the piece. This is part of what makes Walnut so special. One piece of walnut won’t be exactly like another, so the piece of furniture you get won’t match another exactly. Walnut does always look like walnut, but within a range.

All in all, walnut is excellent, but only if it’s right for what you’re looking for. It certainly isn’t right for everything all the time. But the brown of walnut is very wonderful. It really can’t be duplicated by any stain on another wood. Believe me, I’ve tried.

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