table help

[Poglet]

I want a kitchen table, not a dining table, a good, old fashioned, small, lightweight kitchen table. Something that our kids (16-22) can put cups down on, do homework on etc. Nothing fancy, just a good old honest to goodness table... how hard can it be? Impossible apparently... HELP, any ideas, I live in Colchester area :) Oh yeah, about 4' x 3' oblong, not round!

[EllyD]

There must be some shops in Colchester that sell the type of table that you describe. Pine shops are possibly your best bet.

[horselady]

Have you got any second hand places near you, like a Council place where they rescue good stuff to sell on? We got a wonderful pine kitchen table for �10 from one of those places.

[Ethel]

Auction houses would be a good bet for this sort of thing.

[philandlil]

Glynn webb do a good range of tables and they are cheap too.

[~posy-jo~]

hi poglet we bought this table from additions last year it's just a bog standard pine kitchen table, seems to fit he dimensions you whttp://www.additionsdirect.co.uk/AddNet/shop/A dditions/product.aspx?fh_secondid=253606&f h_view_size=27&old_location=%2f%2faddition s%2fen_GB&sdg_fh_page=search.jsp&fh_us ertype=additionsc3&fh_location=%2f%2faddit ions%2fen_GB&fh_search=alaska+pine+table&a mp;fh_eds=%c3%9f&fh_refview=search&lis ttype=listant. hope this helps xXx

[Dee Sa]

my pal went to an auction and bought an old fashioned solid table for �5 sandpapered the legs, gave it a coat of varnish and then bought odd floor tiles [on sale for next to nowt] and stuck them to the table top so that she could just wipe it clean, 10 years on its still going strong.