Bay Leather Republic Dining Table
14/03/2012
6:24 pm
#1
15 Feb 2011
884
NSW
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We cannot find a dining table we like. Either the colour is too dark/light or they seem to scratch easily.
We are looking for an 8 seater dining table and we have been to so many shops in the sydney area its not funny.
Would you mind sharing your dining table experience and what you ended up buying.
We have picked two lounges from Leather Republic. One lounge room will be espresso, which adjoins the dining/kitchen and the other one will be oatmeal (which essentially looks white) for our media room.
Our kitchen is of browns and whites and the main floor is a 600x600 cream colour.
We need to add colour to the home because if not we will be looking like a chocolate/coffee box.
We have choosen charcoal coloured carpet to try and avoid so much brown.
And then of course the chairs are another whole decision.
We have been to Harvey Norman, Domayne and lots of other smaller furniture shops for ideas.
Thoughts, help please.
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14/03/2012
8:19 pm
#2
07 Nov 2008
922
Adelaide
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Once you find the style of table you want surely the stores have a selection of colours it can be finished in. As for scratching, perhaps you can get the stainers of the table to add extra coats of clear finish to protect it better.
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16/03/2012
2:16 pm
#3
09 Feb 2009
469
WA
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Hi, we went for a thick laminated glass top dining table. Very unusual, it's liked cracked glass (if you can imagine a smashed windscreen). Looks really different, love it. We opted for white dining chairs, but if I had my time again would have gone the brown ones instead (to match brown leather lounge suite). White is just not practical with still having young kids. I went for the white to match the bar stools .. but again, should have gone brown in those too.
The dining top is easy to clean, and no scratches, very hard wearing .. but even if there was a scratch it would be hard to see 
Have a look at show homes and see what you like, or go to an online realestate site (opentoview is a good one) and click through their photos, I did this heaps to get ideas ... Good Luck
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This is a better photo of what the top looks like (matching coffee table)
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16/03/2012
2:30 pm
#4
15 Sep 2010
5,732
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We have similar colours to you and bought this dining suite from Harvey Norman - we love it and it doesn't seem to scratch easily although there are only two of us .... the natural timber really warms the space ...
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Built the McLaren by Dechellis - slab down 22 Feb - handover 30 Aug 2011 - and gardens finished 9 Dec 2012!!
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17/03/2012
7:08 pm
#5
19 Mar 2010
187
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We got a natural oak table from Everyday living. If you want to choose different colour, there is a small furniture shop in Narellan shopping centre that does orders. It's slightly more expensive, but still cheaper then harvey norman for the good quality wood.
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17/03/2012
7:21 pm
#6
08 Aug 2011
1,306
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Know what you mean..... i am tossing between one made of recycled thick load bearing beams laminated together versus a solid slab table. Both will be very heavy but just have not see too many that will seat two at teh ends and 3 or 4 down the sides....
The table is only half of it, the chairs are just crazy ex when looking at getting 10. Ends up costing more than the table but I guess there is a lot more work in a chair.....
Good luck...
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18/03/2012
10:01 am
#8
29 Apr 2011
115
WA
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We built ours! We wanted a square table that still fit 8 people but couldn't find anything we liked. People didn't laugh at us too much...until we told then we'd never built a table before and were basing the design/condtruction on, well , having seen tables before...
It helped that we wanted a rustic style so most of it was just bolting together some pine followed by a stain and varnish. The top has some small gaps where the wood has shrunk but new friends are really surprised when they hear we made it (nice to know they couldn't tell:)
Today is under construction. Thank you for understanding.
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18/03/2012
11:39 am
#9
19 Feb 2009
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Hey Lot927, I do envy your grey carpet. . . You can have an colours you like with it. . . I would just continue the theme of white or chocolate brown, and paint a really nice feature wall (or wallpaper - Masters at Narellan have great wallpaper), and add more contrasting colours with cushions, table runners and other accessories. It's cheap and easy to change accessories if you decide to change the colour scheme.
Actually, Gogo65 got a really nice big dining table & chairs, check out her thread.
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19/03/2012
9:16 pm
#10
12 Oct 2011
1,226
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We are looking for a table too but we also haven't found what we want. But some great tips and photo's, thanks for sharing. 
taki
there is a small furniture shop in Narellan shopping centre that does orders. It's slightly more expensive, but still cheaper then harvey norman for the good quality wood.
Could you let me know the details of this shop in Narellan? I haven't seen it when we have been there.
Because we haven't found a table we like we are thinking we will get one custom made by a cabinet maker (DH has contacts through work apparently!). But we won't be ordering anything til later this year/ early next year (so still window shopping).
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19/03/2012
9:23 pm
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15 Feb 2011
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We found our dining table... it took a bit of time but we purchased it from Bay Leather Republic, along with our lounges and bar stools. The chairs for the table cost more than the table itself...
But in the end we found the style we wanted and we also have fallen in love with our lounge choices...
I just need to work out how to post up a pic!
We have on order all of it, it will not be ready until 2 June but thats ok because our house is going so so slow.... worst SS ever!
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19/03/2012
9:27 pm
#12
12 Oct 2011
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Can't wait to see a pic. Didn't realise Bay Leather Republic did dining tables too.
Sorry to hear you are not happy with your SS.....doesn't fill me with much any confidence for when our house starts later on in the year 
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19/03/2012
9:45 pm
#14
19 Mar 2012
42
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When you can't find what you want - you build your own!
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The problem these days is finding the right materials.
Where did all the trees go grandad?
Everyone knows trees are a finite resource like minerals - once gone they never grow back - timber is not a renewable resource!
Welcome to the world of global warming tree huggin' hippies.
Cheers ;o)
Madness takes its toll - please have exact change handy!
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19/03/2012
9:47 pm
#15
19 Feb 2009
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Ian. . . that's beautiful! Did you make it?
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20/03/2012
11:00 am
#16
16 Aug 2011
476
VIC
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Lot927
We found our dining table... it took a bit of time but we purchased it from Bay Leather Republic, along with our lounges and bar stools. The chairs for the table cost more than the table itself...
But in the end we found the style we wanted and we also have fallen in love with our lounge choices...
I just need to work out how to post up a pic!
We have on order all of it, it will not be ready until 2 June but thats ok because our house is going so so slow.... worst SS ever!
I've fallen in love with a table at BLR as well Were you able to get them to discount it? I tried but the sales person gave me the "we don't mark up to mark down speech".
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20/03/2012
11:03 am
#17
15 Sep 2010
5,732
Adelaide
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Ian Moone
When you can't find what you want - you build your own!
The problem these days is finding the right materials.
Where did all the trees go grandad?
Everyone knows trees are a finite resource like minerals - once gone they never grow back - timber is not a renewable resource!
Welcome to the world of global warming tree huggin' hippies.
Cheers ;o)
That table is gorgeous ... you can't beat the real thing! We are hoping to source some red gum to make a console table for our hall as we can't find anything ....
For info on our build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=43093
Built the McLaren by Dechellis - slab down 22 Feb - handover 30 Aug 2011 - and gardens finished 9 Dec 2012!!
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20/03/2012
10:25 pm
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15 Feb 2011
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JLD
Lot927
We found our dining table... it took a bit of time but we purchased it from Bay Leather Republic, along with our lounges and bar stools. The chairs for the table cost more than the table itself...
But in the end we found the style we wanted and we also have fallen in love with our lounge choices...
I just need to work out how to post up a pic!
We have on order all of it, it will not be ready until 2 June but thats ok because our house is going so so slow.... worst SS ever!
I've fallen in love with a table at BLR as well Were you able to get them to discount it? I tried but the sales person gave me the "we don't mark up to mark down speech".
We did get a discount, a full 10%, but the total quote was for $14K and then we got 10% off that. We did a one stop shop with two different lounge suites, bar stools, dining table and chairs and a side coffee table.
I will upload some pics...
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20/03/2012
10:32 pm
#19
15 Feb 2011
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[quote="Onewheel"]Can't wait to see a pic. Didn't realise Bay Leather Republic did dining tables too.
Sorry to hear you are not happy with your SS.....doesn't fill me with much any confidence for when our house starts later on in the year 
/quote]
Unfortunately we are now really unhappy. Our SS is disorganised and we wait about 10 days or more between each of the trades...
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21/03/2012
9:15 am
#20
22 Mar 2010
51
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[quote="Lot927"][quote="Onewheel"]Can't wait to see a pic. Didn't realise Bay Leather Republic did dining tables too.
Sorry to hear you are not happy with your SS.....doesn't fill me with much any confidence for when our house starts later on in the year /quote]
Unfortunately we are now really unhappy. Our SS is disorganised and we wait about 10 days or more between each of the trades... /quote]
Hi Cass,
I am also building with Wisdom and my construction status is about 2 weeks behind yours. Do you have this delay to start on the internal work?
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