Re: How do I build a Design table?
Bumping this old thread, which had a lot of good ideas. Would anyone else care to share a pic of their design counter?
We are moving our shop in April, and doing the buildout now.
I never really cared for the front counter we have now, which is 39" high, 9 feet wide, 49" deep, has storage in the back (orders to be picked up) and moulding samples on the front. It started out with a carpeted top 15 years ago, but has since been changed out to a floor tile top. Don't mind the mess. The goal is to have NOTHING on the counter at the new location. Just a clean granite top. Computers will either be on a different cart, or we will change to tablets.
For the new design counter, the plan is to make it 36" high (standard counter height), 8 feet wide, and 48" deep. It will have an 8 foot wide piece of granite on top, with a 9 inch overhang where the customers will be able to sit. (similar to an eat in kitchen island). The granite will sit on 6 finished kitchen cabinets, which will open on the customer side as well as in the back for order storage. (the customer side cabinets won't have handles and are only 12 inches deep, while the ones on the other side will be deeper. The customer side will just look decorative, but has some functional storage hidden within.) There will also be 2 drawers on the employee side. The sides will be trimmed with the same door panels. All the materials have been ordered.
It will look something like this, from the front. The back has 2 large center doors, and 2 sets of drawers with smaller cabinets below (at the ends):
That's where we are so far.