Dining Table Debate: Timber or Glass?
9 years ago
What is more popular when it comes to dining tables? Timber or Glass?
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TIMBER; always!
GLASS is the way to go!
POLYURETHANE is actually my preference!
Don't really mind...
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I have to add my vote to timber. Glass, in my opinion, tend to leech spaces of warmth and with timber tables available to suit so many design styles and to suit a range of budgets, As Wild River Store rightly pointed out "Timber develops character" over time and so it begs the question why anyone would look further than timber?
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