Explore the Removable Leaf Oak Table

Here the extension is a removable 50 cm leaf rather than a folded panel, which suits households that extend twice a year and would rather the everyday table stayed as simple as possible underneath. Closed, it is a straightforward solid oak dining table with a natural finish that shows the grain without a tint; opened, it gains half a metre and the seats that come with it. Both tabletop and legs are cut from oak, so colour and figure carry through from the surface right down to the floor.

The base is the signature: round-section legs, slightly slanted outwards, widening the footprint for stability while keeping visual weight low, the same trick a well-made chair uses. Splayed legs also push the fixing points away from knees at the corners. The wood holds FSC Mix Credit certification, blending material from certified forests with FSC controlled sources, and the whole piece is an exclusive design for Kave Home rather than a catalogue standard.

Storing the Leaf and Living With Solid Oak

A removable leaf needs somewhere to live: flat is better than upright, sleeved or wrapped to keep dust off the finish, and ideally in the same room so the panel stays at the humidity of the tabletop it will rejoin. The base of a wardrobe or the gap beside a sideboard usually serves. When you refit it, brush the mating edges first, because a single crumb is enough to leave a visible seam. Never lean the panel against a radiator, and put a cloth between two boards if you stack them.

Solid oak behaves differently from veneer: it moves a little with the seasons, so expect the joint line to sit marginally tighter in a damp spring than in a dry heated winter. That movement is the timber working as it should. Keep the piece out of the direct blast of a radiator, deal with spills promptly, and use mats beneath anything hot. Over the years the natural finish mellows towards honey, and the slanted legs stay as sound as the day they were fitted provided the bolts get an occasional check.