| About Country Farm Plank Top Tables |
| Country Farm Plank top tables and furniture are available in slow growth pine, wormy maple, cherry, red oak, and barnwood. If the base of the table is going to be painted, to save cost, tables are available with a pine base and a premium wood top. Since plank top tables are normally supplied distressed, a pine table is a good general purpose value. If a harder surface or different wood grain is preferred premium woods can provide excellent options. Hardness increases from pine to barnwood to cherry to maple to oak. |
| Pine |
| Cherry |
| Maple |
| Oak |
| Country Farm Plank top tables are available with a standard plank construction or in a seamless construction. All wood is dried to a 7-9% moisture content to minimize swelling and cracks. The standard plank construction is in a premium tongue and groove construction. Due to the normal movement of wood grooves width can vary between 1/8” and 1/4” and plank surface alignment can vary slightly. Standard plank construction includes a 2” bread board ends and a rounded edge but tables can be specified with no bread board end at no charge. Seamless tops are available with a standard smooth top or a hand planed & hand scrapped finish. A hand planed & hand scrapped finish provides a surface similar to a table top when they were originally made many years ago. Either seamless top can be supplied with a rounded edge or a machine thumbnail edge. Bread board ends can be supplied with the rounded edge. |
| Top Options |
Seamless Hand Planed Top
| Standard Planked Top |
| Finishing & Table Care |
| All finishes in our Country Farm Plank Top collection are made from bio-friendly organic materials which do not include any toxic petrochemical products. This includes all paints, stains and clear coats. These finishes are made from local sustainable plants, vegetables, trees, minerals and elements. Country Farm Plank Top finishes are very low VOC and non-toxic products. VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds) is a measure of the amount of material in the solvents in a can of paint that will evaporate from the dried coating. These emissions can react with nitrogen oxides to create air pollution. Many paints, stains and clear coats used today have VOC ratings ranging from 150 – 450 g/l. The VOC rating of our Plank Top finishes range from 25-50 g/l. In addition to a very low VOC rating, all of the solvents in our Plank Top finishes are non-toxic. All Country Farm Plank Top products are finished with 3 coats of very low VOC 100% natural urethane to form a very hard and durable surface that is equal to, or better than, the more toxic polyurethane. We have tested leaving red wine, baking soda, vinegar, 70% ethyl alcohol and 91% isopropyl on our surfaces overnight (more than 12 hours) without effect. Our clear coats can best be described as a bio- friendly organic polyurethane. Surfaces are easily cleaned with a damp cloth. |
| Distressing & Rub |
| All pieces can be specified with no distressing or light, medium or heavy hand distressing. This applies to both stained and painted pieces. Additionally for painted pieces, the painted surface can be supplied with no rub or a light, medium or heavy rub. Distressing refers to nicks and dings in the wood, and Rub refers to where the top color is rubbed through to reveal the wood or a second color underneath. |
| COTTAGE HOME 10 Mountain Road Cape Neddick, Maine 03902 tel: 866.223.2757 or 207.363.9799 fax: 207.363.3286 e-mail: cottage1@maine.rr.com web: www.cottagehomemaine.com |
| Barnwood |