How can I raise the height of my dining room table?

Question

I have bought a brand new dining room table and chairs, but the two end chairs with the armrests are about an inch and a half too high to slide underneath the table. I have seen a lot of different types of furniture lifts and caster, but they are either too big or poor quality. I need something that is about 1 1/2" in diameter and 1 1/2" high. It needs to be something that the table legs cannot slip off. Does anyone have any ideas?

Answer 1

A couple ideas. Add a piece of wood the same size and shape as the bottom of the leg to the bottom of the leg screwing it in place with a counter sunk screw. If the table legs skrew off add a piece of wood here, skrewed to the table top then attach the legs onto it. Good luck.
Find identical flat paper weights and slide them under the legs or somethig else flat solid and identical in shape and color. Have a marble or granite counter top company cut you some identical pieces from scrap to do the job.

Answer 2

If you can remove the legs, I'd suggest putting a block between each one and the table. Hopefully there's some overhang to the table that masks the blocks.

Answer 3

go to a good hardware or cabinet store, purchase wooden finials that are about 1 1/2" with a screw already attached. Put those on the bottom of the table legs. You can stain/paint them to match the table.

Answer 4

What about getting some small pieces of wood and put them under the legs of the table.

Answer 5

You should be able to by cast iron feet that will need to be screwed to the legs of the table, but i don't think there is much you can just sit the table on.

Answer 6

Instead of putting something below the legs, can you remove the tabletop and put a block of wood at each corner there? You'd have a good chance of hiding it out of sight and still get the lift you want. Good luck.

Answer 7

Put books underneath the legs!