This configurator uses an illustrative solid hardwood trestle table, with mortise-and-tenon joints where each foot meets its post and a tongue-and-groove top. Choose a timber and one of three lengths, then send the build as a quote request.
Hardwood dining tables are often bought as once-in-a-lifetime pieces, and buyers take their time over the species. Walnut is dark and figured. Cherry starts pale and deepens to a rich red-brown with light. White oak is the dependable, open-grained choice, and maple is close-grained and pale. The trestle form settles another question: with no legs at the corners, a long table seats more people and benches slide underneath.
Furniture Configurator demo
Trestle Table
- Product
- Trestle Table
- Colour
- Walnut
- Length
- 180 cm
Illustrative product. The design and images are generated examples, not a real model for sale.
What you can configure
The swatches switch between four hardwoods: walnut, cherry, white oak and maple. Ebonised oak and a grey wash complete the six finishes. Your length, 180, 240 or 300 cm, is noted in the summary rather than shown. Species choice here is about how the table will look in five years as well as on delivery day, and cherry changes the most of the four.
- Colour: Walnut, Cherry, White Oak, Maple
- Length: 180 cm, 240 cm, 300 cm
Why a configurator suits dining tables
Solid wood tables are usually made to order, often by small workshops, and each order commits timber and bench time. Capturing species and length as structured fields means the workshop starts with a clean cutting list rather than an email thread. No workshop photographs all eighteen species and length combinations, so a configurator fills a real gap.
Expectation is the main commercial risk. Every board is different, and a buyer who expects the exact figure in a photograph can be disappointed by a perfectly good top. The configurator can pair a representative image with a strip of real board samples, so the buyer understands the variation before paying a deposit. That conversation is easier on the page than at delivery.
Long tables bring practical questions too. At 300 cm, a solid top is heavy and may need a two-person delivery and a clear route into the house. Showing weight and delivery notes beside each length keeps those questions inside the configurator, rather than in a phone call after the order.
How a production version would be built
For hardwood, I would render each species from a 3D model of the table using real timber textures, then check the results against physical samples from the workshop. Rendering keeps the joinery identical across species and makes the three lengths straightforward. The maker supplies species names, finish details, dimensions and weight per length, deposit terms and lead times. Most makers of this kind take a deposit, so the configurator ends in a quote or a deposit payment through Shopify or WooCommerce. My page on made-to-measure configurators covers custom sizes.
Build sheet for this range
- Colours in the full range: 6 (4 shown in this demo)
- Length choices: 3
- Combinations to support: 6 × 3 = 18
- Images for one photograph per combination at 3 angles: 54
- Images if lengths can be shown as separate layers, at 3 angles: 27
- Data each of the 18 combinations needs: a SKU or variant ID, price, stock or lead time, and any dimensions or specification that change
Questions about dining table configurators
Can the configurator show how cherry darkens over time?
Yes, and cherry is the species that most needs it. A second image, or a simple before and after slider, can show the timber freshly finished and after it has aged. Paired with a short note, it stops buyers seeing the colour change as a fault, and helps them choose cherry for the right reasons.
How do you represent natural variation between boards?
With a representative main image and honest supporting material. I usually add a small set of real board photographs per species, so buyers can see the range of figure and colour. Wording matters too. Describing the images as typical rather than exact sets the right expectation for a natural material.
Can buyers request a length that is not on the list?
Yes. The configurator can include a custom length field, limited to the range the workshop can make, and route those orders to a quote rather than straight to payment. The workshop then confirms price and lead time before the buyer commits, which protects both sides on an unusual size.
Can the order take a deposit rather than full payment?
Yes. On Shopify or WooCommerce, the configured table can go to the basket with a deposit amount, leaving the balance due before delivery. Alternatively the configurator sends a quote and the deposit is taken by invoice. Which works better depends on how your workshop schedules made-to-order work.
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