Would you call this table

[debodun]

hideously ugly or rustically charming?

 

[jerry old]

answer to question -both

 

[Pepper]

I love gate leg tables. I had one. Yours is nice, could use refinishing or a really good cleaning.
ps
Neither "hideously ugly or rustically charming".

 

[Becky1951]

Rustic drop leaf table.

 

[Jules]

Rustic drop leaf table.

Excellent. You should be in advertising, Becky.

 

[Aunt Marg]

I'm with, Becky.

What a gorgeous table! OMG!

 

[Ellen Marie]

I would say it is "available."

 

[Geezerette]

Could use a good cleaning & could be very useful. Long ago I knew a family who did a lot of personal farming in addition to their “day jobs”. They had a table almost identical, and it stood bythe wall until their seasonal canning & freezing then they unfolded it to do their prep work etc.

 

[Aunt Bea]

We had one of those in front of the living room window with a GWW lamp on it when I was a kid. We only used it once a year for the Thanksgiving overflow.

Those tables aren't in much demand as furniture these days but they are a good source of lumber for people that repair and restore antique furniture.

 

[asp3]

I'd call it in need of restoration.

 

[GeorgiaXplant]

It needs at the very least a good dusting. A thorough cleaning wouldn't hurt a bit. Is it going to go into the community yard sale, Deb?

 

[RadishRose]

Filthy and rustic.
IF it is a real antique, just dust it. Refinishing will lower it's value.

 

[toffee]

it looks solid - not for me -and i like rustic look '

 

[Becky1951]

Drop leaf tables are nice for those with limited space. I have limited space and I have a drop leaf table.

 

[PamfromTx]

I use this and it really does a wonderful job of cleaning furniture.

 

[Ruth n Jersey]

Not my style but I'd love to refinish it. Are the legs crooked or is that just the photo. If you are selling as is,I'd call it rustic. If you want to put a little time into it I'd call it vintage.

 

[debodun]

Why are you all saying to clean it? It is as clean as it can get.

 

[debodun]

Are the legs crooked or is that just the photo.

Must be the angle I took the photo.

 

[hollydolly]

Must be the angle I took the photo.

That table is filthy...look at the legs thick with muck ....

 

[debodun]

You must be a hyper-clean person. Do you make people take off their shoes in your house?

 

[hollydolly]

You must be a hyper-clean person. Do you make people take off their shoes in your house?

Deb, it's nothing to do with being hyper clean, the table is filthy... perhaps you need to clean your specs or your computer screen, it's not just me seeing it, it's everybody...

 

[debodun]

In my house, that IS clean.

 

[hollydolly]

In my house, that IS clean.

Ok, I don't want to be horrible to you at all, you're a lovely lady, ..but maybe there lies the problem with your sales. Perhaps if you put a little more effort into the cleaning, then you'll get the proper value for your items.

 

[Aunt Marg]

You must be a hyper-clean person. Do you make people take off their shoes in your house?

No shoes our outdoor footwear allowed in our home beyond the entryway.

 

[debodun]

I saw this on Marketplace today - someone else has a gate-leg table and that's pretty dusty, too. They only want $25 and haven't sold it. That's how bad the antiques market is here.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/952706001901245