Raised Table Legs

[Toddly]

My wife and I are fairly tall. She's 5' 10" and I'm 6' 2". Whenever we sat at the table our thighs would rub on the bottom of the table drawer. So I got some 2" furniture legs from Home Depot and put them under the legs and screwed them to the floor. I had to make sure I got the right length screws so it wouldn't scratch the floor when sliding in.
Now we can eat in comfort.

 

[DennisK]

Very good mod! My wife and I have the same issue and I never thought of this approach. What size screws did you use? I may end up doing this one....

 

[Toddly]

I think they were 2 1/2" or 3", not sure. I had to bore out the screw hole in the top of the original leg to get the length right.

 

[Gsport]

Hmmm, I like this

 

[thompsons 369rl]

Great idea, Todd! I only wish I had that problem..........being tall, that is.

 

[TucsonJim]

Now you got me thinkin'. I wonder if there is any way to drop the height for us short folks.

 

[Harlech]

I've honestly thought about cutting the legs down on the chairs because of banging our knees on the bottom of the table. But this may be the easier alternative.

 

[Renee]

Now you got me thinkin'. I wonder if there is any way to drop the height for us short folks.

let me know Jim!

 

[thompsons 369rl]

I followed Todds lead and put some 1 1/2 inch spacers under the table legs. I used 4 inch #14 Spax construction (Home Depot) screws to re attach to the floor. Screw length was perfect but I did have to make the original counter sink and hole in the table base bigger (3/8 for the countersink and 1/4 inch hole). We're not tall people but the extra room for our legs makes it easier to navigate in and out of the chairs.