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Interior Design terminology needed....

9 years ago

Italian Round Lamp Table With Open Shelves · More Info

I'd like to know the word(s) you would use to find a side table/buffet/TV console, etc. that sits flat on the floor. No legs, the base or bottom of the piece is not elevated.

The picture posted is an example.

Thank you for the help!

Comments (18)

  • 9 years ago

    drum

  • 9 years ago

    Thank you for commenting, but isn't "drum" referring to the example table I posted? Is a rectangle dining room buffet that doesn't have legs called a "drum buffet"? I once read, if I'm not mistaken, tables that sit flat to the floor were tables that have a dust ______. I can't remember the blank.

  • 9 years ago

    yes, it is based on the table you posted as the question with is asked, "terminology needed". If you have a table other than this you need identified can you post please?

  • 9 years ago

    new to me, maybe skirted, base trimmed?


  • 9 years ago

    Try adding "pedestal" or "solid base" or "chest type" to your search.

    You can also try to eliminate the word "legs" from a google search by typing "-legs" after your search. That would theoretically remove any result that contains the word legs but it wouldn't necessarily remove a result that has legs if the word wasn't in the description.

    Dumb question, but have you tried "media console without legs" as a search?

  • 9 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Porter-

    These pieces have a common element, they are all legless and the entire base/bottom has contact with the floor. Again, these are examples. I'm looking for the word that describes these type of pieces.

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  • 9 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Thank you all! I have new words to google, I can stop climbing the walls! I have tried "legless" and "without legs" side tables (that's what I'm looking for) and the results were tables with legs...grrrrrr.

  • 9 years ago
    Have ever tried typing "flat based console/sideboard"
  • 9 years ago

    Click08.... no clue you post a table and ask for a name them post many others so I'm a bit lost with the add'l tables.

    Good luck!

  • 9 years ago

    birch drum table

  • 9 years ago

    legs or no legs what you posted in my knowledge is a a drum.

  • 9 years ago

    ^^^Porter, the OP is asking about the base and not about the drum table itself. She is looking for a word for a base that is flat without legs. I wish I could help you OP, I don't know the interior design word for it either - but I get the question :)

  • 9 years ago

    @Porter Edun the OP is not looking specifically for a drum table, s/he is looking for the correct terminology for any table with no legs and no gap between base and floor. S/he has shown a few different examples of various tables with her desired base construction in the hope that someone will be able to give her the proper vocabulary for this general construction.

  • 9 years ago

    Thank you for the education Denita and Lindsey :) I don't know the answer apparently and the question wasn't clear to me... maybe I am too old to grasp it :)

  • 9 years ago
    Dust panel?
  • 9 years ago

    Toe kick _____? I know that's not it, but closest I can come up with!

  • 9 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Try searching for 'case goods'. It's not a style, per se, but a functional description of the furniture. Case goods are items like chests, trunks, bookcases, cabinets, etc., the bodies of which sit directly on the floor.

    So, 'case goods TV stand' may point you in the right direction.