BH | Studio Malton Rectangular Bar Table

The tall table built for standing or perching has its roots in the taverns and public houses of England, where a high table was the natural place to share a drink and a conversation. Brought home, it became the breakfast bar and the kitchen counter table, and mid-twentieth-century Scandinavian design gave it rounded corners and a plain, honest frame.

This bar-height table has a narrow rectangular top with softly rounded corners on four straight solid hardwood legs, joined low down by a stretcher that steadies the frame and gives a place to rest your feet. The slim top fits where a full dining table will not. It has a wood-grain surface, and the whole table is finished in Honey or Jet, on non-marking glides. It is rated to hold 396 lbs, and assembly is required.

It fits along a kitchen wall or at the end of an open-plan room as a breakfast spot for two, with a pair of bar stools and a bowl of fruit, and it makes a fine standing desk by day. In an apartment it can be the whole dining room, and in a home bar it is where the drinks get poured. Woven-seat stools, a copper lamp and a jar of olive branches give it a sunny farmhouse café feel.