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   BG | Aug 21, 2003 02:42pm | #1

   Dave,

   I like the idea of no apron on the leaves...much easier to store.

   Just guesing here... but don't the aprons help keep the leaves nice and flat while being stored?

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   cudavid | Aug 21, 2003 03:01pm | #2

   I also like plain leafs w/o aprons, and am ASSuming a properly finished leaf, on both sides, should stau flat, but I am looking for opinons so I do the right thing. Thanks

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   jackplane | Aug 21, 2003 04:00pm | #3

    As long as you you have locater pins or dowels on the leaves,no aprons are necessary.

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   forestgirl | Aug 21, 2003 07:22pm | #5

   Most of the older (1930's - 1940's) big dining tables I've seen did not have aprons on the leafs.  Many of the nicer ones included a storage "container" (made of wood) with dividers between which to slide the extra leafs before putting them in a closet somewhere.forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl   ;-)

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   Steinmetz | Aug 21, 2003 04:02pm | #4

   Dave,   If it's a real 'Queen' (wink wink), at least one apron is 'de rigueur'

   Martha Stewart reccomends a floral print for the 'Domestic Chic' look.

   If not sure, Don't ask-Don't tell.   Stein.

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   YesMaam27577 | Aug 21, 2003 10:15pm | #6

   I've seen leaves both ways -- with and without aprons.

   My dining room table is from the 50's, and is Pennsylvania House. The leaf is sort-of self folding and self storing. I pull the table apart, then fold the leaf in half. In the process of folding, it gets turned upside down, pivoting on a rod that is part of the table. As a result of that fold, it is hung on the rod. The table then closes over the folded leaf.

   As a result, my table leaf has no apron.

   Vast projects should not be founded on half vast ideas.