Adding Casters to a Table

I have a antique farm table with tapered legs that I currently have in my dining room.
Im looking to redecorate and want to sell it.

Someone added some decorative wooden cut outs to the bottom to stop it from becoming a knee knocker.
Ive hated them from the beginning and never knew how to replace them; then it dawned on me to add casters.

The table is from probably the early 1900s, 4 legs, 7 ft long.
Its not super heavy, but its not light either.

Once I remove the footing pieces on the legs Ill need to add back about 2".
They are not meant to be functional, just decorative (and to add height).
Theyll need to mesh with the style of table so Im avoiding plastic.

Ive looked at casters till Im blue in the face wondering what size/style Ill need that wont break under the weight (or split the legs).
Steel, wood, porcelain..

What do yall suggest using?

 

“What do yall suggest using?”

Not intended to be snarky, but to make a point: use your head and sell as-is. Half the potential buyers will hate casters, don’t want caster dents in their floors, etc. Find the cheapest set of casters on Amazon, raise your price that much, and put in your ad: “Casters available on request” but don’t order them less’n buyer wants ‘em and has paid.

 

And leave those feet on there?

 

I would just take them off. No casters.
Nice cat.

 

All I can say is that I’d sell it as-is, you’re trying to anticipate the whims of potential buyers and that’s hard to do, I mean if you’re gonna remove the feet then why not also paint the top white to match the frame?

If you post a photo online, put the most beautiful flowers you can find in a vase on top, or some other attractive object.

 

Ive refinished the table..

Stripped and sanded down but could never get all the goopy paint off so I painted it black and refinished the top woth boiled linseed oil.

Im just afraid people are going to think its too short without the extra height

 

@SeaGoat, Just so you know, there ARE better options for a buyer!!!!

 

What do you call these?

 

I think I put in "Wood table feet extensions"....one list said Home Depot has them...don't forget to click on "images" in Google!!

 

Hi,
Look for metal ones that have a cover to go over the legs not ones to be inserted into the leg.
greg

 

Or just paint the feet you have white so they blend in with the legs. That will cost less than a dollar and add some interest to the legs and make them appear to belong together.

 

Yeah, I am goin with AJ on this one, the legs are Hepplewhite.

 

If it's an old one, there may have been casters on there to begin with. I'd huck those "feet" at the least. If there are holes for casters you could add some. If not, leave bad enough alone. or add the metal feet.

 

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Hepplewhite style legs, but the table is far from Hepplewhite and 100 plus years later. I think the OP is right and that someone buying a farm table for dining will care far more about it being a usable dining table. This isn't a fine antique so why sweat it? Country cabinet makers cared about making something functional and not about matching a 100 year old style, so I don't think it's worth putting more money or effort into than a quick dab of paint, but I guess that's just me. I'll obsess over pieces I care about, but a functional bastardized piece I'm going to sell, not so much.

 

I'm glad you kept the cat as it was.

 

Yeah, I think that's right. In some parts of USA this table is called "country primitive" which is fashionable to some, a rustic look if you will. The "feet" kinda mess up the whole primitive look in my view, i'd just knock them off and be done.

 

I thought about it. But realized there might be a backlash ...

 

I figured the cat was already fixed.