Use Case

Wood Bar Tops

A bar top takes the hardest life of any surface we build: glasses, spills, elbows, and closing-time cleanups, every night. Ours are solid hardwood — never veneer — sealed with a commercial-tested, 100% VOC-free hardwax oil that beads liquid and repairs in place.

Home basement bars, brownstone wet bars, and full restaurant runs all price instantly in the Builder at your exact length, width, and thickness. Live edge turns a bar into the room’s centerpiece; a straight edge with a comfortable roundover profile is the service classic.

A live-edge walnut bar top in a basement bar: the natural edge on the guest side, a straight edge at the back bar, the knee overhang carried on hidden C-channel.

Built for the Pour

The overhang question

Most bar tops carry a knee overhang — 8 to 12 inches of unsupported span where people sit. That is the textbook case for inlaid steel C-channel reinforcement: routed flush into the underside, fully hidden, and keeping the overhang dead flat for decades. Add it in the Builder, priced by the foot.

Species that tend bar well

Walnut is the classic dark bar — rich, warm, and forgiving of low light. White oak takes the most punishment and reads brighter; its closed pores earn their keep around liquid. For high-contrast looks, ask about a two-species build or a stained ash that reads like walnut at a lower rate.

The waterfall edge

A bar top that turns down to the floor at the open end is the signature move of a home bar, and it is a Builder option: one end or both, 42″ finished height, the leg priced as the same panel continued. The waterfall bar top guide has the details.

Commercial runs

Restaurant and bar build-outs get grain-matched runs milled from one lumber lot, trade pricing through the B2B program, and direct-to-site delivery scheduled around the GC. Send the floor plan and we’ll quote the whole package.

The waterfall bar top: the same walnut run turning down to the floor at the open end, 42″ finished height. A Builder option, priced per end.

Bar Tops in the Room

Live-edge walnut bar top in a hunter-green home bar
Walnut bar, live edge
Walnut · Live edge · a hunter-green home bar
Edge-grain walnut bar top along a brass-railed restaurant bar
Walnut bar, edge grain
Walnut · Edge grain · a brass-railed restaurant bar
Live-edge black oak bar top in a moody home cocktail bar
Black Oak bar, live edge
Black Oak · Live edge · a moody home cocktail bar

Service Bar, Wet Bar

Long white oak bar top with a roundover edge on a fluted black bar front with a brass foot rail
White oak, the restaurant run
White Oak · Straight edge, roundover · Commercial

A long white oak service bar on a fluted front with a brass rail — the closed-pore board that takes the most punishment.

Walnut bar top with a roundover edge on navy cabinets in a brownstone wet bar, a small brass bar sink
Walnut wet bar
Walnut · Straight edge, roundover · Residential

A brownstone wet bar: walnut with a roundover on navy cabinets, the bar sink cut before finishing.

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Next steps

Price it, pick the wood, hold it in your hand.

The Builder
Your exact size, priced as you type

Wood, length, width, thickness, edge and add-ons, the delivered price following every choice.

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Samples
See it in your hand, $10 each

A finished piece of the real board, shipped in days, the price off your order.

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Questions

Bar Top FAQ

What buyers ask before ordering a solid wood bar top.

Can a wood bar top handle spilled drinks?
Yes — the 100% VOC-free hardwax oil finish beads and repels liquid, and stands up to nightly commercial cleaning. Wipe up standing water rather than leaving it overnight and the top will outlast the bar. Scars from a hard life buff out and re-oil in place.
How thick should a bar top be?
1.5″ is the workhorse; 1.75″–2″ reads more substantial and suits longer overhangs. The Builder prices every thickness instantly at your exact dimensions.
How much overhang can I have for seating?
8–12″ is the comfortable seating range. Past about 8″ we recommend inlaid steel C-channel (hidden, priced by the foot) or corbels from your installer to keep the span flat under leaning weight.
Do you make L-shaped or mitered bar tops?
Yes — L- and U-shaped runs build as sections with clean mitered seams that assemble on site. Request a quote with a sketch and we’ll engineer the joints to your layout.
Can I get a live edge bar top?
Absolutely — live edge on the guest side with a straight, wall-tight back edge is the most popular configuration. Price it instantly in the Builder.
Do you take on custom or one-off projects?
Yes. Beyond the online builder, we take on custom sizes, oversized pieces, matched commercial runs, and bespoke solid-hardwood millwork. Tell us what you have in mind and we’ll quote it by hand, usually within one business day. Start a custom project ›
Solid Hardwood · Made in New York

Built to spec, and built to last.

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