A 9-foot dining table seats 8 to 10 people and anchors a room in a way no smaller piece can. When a homeowner near Boca Raton came to Holzsch during a full home renovation, they knew the scale they needed — 108 inches long by 42 inches wide — but they wanted the material and base to do something a standard wood table couldn't. They visited our DCOTA showroom, walked through the options, and chose monkey pod with a matched grey resin top and a frosted plexiglass Mirage base. What followed was a 16-week build that ended with a table that now runs the full length of their dining room.

The 108-inch monkey pod table installed in the renovated Boca Raton dining room.

A homeowner in Boca Raton needed a 108-inch dining table for a renovated open-plan space — one that seated 8 to 10 comfortably and held its presence against new architecture and finishes. A standard production table at this length either doesn't exist or arrives in a style that reads as contract furniture. The client had a specific brief: natural wood at large scale with a material and base that felt current, not rustic. That combination eliminated most of what's available at retail. Before visiting Holzsch, they had searched production retailers and online sources for a dining table at 108 inches. What they found was either unavailable at that length, styled for contract settings, or sold without any real conversation about the room it was going into. They came to the Holzsch showroom having already ruled out what the market typically offers at this size. The questions they arrived with were practical — how does the wood behave over time, what does the build process actually involve, how long does it take. Those are the right questions. They left with answers and a commission in place.

Two monkey pod slabs measured and marked before production begins.

Monkey pod is a large tropical hardwood native to Central and South America, known for its wide slabs and pronounced two-tone grain — lighter sapwood on the outer edges, darker heartwood through the center. A single monkey pod slab can yield a table surface with naturally occurring color variation across its full width, without stain or treatment to create the contrast. The species grows fast and wide, which is why it produces slabs suitable for tables at 9 feet and beyond without gluing narrower boards together.
For this project, the sapwood-to-heartwood transition across the 42-inch width was one reason the client chose this material over alternatives. The grey resin — matched to the Fume tint of the plexiglass base — runs along the natural voids and live edges, adding a consistent cool tone that ties the top to the base without covering the wood's natural variation.

Monkey pod grain showing the sapwood-to-heartwood transition across the 42-inch width.

This table is 108 inches long by 42 inches wide, built from two monkey pod live edge slabs joined at the centerline, with a finished thickness of 2.3 inches. The natural voids along the live edges and through the grain were filled with grey resin poured in a contained mold — the resin color was specified to match the Fume tint of the Mirage plexiglass base exactly. Each pour required a full cure before the surface could be leveled and finished. The base is the Mirage collection: solid plexiglass panels tinted dark grey (Fume), which support the top without a traditional leg structure underneath.
The project ran 16 weeks from commission to delivery — standard for a slab table at this scale. Slab selection, resin color matching, cure time, and surface finishing each have fixed minimums. There is no version of this build that runs in 6 weeks without cutting one of those steps. The client understood that on day one, which is why the table arrived exactly as specified.

Grey resin poured into the mold around the monkey pod slabs during production.

The 9-foot table now runs the full length of the renovated dining space, seating 10 with room to spare. The grey resin channels along the live edges carry the same Fume tone as the plexiglass base, so the top and base read as a single material decision rather than two separate elements. The monkey pod grain — lighter at the edges, darker through the center — runs uninterrupted for all 108 inches.
For a client who waited 16 weeks through a full home renovation, having the table arrive complete and correct on the first delivery mattered. The Mirage base assembled on-site, the top set in place, and the floor protection came up the same afternoon. After over 25 years and 1,500+ tables delivered, that outcome is what the process is designed to produce.

The 108-inch monkey pod top with matched grey resin, installed and complete.

Before ordering a 9-foot dining table, the key decisions are material, base, and fit — in that order. Material determines how the table ages and what maintenance it requires. Base determines how the table reads in the room — a Mirage plexiglass base disappears visually; a solid wood base anchors the space differently. Fit means measuring not just the room but the clearance on all four sides with chairs pulled out: a 108-inch table needs at least 36 inches of clearance at each end and 42 inches on the sides to function comfortably. If your room is under 16 feet long, a 9-foot table will work — if it's under 14
feet, the conversation starts with clearance first. Holzsch has built large dining tables for 25 years. When you inquire, the first conversation is about your room dimensions and how you use the space — not a sales pitch. From there, material options and lead times are specific to your project. Browse our custom dining tables collection and use the inquiry form to start that conversation with the actual dimensions of your space.

Eight - ten seats around the 9-foot table in the renovated Boca Raton dining room.

If you're planning a large dining table for a renovated or new space, we're available to discuss dimensions, material, and timeline. Visit us at DCOTA, 1855 Griffin Rd Suite C272, Dania Beach FL, call (786) 440-0475, or start your inquiry here.