For some, the phrase “rustic style” suggests a house like “La Pitchoune,” the late chef Julia Child’s cottage in Provence, with its exposed wooden beams and well-worn antique furniture. For others, rustic furnishings and decor prompt images of a place like the Lake Placid Lodge in Upstate New York, with its stone fireplaces and knotty pine paneling. Indeed, rustic furniture design takes many forms: twig furniture, a plank trestle table, a hand-stitched quilt, a chandelier made of deer antlers.
The rustic style originated in the late 1800s in England, where it was heavily influenced by Romanticism. By the 20th century, it had spread to the United States, adopted by wealthy New Yorkers and the National Park Service alike. Although there are many categories of rustic furniture, one of the most popular and familiar manifestations of the style is Adirondack furniture and the low-slung 1903 Thomas Lee Adirondack chair.
Rustic design is perhaps mostly about texture and humble materials: hand-hewn reclaimed wood, woven rush seating, wrought iron, coarse stone and weathered metal. As a decor, it exudes warmth and honesty, while a single piece of countrified design adds an intriguing visual counterpoint in a sleek, modern environment.
Easily identifiable by its rough textures, earthy colors and natural materials, rustic wares help bring the beauty of the outdoors inside.
As you can see on 1stDibs, vintage rustic chairs, dining tables and other pieces of rustic furniture offer endless inspiration.
Custom Made Reclaimed Wood Dining Table in Walnut Finish 13 Foot Long
Located in Old Town Orange, CA
A commanding centerpiece handcrafted from sustainably reclaimed wood, this 13-foot dining table pairs monumental scale with refined craftsmanship. The deep dark-walnut finish enhance...
Wood, Fir
$9,560Sale Price|20% Off
Huge Therien Studios Workshops for Dessin Fournir Double Pedestal Volute Dining
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Huge Therien Studios Workshops for Dessin Fournir Double Pedestal Volute Dining Table.
Walnut
Antique late 18th century solid Chestnut Spanish warm brown coffee table
Located in Casteren, NL
This is an antique Spanish coffee table crafted from solid chestnut wood. The generous top is made from three wide boards and measures approximately 3 cm (about 1.2") thick. The surf...
Steel
Spanish Rustic Wood Trestle Dining Table
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Spanish wooden dining table with rectangular top and scrolled trestle base. Features carved legs joined by wrought iron stretchers. Finished with a medium-dark stain and lacquer that...
Iron, Wrought Iron
Vintage French Turned Column Side Table, Reminiscent of Charles Dudouyt
Located in Hitchin, England
A French pedestal table with a turned column screw stem & square top & base, reminiscent of Charles Dudouyt designs. The table form most probably dates from the 20th Century with th...
Wood
$3,675Sale Price|30% Off
Massive Antique Farmhouse Maple Butcher Block Kitchen Island Stand Knife Holders
Located in Dayton, OH
An impressive early 20th century farmhouse butchers block. Features a large maple body reinforced by iron with knife sleeves along the side. The block is supported by six turned an...
Maple
Early 20th Century French Beechwood Workbench with Vise, Drawer, Lower Shelves
Located in Fayetteville, AR
This early twentieth century French beechwood workbench features a vise grip on the left side that can be positioned so that a bar towel can be hung from it. A drawer on the right wh...
Iron
Rustic Wood Round Side Table with Organic Top and Branch Base
Located in Queens, NY
Contemporary Rustic wood side table with scalloped top and twisted branch base.
Early 20th Century English Oak Dining Table with Drop Leaf Design
Located in Leicester, GB
This early 20th-century oak dining table has fabulous size and proportion. The table is very deep when opened fully. Made in solid Oak, the antique dining table is rustic in style wi...
Oak
Exceptional Contemporary Cerused Oak Console Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Very well made and solid feeling Console Table with fine lines and excellent proportions. The Table with a decorative angled stretcher, notch fitted stretcher and angled brace. in a ...
Oak
Vintage French Turned Column Side Table, Reminiscent of Charles Dudouyt
Located in Hitchin, England
A French pedestal table with a turned column screw stem & square top & base, reminiscent of Charles Dudouyt designs. The table form most probably dates from the early 20th C...
Wood
17th Century Spanish Brutalist coffee table in wood and wrought iron
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Spain / 17th century / coffee table / wood, iron / Rustic / Wabi Wabi / Brutalist / Antique / Primitive A characterful 17th-century antique Spanish coffee table with beautiful patin...
Wrought Iron
Thomasville Ernest Hemingway Collection Rustic European Maple Coffee Table
By Thomasville
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Rustic European style carved maple coffee table or cocktail table with drawers on each side By Thomasville, "Ernest Hemingway Collection" USA, Circa Late 20th Century M...
Maple
$2,934 / item
Rustic Pedestal Console Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
The table adds a sculptural look and old-world charm to any room with its bold, hand-finished shape. Made from wood with a naturally weathered finish, it shows off the grain, texture...
Wood
19th Century Rustic Swedish Work Table Console
Located in Round Top, TX
19th-century Swedish work table or console with an original pine base and a reclaimed wood top. The base retains early construction details, including two wood dowels at each end tha...
Wood, Pine
Japanese Antique Rustic Coffee Table 1860s-1900s / Wabi Sabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Very old Rustic style coffee table made in Japan. The furniture is from the Meiji period (1860s-1900s). It is carved from a large zelkova tree. The annual rings and grain of the zel...
Wood
Antique Circa 1900 French Light / Bleached Pine Rustic Worktable Dining Table
Located in Centennial, CO
A rustic, beautiful antique circa 1900 French worktable constructed out of pine that could be used as a dining table or in the center of an eat in kitchen. The old pine table top sho...
Pine
Custom Nightstands or Side Tables with Drawer by Dos Gallos Studio
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Custom side tables or nightstands with drawer and shelf. Can be made in custom sizes and finishes. As shown, in Alder wood with a Waln...
Wood
19th Century Rustic Pine Work Table with Shelf, Console or Island
Located in Round Top, TX
19th-century rustic pine work table with heavy distress and exposed bolts enhancing its industrial appeal. The surface shows extensive use with cracks, stains, gouges, and wear consi...
Pine
Organic Yumu (Northern Elm) Root-Stock Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Coffee table or a low-profile side table from a solid Yumu (Northern Elm) tree stump, bridging the gap between functional furniture and natural sculpture. Retaining the raw, kinetic ...
Elm
Primitive Early 19th Century Side Table in Pine, Baroque, Danish Cabinetmaker
Located in Odense, DK
A charming early 18th-century side table crafted in solid oak from circa 1820. Featuring a rectangular top, a single drawer, and straight, tapered legs with a pegged stretcher base. ...
Pine
Rustic oak console table with drawer, Belgium ca. 1800
Located in Meulebeke, BE
Oak console table with one drawer and turned legs. Made in Belgium in the 19th century. This charming table has a sturdy construction with four legs and a stretcher. The drawer has a...
Oak
$2,418 / item
Rustic Oak Spanish-Style Console Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
The table exudes timeless elegance with its distinct silhouette and intricate craftsmanship. Crafted from greyed oak wood, showcasing a softly weathered finish that brings forward th...
Wood
Italian Antique Solid Walnut Rustic Table Desk Writing Table
Located in Carimate, Como
Very charming and elegant Italian antique dining table or desk writing table in solid walnut wood with stylish carved legs and central drawer. Ideal in any room as a center table, a ...
Wood
Italian Antique Solid Walnut Rustic Console Table Desk Writing Table
Located in Carimate, Como
Very charming and elegant Italian antique side console table or desk writing table in solid walnut wood with stylish carved legs and completed by a small side drawer with a beautiful...
Wood
Scandinavian 19th century red painted side table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Scandinavian 19th century red painted side table circa 1890. Striking in colour this delightful table has many uses around the home. Likely have been painted in the early 20th cent...
Pine, Paint
$974Sale Price / item|30% Off
Rustic Wabi-Sabi Oak Wood Side Accent Table or Stool, Spain, 18th-C
Located in Valencia, VC
Spanish Baroque Oak Side Table or Stool, Late 17th–Early 18th Century Solid oak side table or stool, handmade in Spain circa late 17th to early 18th century. Well-proportioned with ...
Wood, Oak
French 19th Century Solid Walnut Dining Table
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This rustic farmhouse dining table from France, circa 1860, will easily accommodate six guests. The beautiful walnut planks, dotted with the tops of the square peg joinery, have laye...
Walnut
$1,400Sale Price|66% Off
Rustic One Wide Board Coffee Table
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rustic coffee table consisting of an antique one wide board from Guatemala, atop contemporary legs, finished to match the top. The top shows age appropriate wear, please see close up...
Wood
Dos Gallos Custom Wood Rustic Modern Coffee Table With Mariposa
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Custom coffee table is made Douglas fir, built up to 3 to 3.5 inches thick. Can be made in custom sizes and finishes. Made by Dos Gallos Studio in Los Angeles. Please note that cust...
Oak, Walnut, Fir
Wabi sabi French oak coffee table, 1950s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Handmade in France during the 1950s, this solid oak coffee table is defined by its powerful, architectural presence. Thick, irregular planks form the tabletop, marked by deep natural...
Oak
Spanish Oak Trestle Dining Table With Iron Stretchers
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Spanish oak dining table with rectangular top and scrolled trestle base. Features carved legs joined by wrought iron stretchers and a dark stained finish that emphasizes the natural ...
Iron, Wrought Iron
French Marble Top Faux Bamboo Side Table
Located in Bradenton, FL
A French colonial style side table. The faux bamboo frame supports a marble table top with marble back splash and sides. A single drawer in front is decorated with strips of faux bam...
Marble
19th Century French Pétrin or Kneading Table
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
A rare French 19th century hand-crafted 'Pétrin' table with removable top, originally constructed for the purpose of kneading, proving and storing bread dough, and sometimes referred...
Wood
Custom Side Tables or Nightstands in Walnut by Dos Gallos Studio
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Custom side table or nightstand with drawer. Can be made ion any size and finish. Shown here with a heavy distress and our Walnut #1. Our pieces are bench made from solid wood and ha...
Oak, Walnut
$476Sale Price|23% Off
Solid Wood Cube Short Pedestal, Art Display, Side Table, Plinth in Red Oak
Located in Birmingham, AL
Solidly built using urban wood, the Le Boit Collection combines rustic appeal with a clean, contemporary design. The unique beauty of urban wood as a solid volume makes a statement a...
Wood, Oak
Rustic Antique French Carpenters Workbench Console Table with Wine Rack
Located in Round Top, TX
It is the years of constant use revealed in every ding, gouge, stain and scratch that enrich the character of this impressive carpenters' workbench from France. Please examine the cl...
Wood
19th century Swedish scraped pine side table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century Swedish scraped pine side table circa 1880. Traditional rustic Swedish pine side table offered in original scraped back condition. 3 plank pine top, supported by a pin...
Pine, Paint
$6,477 / item
Large Rustic Oak Dining Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
Dining table with Arched Pedestal Base. Crafted from solid wood, this expansive rectangular table features a sculptural double pedestal design with three graceful arches on each side...
Wood
Rustic, Primitive, Wabi Sabi, Antique, Naive Vintage Stool/Table, England c1900s
Located in Hitchin, England
Rustic, Primitive, Wabi Sabi, Antique, Naive Vintage Stool/Table, England, c19th Century. A small rustic bench stool that would also serve as a sid...
Wood
Italian Antique Walnut Rustic Small Console Table Desk Writing Table
Located in Carimate, Como
Very charming and elegant Italian small antique console table or desk writing table with stylish carved legs in solid wood. Ideal in any room as a small stand alone corner desk as we...
Wood
Antiqued 17th Century Style Writing Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
An antiqued wood writing desk, with two frieze drawers, on barley twist turned legs joined by stretchers. This is an antique reproduction of the original 17th century. Dimensions: 4...
Wood
$2,195Sale Price|39% Off
19th c. Rustic Farmhouse Table with Large Drawer c.1820-1880
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT A rustic farmhouse table with turned legs and distressed, painted base. One large, deep front drawer with ample storage. The top consists of three wide planks of wood. Large p...
Wood
Swedish 19th century rustic painted pine table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Swedish 19th century rustic painted pine table circa 1870. Practical piece of Scandinavian furniture with multiple uses around the home. Scraped back pine top with traces of origin...
Pine, Paint
Late 19th Century Rustic Blue Painted Work Table with Two Metal Drawers
Located in Round Top, TX
Rustic pine work table with base in old blue paint and two large metal drawers. The natural wood top bears deep gouges, stains, cracks, and holes from long use, with plank separation...
Metal
$2,195Sale Price|39% Off
19th c. Rustic French Farmhouse Table c.1820-1880
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT A rustic rustic farmhouse table. Two large front drawers with ample storage. Pegged construction visible on the top and on all four tapered legs. The top consists of two wide ...
Wood
Antique French European Scallop Edge Dining Table
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Beautiful handcrafted piece with nice patina. This antique table has all the character a piece of this nature should. Constructed out of solid wood with a plank top, bobbin turned le...
Hardwood
Rustic French pine wood dinner table with zinc top, ca. 1850
Located in Meulebeke, BE
France / 1850 / dinner table / pine, zinc / Rustic / Mid-century A rustic mid-century pine woode, table, made in France around 1850. This classic designed table has an overhanging r...
Zinc
$2,931 / item
Marble Top Coffee Table with Barley Twist Base
Located in Westwood, NJ
This table brings together traditional European design and timeless materials for a statement of elegance and strength. Its White Banswara marble top provides a smooth, luminous surf...
Marble
A Belgian Maple Bakery Table / Work Table, C. 1930.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A substantial Belgian bakery table / work surface in solid maple! The rectangular top features a raised gallery edge and rests atop four spacious drawers, providing excellent storage...
Oak
Spanish Rustic Walnut Side Table with Drawers, Early 20th Century
Located in BÉTERA, ES
Charming Spanish rustic side table crafted in solid walnut, dating from the early 20th century. The piece features two small front drawers decorated with geometric carved panels and ...
Wrought Iron
$2,931 / item
Rustic Farmhouse Trestle Wood Console Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
The table shows off the charm of Old-World craftsmanship with its sculpted shape and weathered finish. The thick top has smooth edges and a worn surface that brings out the grain of ...
Wood
French 19th Century Pine & Oak Cheese Press Stand
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
Very unique 19th century French table designed to drain and shape cheese into a wheel, circa 1840. Made of pine and oak, the rather primitive construction is what makes this piece so...
Oak, Pine
Rustic, Primitive, Wabi Sabi, Naive Vintage Stool, Table, Welsh, c1900s
Located in Hitchin, England
A naive, most probably 19th-century rustic, primitive, Wabi-Sabi vintage antique stool in oak. The stool is Welsh. Befitting of interiors that blend pieces of different styles and ...
Wood
$9,500
Dairy Table
Located in Greenwich, CT
Good mid 19th century English dairy table or work table as found in a Victorian kitchen having well-scrubbed sycamore top over three long drawers w...
Birch, Sycamore
Rustic 19th Century Swedish Work Table Console with Four Drawers
Located in Round Top, TX
This rustic 6.5' long Swedish pine table has four drawers that add function as well. Originally used as a type of work table, it is the generations of use revealed in the many nicks,...
Pine
19th century Swedish pine painted table
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century Swedish pine painted table circa 1890. Rectangular top which interestingly has a the impression of newspaper on the top surface. This could be removed if desired. Sin...
Pine, Paint
Exceptional Antique Refectory Banquet Table
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A very fine and large Antique Refectory Table with handsome Chestnut tone wood, Breadboard top, Bobbin turned legs, four large dove-tail constructed utility drawers with the origina...
Wood
$2,200 / set
Pair Of Antique Pine Demilune Consoles
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A pair of diminutive Antique pine Console Tables in Pine. Each demilune top table with undecorated deep aprons and raised on three carved le...
Pine
Custom Rustic Coffee Table with Hand Hewn Top by Dos Gallos Studio
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Thin profile coffee table based on a rustic antique table from Guatemala. The top is hand finished with a traditionally hand hewn top and distress...
Wood, Oak, Walnut, Fir