Landrum Tables

Specialties

A true custom table with a heart, a soul, and a memory, Landrum Tables, are a unique way to bring a piece of history into your home and make it your own. We salvage antique and leftover wood from construction projects and recycle it into a variety of tables, kitchen islands and benches. We handcraft a signature table line as well as custom orders.

History

Established in 2007.

«Landrum tables was ignited by a spark of hope and a desire to preserve. It began when Capers’ father passed away. Difficult times caused him to reevaluate what he wanted to do with his life and how he wanted to make it meaningful. He decided it would be through doing something historical to preserve Charleston and it’s historical beauty. His father was the director of the city’s preservation society for 26 years. „He protected old homes, and now I protect the wood,“ he stated with a dignified grin. The late director put candlelight house and garden tours together and implemented the height ordinance on the city so you could see the holy city skyline with its never ending array of church steeples. One faithful day was all it took when Capers got some wood out of the trash and built a table that sold on it first day. From there it was written.»

via The Black Label. Written by, Alexandra Fahoury

Meet the Business Owner

Capers C.

Business Owner

My name is Capers L. Cauthen. Born and raised in Charleston, SC, I’ve spent a lifetime watching the destruction of old buildings and the memories within. As the son of a leading preservationist and curator (Henry Cauthen, Jr.), watching people throw out all that wood — and the history it contains — inspired me to start Landrum Tables.

My father passed to me a wealth of information about Charleston architecture and American furniture, and most of the wood I use to create a Landrum Table is from historic Charleston County itself. Every piece of wood I incorporate in my handmade design reveals its origin, personality and age in a thousand tiny ways.

From my first drawings of a 1700’s slab table years ago to my pieces on permanent display at Charleston City Gallery, each design is original and carefully crafted to integrate the qualities and histories of the individual pieces of wood.