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A rendering of a walnut table with several white resin rivers on a black steel star base, in an open-plan family room in daylight.

Multiple river, epoxy
Plan
Shown in a rendered room

Dining tables with more than one resin river

Tops carrying more than one resin river through hardwood slabs, each river placed against the grain it runs through. Made to order in Geneva, Illinois.

Begin a commission How it gets made

Plan · Multiple river

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Form
Multiple river
Material
Multiple river, epoxy
Made
Geneva, Illinois
Finish
Hard wax through to high-gloss flood coat
Delivery
White glove, placed in the room

Drawn from the boards it will be built from, and sized to your room. Every piece on this page is a one-off.

In this collection

7 photographed

  • Custom walnut and white epoxy resin dining table on black X-base, handcrafted by Robert Russell Designs in Chicago, photographed against a dark studio wall.
  • Live edge wood table with glossy finish and black X-shaped metal legs near window.
  • Live edge wood desk with clear resin river and black X-shaped metal legs, photographed against a dark studio wall.
  • Irregular-shaped wood and clear resin table with polished finish in sunlit room.
  • Custom wood and green resin dining table in room with hardwood floors, chandelier, and carved wall art.
  • Wood and green resin table with wavy design on wood floor in rustic room.
  • Wood table with green resin inlays and natural grain patterns.

More than one river means more than one decision about where the resin goes. I place each river against the grain it runs through, so the layout comes from the slabs.

The resin can be clear, smoked or a strong color, and the hardwood is usually walnut, maple or oak. Every top is drawn from its actual slabs, so the rivers in the drawing are the rivers in the table. The finish is a durable, spill-resistant coat made for a table that gets used every day.

Before you ask

Can I see the table before it is built?
That is the whole way I work. When slabs are used, I cut each slab out in Photoshop, size it against the measurements marked on it, and lay your top out to your dimensions. Then a SketchUp model shows the shape, proportions and details, along with AI-assisted visualizations to help you see the table in a finished space, before a board is cut. The drawing lands within a few percent of the finished table.
Can I see the wood and the finish first?
Yes. A sample board is made and shipped to you, so you can hold the species, the resin and the finish in your own room before anything is cut.
How is a commission priced?
Every piece is priced from its dimensions, its species and its base, so there is no list. Tell me the room and the budget you have in mind and I will tell you what is possible inside it. Size, species and base all move.
How does it get to me?
Across Chicagoland, I generally handle delivery and installation personally. Everywhere else, pieces travel white glove and are placed in the room. My work has gone to 47 of the 48 continental states.
Who actually builds it?
I design every piece myself and lead the build in my studio in Geneva, Illinois, from the drawing to the finish. You deal with me from the first call to the installation. There is no salesperson or account rep in between, and nobody the project is handed off to.
Do you make anything besides tables?
Bespoke and wall pieces, yes, and I am taking more of that work.

More of the work

Start with a drawing.

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