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Nosara


A live-edge dining table cut from a single Guanacaste slab, three inches thick, resting on a hand-forged steel base. The base is a slim V of quarter-inch raw steel — so the weight of the wood seems to float above a thin, dark line. Heavy and light at once. Milled and made to order in our Tilarán woodshop.

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Nosara live-edge Guanacaste dining table by Bernardo Urbina, a single slab on a raw-steel V-base in a glass-walled Costa Rican home

Top

Single Guanacaste slab · 3″

Base

¼″ raw-steel V

Seats

8 – 10 guests

Made in

Tilarán, Guanacaste

Nosara dining table seen from the side, seating a couple over coffee, jungle visible through floor-to-ceiling glassDetail of the Nosara table — the 3-inch live-edge Guanacaste slab meeting the quarter-inch raw-steel V-base

From tree to table

It starts as a single slab

Every Nosara begins with one Guanacaste slab, milled from a fallen tree and dried in our own kiln. We select it for length, grain, and the run of its live edges — then set it on the steel base. Same design, different tree, every time. No two are alike.

The finished Nosara dining table — a single Guanacaste slab set on its steel base in a Costa Rican home
The table · made to order

Wood over steel

Nosara is a live-edge dining table in solid Guanacaste — a single slab, three inches thick, with both live edges kept along its length. The warm reddish grain flows the full run of the top, framed by the pale sapwood where the tree once met its bark.

The base is the counterweight to all that mass: a hand-forged V of quarter-inch raw steel, left in its natural mill finish and sealed. Set beneath the heavy slab, the thin steel almost disappears — the table reads as a block of wood floating above a dark line. Organic over industrial, warmth over edge.

The name comes from the Nicoya coast — unhurried, warm, a little wild. A table for long lunches that don't end, for a room that opens to the outside. Each one starts with the search for the right slab, so no two Nosara tables are the same.

Details

  • Single live-edge Guanacaste slab, 3 inches thick
  • Hand-forged quarter-inch raw-steel V-base
  • Slab set to float above the steel line
  • Both live edges kept along the full length
  • Kiln-dried in-house and hand-finished with oil

At home in

  • Open-plan living and glass-walled rooms
  • Coastal and jungle homes
  • Homes that host — eight to ten seats
  • Boutique hospitality and shared dining

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Nosara — questions

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Can I choose the slab for my Nosara table?

Yes. Every Nosara begins with a single Guanacaste slab, and we select it with you — for length, width, grain, and character. No two slabs are alike, so no two Nosara tables are either.

What is the base made of?

The base is a hand-forged V of quarter-inch raw steel, left in its natural mill finish and sealed. It is set so the 3-inch slab appears to float above a thin band of steel — heavy wood over a light line.

How long does a Nosara table take to make?

Most commissions take eight to sixteen weeks, depending on slab selection and drying. We send progress photos along the way.

Do you ship the Nosara table internationally?

Yes. We deliver across Costa Rica and crate the table carefully for international shipping.

← All dining tables Every piece is made to order — no two are the same.

Want a Nosara for your space?

Tell us the room and how you host — we'll find the slab for it.

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