Resin table tops

Resin is the part of a patio table you touch, wipe and look at all day. All 24 products here are resin tops, and 15 are listed for patio use. Pick the shape first, then the base it will sit on, because the top alone does not make a table.

One top, then the base under it

A top is half a table, and nobody dines on half a table. Each of the 24 resin tops here is its own line, so plan the base beside it. Single tops start around $72.

Square, round and rectangular shapes each show up 16 times in the shape listings, so the shape is rarely the hard part. Party size is. Thirty inches on a side suits two guests who want room for plates, and 24 inches is the least that seats two. For four, step up to a 36-inch square or a round top 42 inches across. A 48-inch round takes five or six, but only on a base that can carry it: the spread under the top should reach two thirds of its diameter, or more.

Say a front patio holds six two-tops and two four-tops. That is six 30-inch squares for 12 seats, plus two 36-inch squares or 42-inch rounds for eight more. Eight tops, eight bases and 20 guests. Squares butt up against each other for a big birthday table, which a pair of rounds will never do.

Bases for outdoor use are in outdoor table bases. If the table is staying inside, table bases is the wider shelf.

Fifteen listed for the patio

All 24 tops are listed for indoor use. Fifteen are also listed for patio use. That leaves nine you should treat as dining-room tops until the product page says otherwise.

A top on a patio sees the lot: afternoon sun, rain from the side, a hose at closing. Rinse it, let the water run off, and cover it or bring it inside when the season ends. The routine is the same for every top here.

Matching a top you already own

Finish and color lists get updated. When a new top has to match a table you already own, ask for a fresh sample and confirm the color first. Table top material samples are free, and the details sit on the samples page.

Want a table that arrives with its base chosen? Resin patio tables holds those. The wider choice of tops, in wood and laminate, lives in table tops, and patio plans keeps your counts in one place.