I'm in the process of designing a coffeetable for my house.

The tabletop will be wood (oak) with thickness of 20mm. (I have bought an prefabed piece of tabletop that i already cut up for some other projects also in the house, so the wood will match). My wife wants an oval shape. Max length will be 110 to 120 cm. The shorter length is not yet fixed but between 50 and 80 cm.

Overall height is max 45cm but between 40 and 45cm is good.

The legs must be made from metal (but it is not required there are only made from metal).

The legs cannot stick out the oval. The legs cannot have a flat bar on the floor (we have robovacuum and the thing gets stuck on it)

I'm a bit stuck and looking for inspiration. So if you have pictures or sketches or ... please feel free to add. Everything goes but I will not make something in spanish or gotic or roccoco. Interesting shapes or connections are no problem

It has to fit my higher table and seats. It will be in front of the light grey coach.

 

 

Okay for Us American members and out antiquated inch foot pound measuring system the max size would be about 48" long x 31 1/2" wide and almost 18" high. Rounded of course.

I'd be afraid of ending the legs in a near point like your side table would really scratch up your floor but a foot pad is out. So, how high does an object need to be to for your robo vacuum to "see" or bump it and turn? 

My first thought was a "1/2 Penny finial" with a flat bottom on the floor. Visualize a coin with a flat side on the bottom large enough for the robo-vac to "sense" as the finial for the current legs.  I'd make the legs enter the "feet" at a tangent like you just rolled the bottom end into a disk.

My concern would be making a trip hazard so I'd have to move the legs farther under the edges of the table. For example draw a line from the points where the legs will attach to the table top and align the legs with the lines. And connect the legs to the 1/2 penny finials are at least 38mm in from the closest edge on the line, though I'd be happier with 100-150mm in from the edge but I tend to find coffee table legs too close to the edge anyway.

It'll need stretchers between the legs so it doesn't wobble but they should be high enough to not get feet caught under it. We used to call them a magazine shelf but they tended to be junk catchers. 

On the other hand being made of steel you can make the legs stiff enough with a wide mounting flange to the table it might be steady without stretchers.

Sorry, I'm still having trouble making and posting sketches with this computer's operating system. Grrrrr!

Frosty The Lucky. 

Your furnishings remind me of what American 1950's style was. I would start with an image search of those items. However you will find a lot of wood and a lot of hairpin legs. 

Style may not matter but you do want it to compliment what you have already. Gothic would look out of place and not flow right for example. 

With felt patches you can protect your floor frosty. They are under all my furniture. 

1950's,not a style i know, but sounds like midcentury. Will start searching.

I assumed felt or similar pads under the feet but it IS possible to put enough weight on a small point to push through a felt pad and dragging felt across the floor can mar the finish. 

Try searching for "American Modern" movement, the timeline would be post WWII to the mid to late 1960s. There were lots of sub movements during the period, my least favorite was the late 60s "avocado and burnt orange" color period. (SHUDDER)

I did a quick search and I'll PM a website to you as it's all commercial stuff but has a lot of decent pics and links. Of course you could look up "Frank Lloyd Wright" but his main thing was architecture but he designed buildings from the foundations to what plants went where. 

Frosty The Lucky.

Thanks

an update, I have a design (will take pictures of my sketches) and have start making a testpiece.

Will make pictures and update the topic.

Big legs are tapered