I've been drawing a lot of different things, enough to take me a year to
build at my usual pace. But we (now that my wife has found the benefits
of custom - if amateur-built - furniture) are entertaining a bunch of
ideas that would need to work together.

She tossed out the idea of a bench for extra seating against a wall, but
something that could also be used to serve buffet-style. This is what I
came up with. Keep in mind this is all schematic so far; all of the
dimensions would likely change and I have left out many details:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdguari...n/photostream/

and

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdguari...n/photostream/

Let's leave aside the question of whether or not I could build this. The
legs would certainly present a challenge. But does it raise any red
flags that I'm not seeing?

At 70" long (which could change), the span is a concern. I figure that
it would be plenty strong in the "down" position for people to sit on,
but I wonder if the top would tend to bow with a bunch of (full) serving
pieces on it when raised. The top as I've drawn it would be 3/4" ply. I
suppose I could double it up; I plan on a border around it anyway.

Comments?