Table toppers: five options at an Oxfordshire auction so you can give a flat refusal to the flat pack

Auction house Mallams is holding its House & Garden Sale in Abingdon on March 16-17. Here are five tables to tempt you into a more unusual look for your home.

Just sew good

This Regency mahogany sewing table (pictured top) has a lifting lid fitted with handy compartments within and with a single frieze drawer and turned tapering legs. The 19in (48cm) wide x 13.5in (35cm) deep x 2ft 5in (74cm) high table is estimated at £200-400.

You can bid for the Regency mahogany sewing table at Mallams on thesaleroom.com

Bring it into the fold

This George III stainwood D shaped fold-over card table with rosewood crossbanded decoration, decorative inlay with patterae and husk swags, stands on square tapering legs terminating in block feet. Measuring 3ft 2in (96.5cm) x 18.5in (47cm) x 2ft 5in (73.5cm), it is estimated at £800-1200.

The George III card table at Mallams can be viewed at thesaleroom.com.

Console yourself

Nineteenth century French marble-topped black painted and parcel gilt console table estimated at £200-400 in Mallams' auction on March 16-17.

A 19th century French marble-topped, black-painted and parcel-gilt console table with decorative swags and standing on square tapering legs, 3ft 3in (99.5cm) x 13in (33.5cm) x 2ft 4in (72cm), is estimated at £200-400.

You can view this 19th century French console table at Mallams via thesaleroom.com.

D for delightful

A continental carved hardwood D shaped side table estimated at £200-400 in Mallams' auction on March 16-17.

This continental carved hardwood D shaped table features pierced laurel carved frieze and painted floral swags on fluted tapering legs, united by a shaped stretcher with central decorative carved floral finial. At 3ft (90cm) wide x 17.5in (44cm) deep x 2ft 10in (86.5cm) high, it is estimated at £200-400.

To bid for the continental carved hardwood D shaped table at Mallams, try thesaleroom.com.

Mega mealtimes

A 17th century style oak refectory table estimated at £800-1200 in Mallams' auction on March 16-17.

Make a real statement of dining intent: this 17th century-style oak refectory table comes in at a whopping 7ft 8in (2.33m) long x 2ft 6in (76cm) deep x 2ft 5in (73cm) high. Featuring a two-planked top, bobbin- turned legs united by carved stretchers, decoration of stylised fruiting vine and flowers, it is estimated at £800-1200.

You can view this 17th century-style oak refectory table at Mallams via thesaleroom.com.