Where do the toppers go?
It's the question nobody asks until the table is built: the Table Topper Set makes a flat surface, and when you want the vault open again, those panels have to go somewhere.
They're solid, veneered, and finished on the visible face. Leaning them against a wall works for an evening. It's not where you want them living.
The Storage Cube
The Table Topper Storage Cube ($129.99) is the purpose-built answer — a padded oak cube sized to hold the topper panels, so they store upright, protected, and out of the way rather than stacked on a floor.
The Storage Cube XL ($199.99) does the same job with more room, and takes table leaves and dividers as well as toppers. If you run a configuration with extension leaves or use dividers regularly, the XL is the one that actually holds everything.
If you're not buying one yet
Some things worth doing regardless:
- Store them upright, not stacked flat. Weight on a stack presses grit into the faces.
- Keep something soft between panels — a blanket or felt. Face-to-face contact with nothing between them is how the finish gets marked.
- Don't store them somewhere damp or hot. A garage that swings between humid and freezing is unkind to a veneered panel; the whole reason the panels are veneered is dimensional stability, and extreme storage undoes that.
- Keep them out of direct sun. Fading is excluded from warranty coverage, and a panel that's faded unevenly against the rest of the set is very visible once it goes back in.
A practical note on the buying decision
The need for topper storage isn't obvious from the product page, and people often discover it after the table arrives. If you're ordering a table and know you'll switch between game and dining use regularly, it's worth adding the cube to the same order — accessories ship parcel and consolidating avoids a second delivery.