Choosing your Dining Table

Family gatherings, dinner parties, homework spaces, makeshift offices, or just a place to eat… a dining table is quite a simple piece of furniture on paper… but we all know it’s so much more.

Get it wrong, and you’re loath to spend much time on it, but get it right, and it’s the centrepiece for your entire family.

More and more these days family life is moving away from the dining table, and becoming more living room based, more television centric.

Well, we are here to say the dining table is back! It’s about doing it right, and doing it in style.

The most important thing is choosing the right size, whether it’s a small square one, perfect for up to 4 people, or a much longer one, if you need the room just for those rare larger gatherings, opt for an extending table, you can’t plan your home around infrequent guests! They’re not coming for dinner every night after all.

By opting for the extending tables, when you’re not entertaining, you can stow away the extra leaves, and reclaim that dining room! Especially if it’s conjoined with a living room! Space is the most valuable commodity at home! And there’s no need to lose it!

Now, you need to find a style that suits you, whether it’s a straight edged no nonsense Dakota, a strong foundation to your living room.

Or you go down the Scandinavian route, with lighter tones. Sporting thinner legs, whilst not compromising on stability.

If it’s a statement you want to make, the industrial tables have a weight so reassuring you can anchor your family to it. Featuring metal legs to support its mighty top.

Now you’ve settled on a table, it’s just as important to pair it with a proper selection of seating, gone are the days we put up with the right angled torture chairs, we’ve come to realise that we deserve to be comfortable at our own dinner table!

The capri velvet dining chairs offer comfort seldom found outside of a Sunday afternoon nap, and in a series of gorgeous pastel notes, they’ll really make your dining room something to behold.

Or keeping with the soft, balanced theme, the Scandi pyramid chairs provide a simple padded chair, with boundless support and a timeless style.

If you value a more natural feel, our hand woven rattan chairs offer a surprisingly comfortable seat, with a high back for plenty of support through even the longest of dinners.

Of course, it’s not all about chairs, sometimes there’s a lot of people to gather around, and after all, we’re all friends here we can share. A dining bench is a great way to get more out of your table, plus the added bonus that they easily slide beneath when not in use. Lay a sheepskin rug over the bench for a luxurious addition to your dining pew and you’ll have some very happy guests.