How to choose the table

How to choose the dining or living room table?

The most important table in a self-respecting home is that of the living room, intended for important lunches or dinners and for spending moments in company, always the fulcrum of family reunions or special occasions and the main meeting point of the family. The proposals are many, from glass to wood, from steel to composite materials. You will have to choose it according to your needs without being too oversized or even in the way of the environment, without falling into the opposite error because a table that is too small would get lost among the other furnishing elements. Many things have changed over the years: lifestyles, habits and many modern homes are smaller in size. Sometimes in a house we can find a single table which, in addition to an aesthetic and convivial function, also becomes a work table, a support table and for the consumption of daily lunches or dinners. So make way for transformable tables or "extendable"  not bulky but which, if necessary, can comfortably accommodate all guests.

How to choose the kitchen table?

The height

The kitchen table was once used as the main work surface in the house. With the advent of modular kitchens, the main worktop has become the kitchen top and the table has been resized for better ergonomics, going from 80/83 cm in height to 74/77 cm in height of the current tables. However, the kitchen table still remains a very important and fundamental support point and should be chosen by placing practicality over pure aesthetics in the foreground.

Size and shape

The table should be chosen based on the number of people who will have to sit down each day. A person seated at the table, occupies a space 55/60 cm wide, a depth of 35 cm on the table and a seat space in depth of 60 cm. The most used and widespread shape is the rectangular one available in multiple alternatives, the round shape, widely used abroad but also re-evaluated in Italy in recent years, it guarantees greater conviviality, while the square shape is gaining ground in the extra dimensions (140x140 and beyond), which comfortably accommodate 8 people. The choice will therefore be decided very carefully based on the geometry of the room and the furnishing elements.