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70.8" Oval Dining Table for 6-8
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70.8" Oval Dining Table for 6-8

Part of the Dining Tables collection
$143.99
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Six open shelves at three different heights on either side of a dining table is an unusual amount of storage to build into one piece of furniture. It is the answer to a dining room with no sideboard: plates, bowls and everyday kitchen things go into the table itself, at heights chosen so the tall things have somewhere to stand. Above them sits a 1.18-inch thick oval top measuring 70.8 by 31.5 inches on a heavy steel base, rated to 400 pounds, with a scratch-resistant surface that wipes clean.

Size
70.8 x 31.5 x 29.9 in
Shelves
Three per side, six total
Rated
400 lb
Assembly
About an hour

How it lives in the room

Use the oval in a narrow room

At 31.5 inches wide this is a slim table for its length, and the rounded ends are what let people pass at the corners. In a long narrow dining room an oval works where a rectangle of the same length does not.

Plan the shelves by height

Three different shelf heights per side is an invitation to sort by object rather than by category. Tall things at the open end, plates flat in the middle, everyday items where a hand falls naturally.

Consider the second job

At 70.8 inches this doubles convincingly as a desk or a small conference table. If the dining room is also the study, that is a real argument for this piece over a plain six-seater.

Before you order

Open shelves down both sides mean the table is visible from every angle and always has contents on show. It is not the piece to buy if you want a dining table that reads as empty.