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Extendable Round Dining Table for 6
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Extendable Round Dining Table for 6

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Fourteen inches is the figure to think about, because it is what separates a table for four from a table for a holiday meal. Closed at 47 inches the rim runs about 148 inches, which is four generous places or six tight ones. Opened to a 61-inch oval, the perimeter grows past 180 inches and the shape changes too: an oval seats people along two long sides rather than spacing them around a circle, which is why the listing can claim eight. The carbon steel frame and cross base carry both configurations.

Closed
47 in round
Extended
61 in oval
Legs
25 mm
Storage
Open under-shelf

How it lives in the room

Fourteen inches of extra oval

Tape 47 inches and 61 inches onto the floor before ordering. The small circle tells you whether the table works on a Tuesday; the oval tells you whether the dinner you are imagining is physically possible with three feet of chair clearance around it. Most rooms pass the first test easily and fail the second by about a foot.

Park the closed table under a window

A round 47-inch top looks deliberate centred under a pendant or set against a window, and looks like a table waiting to be opened when it floats in the middle of an open plan. Since the closed position is where it spends most of the year, arrange the room around that size and treat the oval as the exception.

Shelf for what you reach for

The lower shelf is open rather than enclosed, which makes it storage you look at from every seat. Dishes, napkins and a napkin basket belong there; the accumulation of post and chargers does not, because there is no door to hide it behind. Two or three deliberate items read as considered, six random ones read as a spare surface.

Before you order

The curved tabletop is premium MDF described as water, scratch and heat resistant. When the table is open, the seam where the extension meets the top is the low point of the surface and the place liquid collects, so it is worth a specific wipe rather than a general one.