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Dining Room Furniture For Large Families
By Home Furniture
More kids in the house just means more love to be spread around. Dinner is a sight to see—the little ones line up for the big ones to scoop the food on their plates. It runs like clockwork, just the way it’s supposed to.
However, if the fam’s got the dining room looking a little run down, or maybe the picnic table you’ve brought in to make space for number 10 just doesn’t match the hardwood floors, it might be time to invest in a new kitchen table.
When replacing your table, go with a hard wood that will last at least until the youngest has gone to college. Darker woods are better for households with younger children because they will hide accidental crayon and marker spots.
Also, considering the little ones, you may want to consider a standard height table as opposed to one of counter height.
Here are a few different choices you can eat up:
Ambrosia 9-Piece Counter Height Dining Collection
A great table for getting everyone back together for a big holiday, maybe with some stove-top cider, candied yams, and gingerbread cookies to go on top of it.
Counter height, the Ambrosia Dining Collection finished in attractive brown burl wood and comes with 8 chairs set around a square table—as opposed to the rectangular shape of traditional 9-piece sets.
The chairs’ neutral colored fabric lining will match just about any pre-existing home décor, and the eye-catching storage base shelf makes this table not only gorgeous, but useful.
Seats are 24 and the table 36 inches in height. The table is standard 60x48 inches and comes with a 12-inch, butterfly extension leaf.
$1500, this is the kind of table that makes you excited about decorating, and even more excited about cooking—it can’t help with dishwashing however.
Café De Lux Counter Height 9-Piece Dining Set
To achieve a simpler, more modern look, the darker, sleeker, cappuccino finish of the Café De Lux 9-piece set is an elegant masterpiece.
Counter height, the set includes eight dining room chairs built with color-matched wood construction.
Chairs are 40-inches in height, making this an “adults only” table, well suited for erudite conversations and heated debates on the healthcare reform or head injuries in the NFL, and the table is 36 inches—counter height tables are all the rage.
Table measures 36x42 inches with a 12-inch leaf, making the table’s maximum length an accommodating 54 inches.
$1475,
this dining room set as an investment that will instill your teens with a strong sense of economy, modesty, and class. A role model of a dining room set.
Hudson Square Table and Eight Leather Dining Chairs
Robust and bold like Italian espresso, this Dining Room Set is ideal for Sunday morning brunch overlooking Central Park or candlelight dinners amid a raging, snowy nor’easter just as well as it is crafted and spreading out a hundred pages of printouts on volcanoes to finish your 3rd youngest child’s science project.
Handmade from hard, sturdy Malaysian oak, the Hudson Square Table has thick, durable legs and a router-edged top, exuding an air of confidence that invites rather that intimidates.
The set’s eight chairs are padded and upholstered in breathable leather and crafted by hand from the same Malaysian oak the table is made from.
The dark wenge finish is made to match almost any design theme or room color: from contemporary to rustic, from tan to green.
Standard height, the seats are 18 inches high and the table 30x59 inches square; $1700 for the set, which includes the table and Eight Chairs.
Holiday 9-Piece Dining Collection
For a piece of classic, baroque elegance worthy of the bustling commotion you call “dinnertime,” the Holiday Dining Collection is as pristine an anthology as The Beatles discography, and will bring an air of politeness to your family akin to supping with the Supernanny. Built on the grand scale, this a table designed for royalty, yet, only $2252, one intended for the everyday family.
Crafted from solid hard woods, the Holiday Collection is decorated with chocolate ash burl veneers and includes the 78x44-inch table—96 inches when assembled with the 18-inch leaf—two throne-like armchairs, and six side chairs.
Chairs are 42 inches high and the table is standard height.
The chairs are thickly padded and upholstered in contrasting mother-of-pearl to soften the volume of the wood and add a gentle touch to its overall appeal.
All decorative details are carved and the table is held together by custom platinum hardware that adds a gem-like shimmer to this natural beauty.
And, despite its graceful style, reviewers of the Holiday 9-piece set say that this table brings the large families together and promotes family dinners. Reviewers also speak favorably of Holiday Collection’s modest price tag and say that the medium finish really matches any décor.
Matt Dimler is a freelance writer who writes about dining room furniture. |
