Dining & Kitchen
Tables, chairs and the everyday table.
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Dining & Kitchen
Tool What size dining table fits your room? Drag it around and see A dining table that fits the room on paper can still feel cramped, because you need space around it for chairs and for walking past. Most… 4 min Dining & Kitchen
Tool How big should a dining rug be? Pull the chairs out and see Is your dining rug big enough? A good rug lets the chairs slide in and out without catching its edge, and the usual rule is that it reaches… 4 min Dining & Kitchen
Tool Round or rectangular table? Seat the guests and see A table that "seats six" can still leave your elbows colliding. What decides it is how much table edge each person gets, and the shape of… 5 min Dining & Kitchen
Explainer How should you set a table? Drag each piece into place A table that is set properly is mostly a handful of distances: the plate 2–3 cm from the edge, cutlery in a tidy line beside it, and about… 4 min Dining & Kitchen
Explainer How low should a pendant hang over the dining table? Drag it and see The light over your dining table works best when its shade hangs roughly 60 to 90 cm above the tabletop, measured to the bottom of the… 4 min Dining & Kitchen
Explainer Why do dining chairs feel wrong? Slide the table and seat to see Why does one dining set feel right and another feel off? Mostly it comes down to two gaps: the space from your seat to the top of the… 3 min Dining & Kitchen
Tool How much room does a dining table need? Drag one around your room Seat people first: about 60 cm of table edge per person, then leave about 90 cm between the table and any wall on the sides where chairs… 4 min
Tool What size dining table fits your room? Drag it around and see A dining table that fits the room on paper can still feel cramped, because you need space around it for chairs and for walking past. Most… 4 min Dining & Kitchen
Tool How big should a dining rug be? Pull the chairs out and see Is your dining rug big enough? A good rug lets the chairs slide in and out without catching its edge, and the usual rule is that it reaches… 4 min Dining & Kitchen
Tool Round or rectangular table? Seat the guests and see A table that "seats six" can still leave your elbows colliding. What decides it is how much table edge each person gets, and the shape of… 5 min Dining & Kitchen
Explainer How should you set a table? Drag each piece into place A table that is set properly is mostly a handful of distances: the plate 2–3 cm from the edge, cutlery in a tidy line beside it, and about… 4 min Dining & Kitchen
Explainer How low should a pendant hang over the dining table? Drag it and see The light over your dining table works best when its shade hangs roughly 60 to 90 cm above the tabletop, measured to the bottom of the… 4 min Dining & Kitchen
Explainer Why do dining chairs feel wrong? Slide the table and seat to see Why does one dining set feel right and another feel off? Mostly it comes down to two gaps: the space from your seat to the top of the… 3 min Dining & Kitchen
Tool How much room does a dining table need? Drag one around your room Seat people first: about 60 cm of table edge per person, then leave about 90 cm between the table and any wall on the sides where chairs… 4 min