I think table #1 works best with your chairs. #2 looks alot like what you have now - just a little too farmhouse style. #3 is nice, but the top looks really rough - not a nice table to rest your arms and eat on.

I actually also like #4 if it was in a bit darker wood. I think the blond wood wouldn't look right in your house. But, I have a parsons style table like that in my DR and it's nice because the legs are right on the corners of the table, so you have alot of chair room down the sides.

#1 is the best for your room and your chairs.

I'm tied between table #1 and #3. I'd let the price be my guide :-)

Take a look at this website. There are some amazing and unique design that you don't see everywhere, and apparently they also have expanding tables.

amish tables

Hi Bella,

I took a look at Les's site and really love a table I saw. Problem is, it's the most expensive and is only 80".

Don't know what your budget is or where you've been looking. Of what you posted, I like #1 the most.

Here is a link that might be useful: planked table

i think #1 goes the best with your chair.

however i do really love #3 or #4 if you don't need to match chairs! do you mind sharing where they are from please?

I think #1 goes best with the chairs.

P.S. It's really nice that you all have dinner together. I've always been envious of people with large families.

I think #1 is best. I love how #3 looks, but putting chairs at the ends would not work well at all, if that matters.

another vote for #1

I'd have to agree with the majority of posters here and also say the first table pictured. What a beautiful room, love the fireplace!

What a beautiful dining room! I so wish I had a fireplace in my dining room.

I really like different aspects of each table, but I'm voting for #1. The dark finish would be perfect with your floors and pretty light wall color (which is?) and I like the style of the legs also. #2 is definitely one of my favorite table styles, but it might be too casual for your dining room, and #3 is a great table (love the mix of wood and iron), but I don't see how the base would accommodate (comfortably, at least) chairs on the ends.

What color/style of slipcover are you going to use for your chairs? I just ordered my end chairs from Calico Corners today and they come with a full dress pleated skirt, but I also like one of their chairs with the ruffled skirt.

Agreeing with the multitudes here about table #1. While I'm at it, may I comment how much I enjoy your taste, and the pictures of your rooms? You have a really nice eye.

I'm so sorry I haven't been able to log on. I spent the last 2 days at the ortho dentist office w/ my DS1. OMG I couldn't believe how much his teeth is going to cost me !! *sigh* This is only phase 1 (expander/partial brace) and it's like 3K.. :-(

Back to the trouble room -- I wasn't sure whether to go w/ straight legs or turn legs, and the consensus seems to be w/ the straight legs. Not a single vote for the farm table (!) I went to see no. 1 in person and it's a bit more overscaled than I would want. No 3 has that planked top which won't be practical. Plus it's more rustic (too rustic?)

I found couple other tables -- maybe too refined for the motley crew? :-D

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Maybe this style but in a different finish?

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I have to go to some local shop as well. My friend tells me we can get custom made locally for a lot less than furniture store price. So that's another option. I just need to figure out what I want :-D

Umnn: no 3 is from jayson home & garden in chicago. no. 4 is from beachdwelling.
http://www.beachdwelling.com/productdetails.php?intID=799&title=Teak+Dining+Table

http://www.jaysonhomeandgarden.com/home.php?cat=1

juddgirl2: the paint color is Fawn by F&B. I still haven't decided on the fabric for the chairs yet. You chairs would be so beautiful! I'm jealous!

les & parma: thanks for the suggestion. that site has a lot to look at.

artlover: having large family can be a pita -- Lots of cooking & washing, sometimes I feel like I'm running a restaurant (or B&B) :-D

walkin: thank you.

The clean lines of #1 and the Nada work well with your chairs and style. One question: do your kids climb on the table? Mine tended to be all over the table while working on projects (probably more leaning & reaching than climbing). If so, is the cross-bar (support) necessary on a 86" table?
Beautiful room!

hilltop: I have a 2yo and he does climb on the table. The others are older and know the rules. I really like the Nadia too. If I can find that table in a different finish (solid wood vs. veneer) I would be pretty happy.

juddgirl: I read my post & oopps.. the paint color is actually Lightstone -- not Fawn. That was an older pic & later I repainted the room to fawn.

I really like #1 and #2 of the last ones you posted. The slightly curved legs of the first one seem a bit more graceful, but either would work really well with your chairs if even a bit of the legs are going to be exposed under the skirt.

I do think a farm table would work in your space, though, if you have your heart set on one (remember, though, I love farm tables!). I could see one with a dark painted base and medium brown waxed top that would stand out with the lighter chairs and walls. There are also so many different styles of legs available - did you check the website that I used for my trestle table?

I hear you on the orthodontics. My daughter only needed them for 18 months, but my son had them for over 4 years because he had the bite plate to expand his lower jaw - and it never worked! He just wasn't responsive to orthodontics so the only way to fix his jaw is surgery once he's an adult, if he chooses to go that way. I had the surgery as an adult and it wasn't fun :-( (but I did lose a few pounds from having my jaw wired shut!)

juddgirl2: I will explore your site. I was hoping for a quick fix. :-) Pick up and be done, you know. But then everytime I rushed I ended up being disappointed so maybe it's better be perfect than to be done. I really want a simple farm table.

My DS is a wimp. He would weep if he needs surgery. I really hope the expander work because as is, he has open bite and front & bottom teeth sit on top of each other instead of overlapping. So the dentist is afraid that overtime, all the front & bottom teeth will be chipped because of the impact on each other *sigh* His bottom jaw is perfectly aligned, it's the top that has problem.

DH has the same narrowed face and when he did braces as an adult, they had to remove some teeth & fix his jaw. Why o why can't they have my genes. :-)

I hope the expander works - and quickly so it doesn't cost too much!

Not sure how to post multiple links but I really like these tables (you don't have to get them so distressed):

http://www.cottagehomemaine.com/images/Baldwin_Table1.jpg

http://www.cottagehomemaine.com/images/Copy_of_midnight_table.JPG

http://www.cottagehomemaine.com/images/Black_Table_1.JPG

Here is a link that might be useful: Plank top farm tables