Beautiful room. Nice table. My concern would not being able to see the table before purchase. Especially considering the costs. Do you need a large table for entertaining or will it be closed into a small configuration normally? I am not a big fan of base when extended, but that may not matter in a normal situation. What fun to decorate! Is the rest of the house this grand? Best wishes.

I was thinking it would mostly be somewhere in between its smallest, round version and its fully extended version (10' 6"). It has six leaves and I'm not sure how many you can put in of the six before you need the leaf with the extra support.

I'm prepared to suffer a little for my commitment to old stuff and could live with the center leg, even if it needs to be there pretty much all the time. The casters don't bother me too much, and seem like an interesting and unusual feature.

The rest of the main floor is pretty "grand" with wood trim, high ceilings, huge crystal door knobs. The kitchens and bathrooms got totally gutted and redone in a fairly modern style. And the bedroom are a good size but the trim is painted and they are pretty boxy.

If there were no casters and no center support leg, what would you think about an oak table in a room full of oak? I'm starting to lean away from this table, but still need to figure out what will work without overwhelming everyone with wood.

I don't think it will be overwhelming if you use a large light rug underneath and a table in a darker shade. You really need a big table but in a style that contrasts with the rest of the room to make a statement. Here are a few dining rooms that work with a lot of wood and eclectic feel.

I agree, you just need a large rug and it will be fine.

What a gorgeous room. I like to go for a little offset when decorating, so you may not like my suggestion, but I think that a bit of a contrast in style always makes a room more interesting. I like the upholstered chair idea in photo 1 above. Certainly a lighter rug, maybe more on the solid side would make the room look more contemporary. As far as the table, I'd lean towards more contemporary/farm style. I think you'd want to get a china cabinet to go with the table.

I think the room is great and I would not paint that wood either! A wood table would also look beautiful. You are looking at this all wood room which after you add a nice rug and chairs the room will soften. The rug should be big enough to include table and all chairs with room to much out chairs when standing without chairs going off rug. The fabric chairs would be perfect with all of this wood. I would go with the ones that have a skirt on the bottom so you do not see the legs of the chair. This is a bit more formal that the ones with the wood leg and will soften the room more. Chair color can be determined on your rug. I would paint the walls and ceiling. The white is a little sterile for me. Something light to still showcase the beautiful wood. Adding a center display or something to the table top will also help break up the wood. Finally, I would update the light fixture and sconces on the side. They are very old fashion and appear to go with the china cabinet in the listing. I'm not sure if this is the look you are going for. I would go much more simple but elegant on the lights.

Wow I'm actually not seeing a raid of people coming here saying "paint it will be much brighter". This is quality expensive oak/woodwork that only a crazy person would paint. People usually paint wood trim cause its very low grade or its pine (lots of people have pine and think its oak). So painting it is a cheap alternative. The wood in this room is very high class no matter what some bozo magazine or TV station or "pro" on here says.

They don't build houses like this anymore. The modern houses of today are complete and utter garbage from its foundation to its shingles.