Well, they are smooshing down a bit when you sit on them, so perhaps it's more like a 18-19 inch height. Thank you!

its your dining table's fault. standard height is about 30", and yes you sink in some upholstered chairs depending how they are constructed. even though a 'normal' difference is 12" (which would mean a 19" chair for your table), if your bum (and therefore spine) are sinking below the wood frame you are getting less than the measured height.

i'd rethink the felt sliders on the table, or else find straight chairs that can be custom made an inch taller.

it doesnt matter what the ruler says... you know if you have that sinking feeling.....

(we went through this.... fortunately we bought our chairs and table from the same store and werent able to try the sample chairs with our table. turned out the table was higher than all of their other tables. they remade the custom chairs an inch taller and i've been able to eat at the table without feeling like i'm 9.)

ninigret, do you mind sharing where you bought custom made chairs? I agree, the 30.75-31 is too tall. But we love the table and it was difficult to find a table that could accomodate 16. Bought some sliders, will also hunt for 20 inch wood chairs. Thanks!

Why don't you find a woodworker who can take 3/4 inch off the base of your dining table? It looks like it should be feasible. It won't look quite as pretty, but it will still seat 16 (!!!) and should be a lot cheaper than buying a complete set of dining chairs.

sheisindeed, our chairs and table were made by Pompanoosuc Mills in VT. They were totally gracious and didnt try to tell us that our chairs were just the right size and what was our problem. they whisked ours away and made a new set 1 1/2" taller. ( Of course, they would have had no problem selling our set off the floor at one of their showrooms).

https://www.pompy.com/