Thread: Slab Table Width

You'd be bumping knees at 700, I reckon even 800 is too tight. I wouldn't make a dining table narrower than 900 unless I absolutely had to and even then I'd call 850 the limit

I can only repeat Christopher Schwarz's recommendation to refer to "Human Dimension & Interior Space" by Julius Panero and Martin Zalnik (Whitney Library of Design, 1979)

The space you're thinking of using needs to be a minimum of 1.5m wider than your table just to allow people can squeeze past a seated dinner to get to and from their place.
If you want more than "squeeze through" room then the space between the table and wall needs to be in the order of 1.2 to 1.5 m each side.

The "standard" eating space is 760 mm wide by 460 mm deep (30" x 18") -- smaller spaces work in cafes, but for dinner try and keep to the standard space. This would allow a table as narrow as 900 mm (3 feet) -- but leaves no room for shared stuff like salt and pepper, garnishes, plates of vegetables, rice, meat, etc.

if your space is less than about 2.4 m wide it's really too narrow for a dining table.

A lot of the fault lies with the home builders. How often on a house floor plan do you see some small nook labled as dining when there is no way you could move around if a table and chairs were in that space. My so called dining area just holds a book case and a mat that the dog suns herself on.
Regards
John

Originally Posted by ian

I can only repeat Christopher Schwarz's recommendation to refer to "Human Dimension & Interior Space" by Julius Panero and Martin Zalnik (Whitney Library of Design, 1979)

The space you're thinking of using needs to be a minimum of 1.5m wider than your table just to allow people can squeeze past a seated dinner to get to and from their place.
If you want more than "squeeze through" room then the space between the table and wall needs to be in the order of 1.2 to 1.5 m each side.

The "standard" eating space is 760 mm wide by 460 mm deep (30" x 18") -- smaller spaces work in cafes, but for dinner try and keep to the standard space. This would allow a table as narrow as 900 mm (3 feet) -- but leaves no room for shared stuff like salt and pepper, garnishes, plates of vegetables, rice, meat, etc.

if your space is less than about 2.4 m wide it's really too narrow for a dining table.

It is exactly 2.4m.

OK
so you should be able to get a 900 wide table in there.
I'd allow extra width in each seating position to compensate for the missing shared space down the center of the table.

I'm assuming these replies are based on a 6/8 seat dining table made for a house. There are plenty of ~1400x800 dining tables for apartments which are perfectly fine.

Originally Posted by Ghallahad

There are plenty of ~1400x800 dining tables for apartments which are perfectly fine.

I'd add
when pushed against a wall and only very occasionally used for face to face dining.