Round dining tables

Which diameter round dining table for how many people?

The number of seats depends on the circumference: pi times the diameter, divided by 700 to 750 mm per person. Rounded down, that gives:

• Ø 1000 mm: 4 people.
• Ø 1200 mm: 5 people, or 4 with room to spare.
• Ø 1300 mm: 5 people.
• Ø 1400 to 1500 mm: 6 people.
• Ø 1600 mm: 6 with room to spare, 7 at a squeeze.

Keep at least 800 mm of free space around the table. A table of Ø 1400 mm therefore needs a clear floor 3000 mm wide. The standard table height is 760 mm.

Pros and cons of a round table

• Pro: everyone sits the same distance from the centre and can talk to everyone.
• Pro: no corners, which helps with small children and in a tight walkway.
• Pro: fits well in a square room or a bay window.
• Con: above six people the diameter grows quickly and the centre of the top becomes hard to reach.
• Con: against a wall you lose more seats than with a rectangle.

Read more about this trade-off in the blog on the advantages of a round dining table.

Round dining table in ceramic, oak or walnut

Round ceramic dining table

Ceramic is resistant to heat, scratches and stains, UV-resistant and frost-resistant: suitable indoors and outdoors. It is heavy, though, and sensitive to hard point impact on the edge. There are 29 colours and the top is 12 or 20 mm thick.

Round oak dining table

40 mm solid European oak, honey to golden brown with an open grain. Stained in the colour you choose with two coats of clear matt lacquer, or untreated. Not suitable for outdoors.

Round walnut dining table

40 mm solid walnut, deep chocolate brown with purple undertones. In long periods of direct sunlight it can turn slightly lighter; UV blockers in the lacquer limit this. Not suitable for outdoors. More on walnut dining tables.

Base under a round top

Check in the configurator where the legs of the base are. That decides whether a chair can pull up anywhere, and it matters more at a round table than at a rectangle.

The base is steel or stainless steel; the choice is about looks. Steel is welded in our workshop in Maasbree, the Netherlands, and powder-coated with a fine texture in one of 10 standard colours; a heavy impact can damage the coating. Grade 304 stainless steel is brushed as standard; fingerprints show but are easy to wipe off.

A round table outdoors

Outdoors, choose a ceramic top: ceramic is UV-resistant, does not fade in sunlight and is frost-resistant. Combine it with stainless steel or steel with outdoor primer; both are equally suitable outdoors. Oak and walnut belong indoors.

See it and build it

First mark out the diameter on the floor with tape or a sheet and place chairs around it. Then set material, diameter and base in the 3D configurator and see the price with every choice.

Material samples are ordered per piece and refunded when you return them. The showroom and workshop in Maasbree are also open on Saturdays. Delivery within 4 weeks, or at a lower rate within 8 weeks; collection from Maasbree is also possible. You get a 2-year warranty on construction and finish.