The Long Table

Dining rooms measured before anything is recommended.

What this covers

Dining tables, sideboards, china cabinets, tablecloths and seating. Table sizes against how many actually sit down, cabinet depths against walkway clearance, cloth drops against the table they cover.

How we work

• Specifications come from manufacturer listings, manuals and spec sheets — not from marketing copy or from another site’s summary.
• Every figure on the page is traceable to a source we link. Where two sources disagree, the guide says so rather than picking the flattering one.
• Products are compared on the dimension the question is about. A guide about depth ranks on depth, not on how heavy something is to ship.
• Nothing is recommended that we could not measure against the space it has to fit. Where a number does not exist, the guide says that instead of estimating one.

How this is paid for

Every figure here comes from a listing, a manufacturer or a named source — never from memory. Links may earn a commission; it has never decided a verdict.

Edited by Clara Bonnet.