subject: Extendable Dining Table - Saving Space [print this page] Dining tables have been the focal points of kitchens for a long time. They draw natural attention with their large, solid surface and central position and thus are very important to take good care of. Good care of in the sense of taking the time to pick the piece that will crown your kitchen for the years to come.
An extending dining table is a great choice over the single surface solutions for this very reason. A table usually doesn't have to be big enough to comfortably accommodate ten place settings, four or five is perfectly fine, depending on the size of your family of course.
For every day use the foldable table is a good pick because it is small, but big enough to give space to the whole family, but should the occasion bring a lot of guests, fold the wings out for an instantly bigger table. This practicality sells these tables and regardless of the style of your kitchen you will most definitely make a very good use of one.
Extendable tables are most often made of some sort of hard wood. Oak, teak or even mango wood is a good choice of material, as they are hard and rigid enough to support themselves even fully extended, and are hard in material enough to resist small scratches and inevitable sources of damage. Kid parties, such as birthday parties are the usual culprit in a dent or two, a plastic tablecloth can buff out the most often occurring spills and scratches.
Just like with any other kitchen table, you can buy these versions with a set of chairs as well. The good reason to pick a table with chairs is that the design and style will match the table perfectly, the height, the materials will be fine and you basically don't have to spend your time looking for them. The negative side is that should you need two more than what the set has, you're almost certainly out of luck. Same thing happens if one of the chairs fall apart, due to low quality assembly or simple accident, it doesn't really matter. Another benefit of buying the chairs separately is the plethora of options. You can mix and match, and even pick chairs the original designer didn't think will go well with the table, but you do.
Whatever the occasion the extending dining table will serve you well, and by taking a good look online for different solutions available you will be able to buy one for just as much or even less money than what you would have spent on a single surface one.
