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Average dining room size
The average dining room is 14 × 16 ft (224 sq ft), per Home Stratosphere and Designing Idea. The table it fits, and the room for 6, 8, 10 or 12, measured.
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Dining table dimensions
A dining table is 28 to 30 in tall; allow 24 in a person: 48 in seats 4, 60 to 72 in seats 6, 80 to 87 in seats 8. With 14 real tables measured.
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Dining table size calculator
Keep 36 in from the table edge to the wall (44 in to walk behind). Enter your dining area to find the largest table that fits and how many it seats.
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How many fit at a 6-foot table
A 6-foot table seats 6, three a side at 24 in each, or 8 with a chair at each end; an 8-foot table seats 8 to 10. Plus the room each needs, measured.
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How to set a table
Forks on the left, knife and spoons on the right, glasses above the knife, set from the outside in. Basic, informal and formal settings, drawn to scale.
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Rug size for a dining table
Add 24 in on every side: a 36 × 60 in table for six needs 84 × 108 in, so an 8×10, and a 10 × 12 room to hold it. Rugs for tables seating 4 to 10.
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Seats at a 60-inch round table
A 60-inch round table seats 6 to 8 (West Elm, Bassett): its 188 in edge gives 7 people 24 in each. Seats for 36 to 72 in rounds, and the room each needs.
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Space around a dining table
Leave 36 in from the table edge to the wall: room to pull out a chair and edge past. When 32 in is enough, when you need 44 in, and the room per table.