Antique collectors know that people were shorter in the 19th century because furniture was smaller.
Dining room table leg placement.
A 100 year old chair at a modern dining table would place.
Consider centering your dining table within the room if you have ample space to work with.
If you re planning on a top thicker than one inch you can shorten the 29 legs to maintain a finished height of 30.
Allow around 18 between the table and sofa edge to give enough leg room but to be able to set down drinks or reach appetizers without straining.
Don t know how many legs you are planning or how thick the table top will be but you want the legs a ways from the end of the table to keep the center span from sagging.
Dining table legs are 29 which leaves about an inch for top thickness.
I just made a 96 long table and i set the legs trestle in my case about 16 from the ends of the table leaving a center sapn of about 64.
Guideline for dining table knee space.
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Coffee table heights vary greatly but a good rule is to keep the table height and seat height within 4 inches of each other.