Having My Cake & Eating It (on a custom table) Too

I had a little freak out the other day when I was shopping for the new dinning room table. Our old table will remain in the apartment and we are planning on getting a larger table for upstairs. We thought we had found the perfect table and could check that task off our list. Hello perfect table:

We had all but ordered the thing when we decided to go home and measure the space one last time. I had the space drawings with me, and knew that there was a 36 inch table planned based on the kitchen designer's sketches. The table we loved was 46 inches wide.

In my less professional sketch, I was worried that the dinning room chairs would be too close to the island. It is top notch sketches like the one below that make me wonder why I bothered hiring a kitchen designer...kidding.

I went home and checked out the dinning room space. It suddenly looked even smaller than I remembered. Especially with the workman's fridge in the way.



I used the professional drawings, not mine, to tape off the island and approximate the table location. I then pulled out the chairs to the point where I guessed they would be when fully pushed out from the table.

I may have overestimated the space needed for the chairs, but a 46 inch table was going to be too big. But...my heart was set on that table so what is a girl to do? Well, I was able to track down a carpenter with excellent reviews and contacted him about making a similar table with custom dimensions. He came out to the house and we discussed the project. He was very confident that he could mimic the look.

I can have my cake, and eat it (off this table) too! Having a table made seems like the best solution so hopefully things will go as planned and I will be the happy owner of a 36 inch wide, 102 inch long dinning room table. I will have a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving!!!