Dining Room Furniture

Measure your dining room before you shop for shape: round and square tables suit rooms under 12 feet wide, while rectangular tables make better use of long, narrow rooms and can seat more guests along the sides. Leave at least 36 inches between the table edge and the nearest wall so chairs can slide out freely — our measuring your furniture guide has a full room-by-room checklist to run through before ordering.

If nothing on the floor is quite the right size, Canadel's design-your-own program lets you specify table length, leaf options, wood species, and finish, so a table can be built to fit an oddly shaped dining room or an extra-long farmhouse look. John Thomas offers a similar build-to-order approach for a more rustic, distressed-wood aesthetic.

Solid wood dining tables from Kincaid and Riverside expand and contract slightly with Maryland's humidity swings between summer and winter — that's normal, not a defect. Our wood furniture tips guide explains how to use coasters, trivets, and tablecloths during dry winter months to prevent cracking, and how to buff out light scratches without refinishing the whole piece.

Once the table is set, china cabinets, sideboards, and servers add storage for linens and stemware while balancing the room visually — pair a lower, wide server with a tall dining table for the best proportions. Ask about matching finishes across our Canadel UDesign custom dining program so your table, chairs, and storage pieces read as one coordinated set rather than mismatched furniture bought over time.