04 Oct 2026
Cheshire Extending Dining Table: which bracket, and the open size
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Cheshire Extending Dining Table (1.2-1.5/1.6-2m)
The Cheshire Extending Dining Table is not sold in two lengths but in two brackets, and that is the thing to get straight before you choose. The listing gives 120-150 x 90 x 75cm and 160-200 x 90 x 75cm: each option is a table that opens out, and the one you pick sets both its closed and its open size.
The two options, closed and open
| Option | Closed | Open | Depth and height |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smaller bracket | 120cm | 150cm | 90cm deep, 75cm high |
| Larger bracket | 160cm | 200cm | 90cm deep, 75cm high |
Note that the depth and height do not change between them, so the whole decision is about length. There is also a gap in the middle: nothing in this table covers a room that wants 155cm.
What each setting seats
Reckon on about 60cm of table edge for a place setting, and 70cm or more for comfort. The 90cm depth is enough to seat someone at each end when you need to.
- 120cm closed: four, two to a side.
- 150cm open: four comfortably, six with both ends used.
- 160cm closed: six on the long sides, if nobody minds being close.
- 200cm open: six generously, eight on the long sides, ten using both ends.
So the smaller bracket is a four-seater that copes with six, and the larger is a six-seater that copes with eight or more. Choose by the number you feed on a normal week, not the number at Christmas.
Plan the floor around the open length
This is where extending tables catch people out. The table spends most of its life closed, but the room has to work when it is open, because that is when there are the most people in it. Allow about 75cm out from each edge for a chair in use, and about 100cm where somebody has to walk behind a seated guest.
| Option | Open, chairs on the long sides | Open, chairs all round with walkways |
|---|---|---|
| 120-150cm | about 150 x 240cm | about 350 x 290cm |
| 160-200cm | about 200 x 240cm | about 400 x 290cm |
Tape the open footprint on the floor, sit on a chair inside it, and see whether you can still get past.
Two things to ask the shop
First, the leaf. The listing describes a smooth extension mechanism but does not say whether the extra section stores inside the table or has to be kept somewhere else. A separate leaf needs a cupboard, which is worth knowing before rather than after, so ask.
Second, the top. The listing calls it a matte Armani ceramic top and leaves it there, with no description of colour, pattern or thickness and no explanation of what that finish looks like in daylight. Ask for photographs of the piece before you order, and ask what the shop recommends for cleaning it. The base is described as a sturdy metal pedestal; the spread of its foot is not given, and on an extending table that figure decides whether a chair can sit at the join.
The other extending tables
The London Extending Dining Table (1.2-1.5/1.6-2m) offers the same two brackets in a different design, so it is the direct comparison. The Torino 1.2/1.4m Extending Dining Table is listed at 120-150 x 85 x 78cm and 140-180 x 90 x 78cm, so neither of its brackets reaches 2m, and the Lucca 1.2m Extending Dining Table starts at 1.2m. The fixed-length tables are all in dining tables.
Ordering
Pick the bracket on your everyday number, plan the room on the open length, and settle the leaf question first. Delivery is free within 50 miles of our Glasgow store and £50 beyond. Both options are selected on the Cheshire Extending Dining Table page.