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Can You Seat More People at Round or Long Tables?

If you don't remember your high school geometry, now is the time to review to determine which seat more people, round or long tables. The basic measurements for your computation are for your place settings. You should allow per setting either 24 inches --- doable but a little crowded, or 30 inches --- comfortably welcoming. Also, consider space in the middle of the table for serving dishes and room between the walls and the seats (18 inches) for guests to move around.

  1. How to Calculate for Settings

    • When performing your calculations, remember that the formula to determine the circumference of a circle is C = d x π (pi, 3.14159) times the diameter. To calculate the number of settings for long tables, multiply the length of the table times two, divide the total by 30 inches and add two settings for the ends.

    The Number of Settings for Round Tables

    • Using the above formula for finding the circumference of a circle, you can determine that a round table with a diameter of 48 inches can comfortably seat four or five people; a 54-inch table, six people; a 60-inch table, six people; and a 72-inch table, eight people. You wouldn't want a round table any larger than 6 feet because it would be too big for conversations to occur and there would be all that dead space in the middle.

    Calculate the Settings for Long Tables

    • Two times the lengh of the table divided by 30 inches plus one setting at each end.

      When you use the formula for the number of settings per long table, you come up with the following results: A 40 x 72-inch table comfortably seats six guests; a 44 x 84-inch table, eight guests; a 48 x 96-inch table, either eight or ten guests if you squeeze in two at each end. Given the average size of dining rooms in today's homes, any table bigger than this would make getting into their seats impossible for guests.

    Advantages of a Round Table

    • Besides your personal taste and feeling that a round table is more inviting and more conducive to socializing, there are practical matters. For one thing, round tables are space savers. For another, you don't feel so cheek-to-jowl with your fellow diners, and maneuvering in and out of your seat is easier.

    The Advantages of the Long Table

    • Think in terms of your place settings.

      On the other hand, a long table seems more formal but can be informal if you're serving family style. If you opt for a long table, make certain that the width is in proportion with the length and can accommodate serving dishes and centerpieces. In social terms, people find conversing with the people on either side of them and across from the table more comfortable.

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