The 56th China International Furniture Fair (Shanghai)
September 9-12, 2025

Shanghai International Home Expo | How to choose a dining table? Here is a dining table shopping strategy!

2025-04-27 16:39:04

House decoration, the choice of furniture is a very important part, because the home is good, most of them depend on your selection of furniture soft furnishings, such as the dining table, it is really not as simple as just buying a table, the home with a different dining table and chairs, there will be a different sensory experience, so that the table is not just to meet the need to eat anymore, the dining table is also need to be high value! And if you want to know more, welcome to Shanghai International Home Expo.

 

 

 

First, the material of the dining table

Now on the market there are four broad categories of dining table materials, respectively, solid wood, stone, glass, synthetic panels of these four categories.

 

1.solid wood dining table

Solid wood dining table according to the type of wood to points, can be subdivided into a variety of, such as the popular black walnut, white oak, ebony, solid wood dining table is environmentally friendly and durable, more environmentally friendly than man-made panels, and from the point of view of the appearance, solid wood dining table has a natural texture and color, looks very good, but also more durable.

 

2.stone dining table

Stone is now also very popular, stone dining table has marble, flint, rock plate and other stone, of which the marble dining table is used more, marble dining table looks more surface is more smooth texture, the surface is also very easy to clean, after eating, with a rag a wipe on it, the overall is still quite good, the value is also very high!

 

Fired stone countertop dining table looks more personalized, black countertop, more suitable for Scandinavian style, but there is a disadvantage of fired stone countertops, that is, the surface will have a bumpy feeling, relatively speaking, not as good as the smooth surface cleaning.

 

Rock plate countertops dining table looks lighter, because the thickness of the rock plate is generally thinner, such as common rock plate 3-12mm thick, relative to other materials is very thin, more suitable for minimalist style decoration, rock plate advantage is not bleed color, anti-scratch, high temperature, the disadvantage is that the price is a little expensive.

 

3.tempered glass dining table

Tempered glass dining table surface smooth is also very good cleaning, but the glass surface is too bright, looks like the lack of a little texture, but the price is more moderate, so it is also a lot of families to choose.

 

4.artificial plate dining table

Artificial plate dining table generally refers to the particle board table, such as IKEA has a lot of dining tables are made of this material, this table is cheaper, but relatively not so durable, after all, artificial plate is more afraid of water, in case of wiping the table wet edges, the plate is very easy to inflate.

 

Second, the design of the table

 

Dining table design is generally divided into four kinds, respectively, square, rectangular, round, oval.

 

Square dining table is generally some small style, because the large square dining table is not good, so the general square dining table is more suitable for small houses.

 

Rectangular dining table is now very popular, rectangular dining table is more versatile, basically in which a decorative style of the home are more suitable.

 

Round dining table is more concerned about space, because the round dining table is generally larger, like our traditional Chinese round dining table, it is more suitable for large houses, the family sat down to eat, there is a feeling of reunion.

 

Oval dining table and rectangular dining table is almost the same, just oval corners are more rounded a little bit, the corners of the arc also looks more design.

 

Home specifically to choose which shape of the dining table, this depends on your home space and decoration style, if your home area is relatively large, you can try to use a round dining table, looks more atmospheric, but also can accommodate more people to eat together Oh.

 

 

Third, the size of the dining table

 

Dining table to buy how big it? This depends on the structure of your home dining room space, generally 15-20 square meters of the dining room can be considered with 800 * 1400 rectangular or curved dining table or with a diameter of 1000-1200 round dining table, 10-15 square meters of the small dining room suitable for 600x1200 rectangular or curved dining table.

 

If your home space is relatively small, usually do not want to put so big a dining table waste of space, you can choose the foldable dining table, that have relatives and friends to eat, stretch out on it, now there are many of these can be deformed dining table on the market.

 

Fourth, the dining table sense of ceremony

 

Dining table is not only a table to eat, in fact, at home is also considered a piece of decorative furniture, home with different dining tables and chairs, there will be different sensory experience, dining table should also have a sense of ceremony Oh.

1.desktop with table flag

Dining table can usually put a table flag, you can buy more than a few replacements, every time you change the new style will make the home become fresh and charming, sometimes people feel the joy, it is from these details, table flag can be taken off when eating, laying on the table mat can be.

 

2.put a pot of flowers

If you have the habit of buying flowers at home, you may wish to place a pot of flowers on the dining table, so that every day you can see the beautiful flowers, the mood will also be very pleasant .

 

3.beautiful tableware

Good-looking table with a set of fine tableware, tableware is in fact to enhance the quality of life of the necessary goodies, a set of good-looking tableware, placed on the table, instantly enhance the home compulsion.

 

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