Space between dining room table and buffet
I need help figuring out if I have enough room. My space is 11' wide. My table is 34" wide. I am considering buying a buffet, which will sit along the wall on the side of the table lengthwise, and I need to figure out if I have enough room.
So am I figuring this out correctly . . .
132" (11') minus 34" equals 98"
98" minus 72" (allowing 3 feet for chairs on each side of the table) equals 26"
26" divided by 2 equals
13" of extra space on each side of the table? So I can buy a buffet that is 13" deep?
Here is a photo of the buffet I was considering but it is 18" deep.
I'm also considering buying this 1940's mahogany china cabinet for $90. (just like the one my grandmother used to have) and painting it white like in this other photo. I was thinking of placing it catty corner to the left of the bay windows.
Maybe I could put the buffet catty corner also to the right of the bay windows? Or would that look funny?
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jay_chua
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Sueb20
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14 years agojudydel
14 years agoArgggh you're probably right that it will look like it was stuck there because of not having the room . . .
We just built this room (actually a 900 sq ft two story addition). And the plan has always been to put in two built in china cabinets flanking the bay window with a window seat connecting the two cabinets. We can still do that . . . I just love the way antique china cabinets and buffets look, and was trying to work them in (especially because it would be way less expensive). The built ins can only be 24" wide, which isn't very wide. Here is a photo of the rest of the kitchen to give better perspective.
To answer your question . . . the wall where I was considering the buffet is just a long (18 feet?) empty wall at the moment. There is equal distance flanking the bay windows on each side (24")
The dining area is on the other side of this stove peninsula.
The kitchen is slowly being finished off
These cabinets are 30" wide. I'm still waiting for the two shelves to get installed that go between the cabinets over the sink (AND the compact fridge door panel, AND strips of bead board that are missing).
I'm a bit nervous that 24" wide cabinets flanking the bay window will look spindly ? Maybe not with the windows and window seat connecting everything?
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