Here's a picture of my nook with it's still-undecorated walls. I like the square rug because it defines the space where 2 more walls would be. Extending that logic, perhaps a square rug would make your space feel too closed-in, especially if the doorway is narrow. In that case I would say go round or octagonal. The table is 48" in diameter, the chairs are smaller than today's chairs and the walls are 7 and 7.5 feet. Hope this helps.

Thanks for looking at this and sorry it's confusing. I don't see a blue line. Where is that? To describe the doorsways: starting at the cabinets across from the island, the line on the lower left is the window side of the nook. The doors on the horizontal line below that is the pair of french doors (6') leading to the back yard. The door to the right (on the other side of the wall) would lead to the master bedroom suite. Moving up, the kitchen will be across from my office. This drawing shows a wide opening, but there will be pocket doors. Above that is the pantry, with a door. Not sure if I'm describing this well. Let me know. Thanks again for considering this. So the nook will be in the lower left-hand corner of the diagram, with a window on the side (the 7' wall) and the french doors leading the the back yard (6' feet wide).

Thanks to everyone! If it helps at all, the space is 11 ft across and 7' 4" from the windows to the line where the oven starts. The door opens inward so the table would definitely have to be less than 60" long, which seems to be hard to find (except for really cheap boring ones). I did have my eye on that last table because I do like the industrial style, and I thought it might work with the metal fridge handles, plus perhaps a pendant light and barstools with a little industrial edge. But I see how it doesn't quite go with everything as-is. Barbara -- the backsplash is a small, rectangular light beige stone with a textured surface: Maybe you're right about making it all uniform. I was playing with the idea of perhaps finding a Mediterranean tile with a touch of color for behind the range, but I see what you're saying about having a smooth area that's not broken up. Taking a look at some rectangular tables: boring but I like the rustic feel. blah. Maybe white legs would go well with the lighter countertops. I actually like the legs on this one when I look at it by itself, but I don't know if it would take the whole style of the kitchen in another direction. These last two are customizable. The more I looked around, the more I got excited about the prospect of something handmade and customized to fit the space exactly as I need. And some of the options are GORGEOUS, with a rustic feel but a refined finish. I never really liked furniture style that seemed more traditional, but the more I look at some tables with turned legs, the more I think it might fit the style of the house better. I just don't want to get distracted by things fitting the existing style and forget that I'm trying to update it to look more like MY style. Something like this might be a good blend of the two: I think I might really like this one ^ SO weird for me to say, with those legs. That's why I'm struggling with decisions, I don't want things that look out of place but I also don't want to buy things that aren't my style. I'm an over thinker if there ever was one.

I am still looking for a small table for my kitchen and am considering Canadel, which offers many options on shape, wood, finish and size. Perhaps you could customize something there.