Go to www.corcoran.com, a high-end real estate company here in New York City, to see extremely detailed photos and floorplans for thousands of apartments in New York. As you'll see from the prices, this is high-end real estate -- then again, there isn't much but high-end real estate in Manhattan and the nicer parts of Brooklyn, which is where Corcoran deals. I rent a floor-through apartment on the second floor of an old brownstone in Brooklyn. It's technically a one-bedroom with an office, dining room, living room, and galley kitchen in about 650 sq feet. In reality, it's a studio (no doors except the bathroom) with rooms all in a row divided by arches (no hallway). The "dining room" is a room with no windows between the bedroom and living room. We've lined it with bookshelves and painted it a dark color with white trim since it's already so hopelessly dark anyway. It's really not bad looking though, and we've had many a successful dinner party. If we could get a hanging lamp over the table, it would help eliminate the "hallway" feeling of the room. It is also rather annoying that we have to turn on the light to eat breakfast, but that's the way it is. Dining rooms are fairly rare in New York. You'll find them in "classic sixes," which are mostly old twenties and thirties-style apartments that sell for millions on the upper east side. Sometimes you'll get a "dining alcove" which doubles as a foyer, and sometimes the dining room is a raised floor with or without railing in the living room. Or you'll have a long, narrow living room (20 by 12 feet) into which you can fit a dining room table. People who have small living rooms without eat-in kitchens -- this is probably the most common arrangement -- put up a small two-person table at one end of the living room. They limit themselves to cocktail parties or no parties at all. Parties are often held in bars and restaurants rather than apartments. Tenement apartments on the Lower East Side (some in the Village) usually have three or four rooms all in a row with no hallway. The rooms are all pretty undifferentiated and don't often have fireplaces or details, even though they're old (many originally had stoves for heat and the bathrooms were shared and down the hall). You might find pretty much any age of person living in such a building, including two girls in their 20s just starting out in New York sharing a 650-sq-foot two bedroom with living room, kitchen, and bathroom in the middle.

Hi Mary I just did a quick search & there are quite a few on Wayfair. Just search for consoles & then go to filters & you can put in your colour, depth & desired length & price point. Good luck.

Thank you for ALL the birthday well wishes and compliments on the dining room set. :0) It's very comfy compared to what we had.....and it doesn't need refinishing.....yet.....lol

I’m not sure I understand your dilemma. You have ordered the table and you are unsure about the base color? Do you have dining chairs? Do you have a rug? Right now you have wood, navy blue, and white cabinets/counters. I’d stick with the table with the wood base. Chairs in this fashion…blue/white/modern/dark wood like the table. Target: Williston Forge will give you the white and wood color. Now you need a rug.