High-style dining? We started noticing them sporadically awhile back, but the other night, we went to Room & Board and saw almost an entire room filled with them. We're not really sure how we feel about counter height dining tables. Is it weird to be sitting so high for, say, a formal dinner? I suppose in the right context, they could be quite nice, but I guess the question is, what context would that be? Can counter/bar height dining tables work in a home without high ceilings? Are they better in more loft-like or open spaces? What do you guys think? (more after the survey)
Here are some more high dining tables:
•Crate and Barrel's wide selection
•Cb2 has the "Indie", "Speakeasy", and the "Bongo".
•DWR has the "Double Teak High Dining table"
•Ikea has the Leksvik bar table
Do any of you have a counter/bar/high dining table, or have eaten on one? How do you like it?
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I like the idea more in a kitchen/breakfast if only for 2 or 3 people or as a breakfast area in a small spot in an equally small kitchen.
But for a proper dining room or area, a standard table/chairs is much more appropriate I think, especially if you intend on dinners with 6 or more people with proper settings etc.
These showed up in San Francisco in 2005, and I was totally taken with them, largely because the height is potentially more comfortable for working on projects.
Then when we changed dining tables, we stuck with normal height because I have a thing for vintage dining chairs.
It's probably just as well... the thought of my 5'0" mother-in-law trying to scale a counter-height table is scary. The poor woman would need a step ladder and a booster seat.
My old roommate had one of the high dining tables and we never, ever sat there. It was way too awkward.
In 2001, my mother bought a high dining table for her eat-in kitchen, so the "high life" is pretty normal for me. I really don't see too much of a difference when eating at a high or low table.
Can't stand them... can't stand "breakfast bars" either.
As a vertically challenged individual I can say that I feel like a child in "high chair" on these things. They feel precarious to me even if they are not.
i'm building myself one to also expand my kitchen work space in my tiny open condo and other than having difficulties finding chairs that are just right, it's really quite enjoyable to use. and, it sits 12.
There are so many nay-saying comments here, so I'll throw in my own. I adore the counter-height tables from a functional standpoint. I'm nearly 6' tall and I find it much more comfortable to have the extra leg room afforded by the height. Admittedly, my much shorter friends require a bit of a run and a jump. . . so if I were to ever purchase a formal table it'd probably be regular height.
In my brand-new downsized condo I need to make everything work hard and will have to go with a counter-height table that can triple as table/desk/counter. And still look good. It's a challenge.