Compact Dining Set Extending Table and Four Stacking Chairs in Solid Ash

an 800mm square table that extends to 1300mm on a single pull, with four chairs that stack flat against a wall.

A folding piece earns its place only if folding it is quick enough that you actually do it. Every mechanism here has been chosen on that basis rather than on how clever it is. Gas struts where a hinge would be heavy, friction stays where a lock would need two hands, and a positive stop at both ends of the travel so nothing drops the last centimetre and marks the wall. If it takes more than five seconds, people leave it open, and then they have bought a piece of furniture that is permanently the size they were trying to avoid.

Specification

• Dimensions: table 800mm wide maximum in the closed position, chairs 440mm wide
• Floor footprint: 0.32 square metres closed, 0.96 square metres in use
• Material: solid English ash, pale and straight grained, finished in hardwax oil
• Finish: hardwax oiled or sprayed, legs in your chosen finish
• Capacity: table top rated to 60kg, chairs to 120kg each, tested to EN 12520
• Assembly: flat packed, about 90 minutes for the set
• Getting it in: Flat packed in 4 cartons, largest 840mm by 800mm by 200mm. Through a standard 762mm door: on its side, yes. Into a small lift: yes
• Weight: approximately 79.0 kilograms for the set
• Seats: 4
• Leaf mechanism: friction stays, one hand, no fingers trapped
• Chair storage: stacks four high to 400mm
• Chairs tested to EN 12520 for domestic use at 110kg
• Table height: 740mm, chair seat height 450mm
• Felt pads on every foot, spares in the box

What you get

• One drop leaf table
• Four chairs
• Leaf stays and locking catches, pre fitted
• Levelling feet with 12mm of travel
• Felt pads and a spare set
• Hex key, spanner and printed instructions

Assembly

Flat packed, with a hex key, a spanner and printed instructions in the box. Fittings are cam locks and threaded steel inserts rather than chipboard screws, which is what lets a piece be taken apart and reassembled without the joints going loose. We reckon on three moves and have tested to ten.

If you are renting

Freestanding, no wall fixing needed and no holes in anybody's plaster. An anti tip strap is in the box if you want it and there is nothing to make good if you never use it. Felt pads are fitted to every foot as standard, because the other way to lose a deposit is a scratch across a floor you did not lay.