Compact Dining Set Wall Mounted Drop Leaf Table and Two Folding Chairs in Solid Walnut

a table that folds to 120mm against the wall and two chairs that hang beside it, for a kitchen with no room for a table at all.

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 American black walnut, finished in hardwax oil, which darkens very little because walnut arrives dark
• 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 3 cartons, largest 840mm by 800mm by 200mm. Through a standard 762mm door: on its side, yes. Into a small lift: yes
• Weight: approximately 32.0 kilograms for the set
• Seats: 2
• Leaf mechanism: friction stays, one hand, no fingers trapped
• Chair storage: hangs on the table frame
• 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 wall mounted drop leaf table
• Two chairs
• Leaf stays and locking catches, pre fitted
• Wall fixing kit and a making good kit
• 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

This one does need a wall fixing, and we would rather say so on the product page than in the instructions. It is two screws. If drilling is out of the question, the freestanding version of this piece is listed alongside it and does the same job with a slightly larger footprint.