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Furniture Buying Guides

Short, practical answers to the sizing and layout questions people ask before buying solid wood furniture, with the measurements that matter.

• What Size Dining Table Do You Need?
  How to pick a dining table size for your room and your household: seats per length, round vs rectangular, clearance to walls, and which solid wood tables fit a condo, a kitchen or a full dining room.
• Dining Bench vs Chairs: Which Should You Buy?
  Benches seat more people, cost less and hide under the table. Chairs are easier to get in and out of and more comfortable for long dinners. How to decide, and how to mix both.
• Banquette Seating for a Breakfast Nook
  How a corner banquette fits a kitchen nook, which table shape to pair it with, how many people it seats, and what to look for in a solid wood banquette bench shipped in Canada.
• Counter Height vs Bar Height Stools
  The one measurement that decides whether you need a 24-inch counter stool or a 30-inch bar stool, how many stools fit an island, and backless versus stools with backs.
• Coffee Table Size Guide
  How long a coffee table should be for your sofa, how high it should sit, how far from the seat, and when a round table beats a rectangular one.
• Console Table Sizing: Behind a Sofa or in an Entryway
  How wide and how tall a console table should be behind a sofa or in a hallway, the clearance to leave in an entryway, and when to choose a console with a shelf or cabinet.
• How to Care for Solid Pine Furniture
  Cleaning, humidity, heat marks, scratches and sun fading: how to keep solid pine dining and living furniture looking right through Canadian winters and summers.
• Plank & Beam Finishes Compared
  What each Plank & Beam finish looks like, which collections carry it, and how to match a table, bench, coffee table and sideboard across the dining and living range.