The UK Christmas Dinner Table Planner: Seats, Space and Timing

Christmas dinner is the one meal that asks a British dining table to do something it was never sized for, and this planner from Furniture in Fashion treats the day as a space problem before a cooking one. The governing figure is 60cm of table edge per person, with 50cm as the practical minimum, and everything from table length to service timing follows from it. The report explains how to count what a table genuinely seats once legs and ends are accounted for, why 75cm of chair clearance still applies when extra guests arrive, and how a bench, an extending leaf or a second surface for serving dishes can add capacity a small room cannot otherwise find. It covers protecting glass, gloss and stone tops from roasting dishes and acidic spills, and sets out a full seating table pairing table length with realistic guest numbers and the floor zone each arrangement demands....