6 Seater Wooden Dining Sets: Survey of 800 UK Families on Wear After 5 Years

Furniture in Fashion has published an editorial analysis of how six seater wooden dining sets wear in UK family homes, and it opens by stating that no survey of 800 households sits behind it and no wear statistics will be presented. The central finding is that chairs deteriorate before tables, with the junction between seat rail and back leg carrying the load that eventually loosens, while table surface damage concentrates at the two end positions and the centre where hot dishes are set down. The report compares five common finishes, hard wax oil, polyurethane lacquer, matt varnish, high gloss lacquer and sealed veneer, against how they mark, whether they can be repaired in place and what routine care they need. Sizing guidance allows around 60 cm of table edge per diner, 180 cm of length for six adults and 75 cm of clearance behind each chair....