Expandability is never a mistake! Often we forget to factor in function along with fashion when picking and choosing the items that go into our homes. Unless your family mirrors the Von Trapps (on my mind from going to The Castro Theater’s “Sound of Music – Sing-along” with my son last week) the chances that your home is equipped with a dining room table readily available to seat more than your immediate family is slim to none.  Give yourself better odds (and more elbow room) by selecting a table with expanding capabilities.

With expandable tables you get the best of both worlds, a small space for your regular day-to-day living, but also the ability to graciously host the extra friend your younger cousin unexpectedly brought to your holiday dinner party.

Expandable Table Options

• Individual straight leaves added to the center
  

  Matthew Hilton’s Cross Extension Table

• Individual straight leaves added to the ends
  

  Carl Hansen sh900 Extend Table

• Round table stretched out to an oval
  

  Carl Hansen CH338 Oiled Oak Extension Table

• Circular leaves added around the outside edges

Fritz Hansen PK54 Dining Table

• Side Flap Extension

Studioilse Together Expand Table