Narrow Dining Tables

Narrow dining tables for tight spaces and apartments

A narrow dining table is a slim, long table that keeps a shallow depth, usually about 27 to 35 inches, so it fits where a full-size square or round table cannot. The reduced depth lets the table sit tight against a wall, tuck behind a sofa, or run down the center of a galley kitchen while still leaving room to walk past. Diners sit along the two long sides, which is how a table this shallow still seats 4 to 6 people. At Two Seventy Nine, narrow dining tables start at $290.

Length is where these tables give you seats. The collection runs from about 46 inches, which fits four, up to roughly 90 inches on the extendable models that open to seat eight. Common lengths include 48, 51, 55, 68, 71, and 77 inches, so you can match the table to the wall or nook you have and add a chair or two at each long side.

Materials cover solid pine, tempered glass, and marble-look over a wood frame, on wood, metal, hairpin, trestle, and woven rattan legs. The marble-look here is a printed marble surface on an engineered wood base, not quarried stone. Colors and finishes include natural, oak, walnut, espresso, black, white, brown, gold, silver, and cream, across modern, minimalist, mid-century, farmhouse, Scandinavian, and industrial styles.

Several tables extend to solve the depth trade-off. Drop-leaf and butterfly-leaf models stay narrow day to day, then a hinged leaf raises or a center panel pulls out to add length when guests arrive. That keeps the everyday footprint small while giving you a longer table for a dinner.

Narrow dining tables suit studio and one-bedroom apartments, breakfast nooks, sunrooms, and open-plan rooms where a table doubles as a divider behind a sofa. Prices start at $290 and shipping is free with delivery in 5 to 7 days.