I needed a 42 round dining table for my small dining area and I searched for over a year and didnt find anything reasonably priced. I saw this double-drop leaf table during one of my insomniac travels and thought for the price it was worth the try - at least in the interim! All wood, right size, great price, and I really liked the simple shape/style (most gate leg tables are pretty ornate).
The first and second table I got came badly dented but was fantastic and made the returns super easy and shipped the next table with Fedex and this time it arrived unharmed.
The leafs dont line up perfectly, and you can see the wood finger joints, and the folding brackets are exposed across the legs -- but for the price I dont care. BUT as others have mentioned the legs do need something to keep them in place - this is partly a design flaw (which most gate leg drop leaf tables seem to have) and partly due to the crappy furniture leg feet/pads they provide. If you have this table on a rug the issue might not be as bad but on hardwood floors its downright dangerous. The whole table/legs can slide and leafs can drop with just a gentle push! I knew rubber feet were the answer. So heres my fix: This table requires M6 Adjustable Thread Screw On Leveling Feet. So I bought some uxcell M6 16mm Male Thread Rubber Vibration Isolator Mounts.
Now the table and the gate legs do not even budge. The tabletop still wiggles a little when I try shaking it... or when Im cutting a steak. But for under $100 this table might stick around for far longer than I first gave it credit for.
Pretty good interim dining table
I needed a 42 round dining table for my small dining area and I searched for over a year and didnt find anything reasonably priced. I saw this double-drop leaf table during one of my insomniac travels and thought for the price it was worth the try - at least in the interim! All wood, right size, great price, and I really liked the simple shape/style (most gate leg tables are pretty ornate). The first and second table I got came badly dented but was fantastic and made the returns super easy and shipped the next table with Fedex and this time it arrived unharmed. The leafs dont line up perfectly, and you can see the wood finger joints, and the folding brackets are exposed across the legs -- but for the price I dont care. BUT as others have mentioned the legs do need something to keep them in place - this is partly a design flaw (which most gate leg drop leaf tables seem to have) and partly due to the crappy furniture leg feet/pads they provide. If you have this table on a rug the issue might not be as bad but on hardwood floors its downright dangerous. The whole table/legs can slide and leafs can drop with just a gentle push! I knew rubber feet were the answer. So heres my fix: This table requires M6 Adjustable Thread Screw On Leveling Feet. So I bought some uxcell M6 16mm Male Thread Rubber Vibration Isolator Mounts. Now the table and the gate legs do not even budge. The tabletop still wiggles a little when I try shaking it... or when Im cutting a steak. But for under $100 this table might stick around for far longer than I first gave it credit for.