Do your legs fit under your dining table?

[Indecisivelurcher]

Because I've just purchased a refurbished dining table and chairs set and my legs barely fit under. Wtaf?! The table has a 13cm plank under the top, that comes down to about 1 inch above thigh. Can't hardly move, certainly couldn't cross legs. But on face value it looks like a totally normal table and chair set up.

Yes. Otherwise it would be madness.

You have yourself a weirdo table. A wable.

I hate tables like that. I have plenty room under mine as it’s effectively a Piece of wood on top of a huge X (the legs) underneath.

A table like yours would make me feel claustrophobic

Diagram!

@TheLightSideOfTheMoon

🤣🤣🤣 a wable

No, that's really weird! I'd be thinking they made a mistake with the refurbishment.

I've got a second-hand dining table and (separately purchased) second-hand chairs and I'm aware they're not an ideal fit together as most of the chairs aren't really the right proportion with the table.But it's nothing like what you describe, and it's a problem entirely of my own making (because I bought them in dribs and drabs for cheap). Even so it's annoying enough for me to have the chairs on my list to replace, so I would be really cross if I'd paid for a table and chairs as a set, and they weren't fit for purpose!

I don't think I can deal with it, or return it. So that's an expensive mistake!!! Ffs

Maybe your chairs are too high?

Why can't you return it?

You need lower chairs I guess. Fucking annoying design though and always makes me feel so fat when I have to sit at those!

That's so wierd! I definately wouldn't fit in that gap, I'm way too fat!

Do the chairs have peculiar long legs?

I would go made sitting at that table. My legs are tensing just looking at it.

You could saw little bits off the legs of the chairs?

Like Mr Twit but in reverse.

You’ll have to chop a lump off each chair leg 😂

where did you get it? That's ridiculous!

I guess that's why it was refurbished...someone already had it and rejected it!

Can you cut the chair legs a bit shorter?!

You can get table leg risers, or put castors on it

Do you have a jigsaw? If so, use it.

That table and those chairs aren't friends are they? They hate each other.

They're like furniture in a playmobil house

My table you can your legs under along the sides, but not at the head of the table, but I only discovered this once we were on about child number 3 or 4, because we'd never used the ends of the table before then!

@TinaYouFatLard

You’ll have to chop a lump off each chair leg 😂

Thought of that but actually the table is quite high, so I tried a lower chair under it and the table is comically high!

My parents and parents in law have SO MANY things like this

• dining table chairs which have a weird ridge under the bum which are really hard and uncomfortable to sit on
• small double beds which have big planks of wood down the side so you can’t sit on the side of the bed or hang your knee over the edge comfortably

Etc etc. The whole house feels vaguely like torture to visit

You need lower chairs!

I got it on ebay. I'm screwed aren't I... It was £450 as well. I wanted to get something nice.

About to message the seller.

"Hello, what is your return policy please? Unfortunately we are unhappy with the table and chairs due to the extremely small 7cm gap between the plank that sits below the tables top and the chairs. This makes is very difficult to sit at the table with chair tucked in and move legs."

I think even on ebay you have ordinary consumer rights? 450 isn't bargain basement! Is the seller an individual, or a company that also trades elsewhere? I buy all my furniture second hand and I know a lot of ebay sellers are actual businesses rather than individuals.

Put blocks or casters on the table ,its a problem with vintage stuff
normally drives me nuts