stone top table?

[bhnumbers]

I'm having trouble settling on a dining table for the eating area in our new family room--this is a casual eating area right off of the kitchen and we will eat most meals there.

My interior design suggested a stone top table from Room & Board (it's the 60" with the white base/marbled white quartz top) and it's beautiful and it checks a lot of the boxes for what we wanted:
-oval shaped (I like oval tables and that shape works well in our room)
-very durable surface
-clean, modern look

But it seems a little...I don't know...cold? I haven't had a stone stop dining table before. Also, I'm not sure if we're cool enough for this table, lol. It's such an iconic style (though this one is not authentic) I have this "we're not worthy!" mind set imagining my kids getting markers and spaghetti sauce all over it.

Here is basically everything for the room...what do you guys think? I love looking at all of this and coming up with ideas, but actually having to commit to a purchase is so hard!



eta: we're not doing the aqua coffee table. still working that out, too.

[bullygirl979]

With the other items you are purchasing, I think it will look fabulous. Go for it!!

[dr.girlfriend]

Feb 8, 2019 10:23:06 GMT -5 bhnumbers said:

I'm having trouble settling on a dining table for the eating area in our new family room--this is a casual eating area right off of the kitchen and we will eat most meals there.

My interior design suggested a stone top table from Room & Board (it's the 60" with the white base/marbled white quartz top) and it's beautiful and it checks a lot of the boxes for what we wanted:
-oval shaped (I like oval tables and that shape works well in our room)
-very durable surface
-clean, modern look

But it seems a little...I don't know...cold? I haven't had a stone stop dining table before. Also, I'm not sure if we're cool enough for this table, lol. It's such an iconic style (though this one is not authentic) I have this "we're not worthy!" mind set imagining my kids getting markers and spaghetti sauce all over it.

Here is basically everything for the room...what do you guys think? I love looking at all of this and coming up with ideas, but actually having to commit to a purchase is so hard!



eta: we're not doing the aqua coffee table. still working that out, too.

Honestly, I would not get that table with young kids, just because of the heavy top and the unstable base.  It look dangerous to me.  Or I would at least go see it in person and see how easily it would tip over if knocked into.

[dr.girlfriend]

It's funny, when I saw your subject line but before I clicked, I wondered if you were thinking about getting the Origami Coffee Table from West Elm. It has a stone top and I think it would look great in your space.  (ETA:  I guess it's actually inlaid bone tile but it has a nice similar look to the stone you posted). 

www.westelm.com/products/origami-coffee-table-g672/?pkey=ccoffee-tables&isx=0.0.2992

[bhnumbers]

dr.girlfriend , we looked at the walnut-topped version of this the last time we were at R&B and it did seem quite sturdy, but the stone is much heavier, so that's a good point. And my kids are young, but at ages 7 and almost 10, they aren't quite in quite as much peril with heavy furniture as they used to be. but yeah, I definitely want to go look at it in person!

[L]

I have a R&B white quartz top table (natural steel 4 Square leg base). It is cold...and indestructible. It’s awesome. My kids can’t ruin it...lol. We have the same thing in coffee table version too. Also I have several pieces similar to your vignette. Gray sectional, Eames molded chairs, wood console...Lol.

[bhnumbers]

Feb 8, 2019 12:55:58 GMT -5 L said:

I have a R&B white quartz top table (natural steel 4 Square leg base). It is cold...and indestructible. It’s awesome. My kids can’t ruin it...lol. We have the same thing in coffee table version too. Also I have several pieces similar to your vignette. Gray sectional, Eames molded chairs, wood console...Lol.

Clearly, you have great taste

And good to know that it's indestructible! 

[cosmowife]

I love it. I have a similar coffee table (but Formica top instead of stone) and a similarly shaped pedestal table as our kitchen table, and the kids have never knocked them over. Pedestal tables are such a classic look, and they give you so much more room to squeeze in chairs because there are no legs getting in the way.