Thanks Janine and Luke. Our home is not country by any means. It is a new build. The dining room is part of an open space that joins our stairs, living and kitchen. We are going for a "scandinavian look" if that is even the word for it! haha. A lot of timber, timber floors and furniture, clean whites and greys. Lots of timber stacker doors, glass pendant lights, glass handrails on open timber stairs, all white kitchen with one long large window, a single timber shelf rather than upper cupboards and oversized glazed white subway tile splash back. It's hard to explain….do you think this sort of table would work in that sort of space?

Suggested spacing is between 600-800mm from edge of table - so that chairs remain in the rug when being used/pulled out to use. With this in mind, and the close proximity to the wall you may even consider a square rug. Add diameter plus 2x600 to get correct size. Check www.therugest.com/Panama as an option. Cheers Richard

There are lots of guidelines on the internet about rug sizing for dining areas. They advise a certain number of inches behind each dining chair so the legs stay on and so people have space to move around - just look those up and then apply to the dimensions of your table

A dining room rug should ideally have 24" or more of extra space, surrounding the table. The guests should be able to pull out the chairs easily without tripping over the rug. Choose flat weave or low pile rugs because spills are inevitable from the dining table. Maintenance and cleaning become simple with flat carpets. You can also choose carpet tiles as they can be set up according to the shape and size you need. Rugs come in many colors, patterns, and textures. Feel the texture if you are purchasing a natural fiber rug because natural fiber rugs are hard and rough as compared to cotton. Match the shape of the rug with that of the room. Match the rug shape to the room shape and the table shape.