A dining table with a butterfly leaf built into it — 41.7 inches closed, 53.5 open, and the leaf folds away inside the table rather than living in a closet.
Highlights
✓Extends 41.7" to 53.5" with the leaf stored inside the table. That is the whole argument for a butterfly mechanism: there is no separate panel to find room for, and nothing to lose between one holiday and the next.
✓Closed, this is the smallest table in ACTU's range here. 41.7 × 31.5 inches fits a studio or a breakfast nook where a fixed 58-inch table simply won't go in. Open, it still only reaches 53.5 — shorter than every fixed table in the range, so read "seats 6" as six friendly people rather than six with elbow room.
✓Chairs are 19.7" W × 20.7" D × 35.8" H with a 16.1-inch seat and 18.5 inches of slatted back above it — noticeably more back than the low mid-century chairs on the 58- and 59-inch sets, which give you 15.7.
✓Tabletop is MDF with a real wood veneer, 0.71 inches thick, on solid wood legs and frame. That construction is what keeps the weight at 123.5 lb and the price where it is — but a veneer can't be sanded back and refinished the way a solid top can.
✓Assembly required, two people suggested, Phillips screwdriver not included. An extending table has a moving mechanism in it, so this is one to build carefully; the supplier doesn't state how long it takes.
Buy this one if the table lives in the room all week but only has to seat six a few times a year. Closed at 41.7 inches it takes less floor than anything else ACTU offers here, and the leaf means you are not storing a panel behind a wardrobe for eleven months.
If you need six seats every day, the 58-inch mid-century set gives you 57.87 × 34.6 inches of permanent surface. If you want a solid wood top rather than veneer over MDF, the 59-inch rubberwood set is the only one here with one. This is the compromise option, and it is an honest compromise rather than a hidden one. The rest of what's in stock is in the furniture range.
Closed 41.7" L × 31.5" W × 29.1" H; extended 53.5" L, with a 0.71" top. Chairs 19.7" W × 20.7" D × 35.8" H, seat height 16.1", back 18.5" above the seat, back depth 18.7", rated 250 lb each. 123.5 lb assembled. MDF tabletop with a real wood veneer in walnut on solid wood legs and frame; seats are solid wood, MDF, foam and fabric, in beige. Sold as table + 4 chairs, table + 6 chairs, table only, or 2 chairs only. Assembly required, two people suggested, Phillips screwdriver not included. Two-year limited warranty, residential use. Supplier style codes AU-FDT3F803 and AU-FDC4F803. The supplier does not publish the upholstery fabric content, the wood species used for the legs, or any care or cleaning instructions — contact us if you need any of it confirmed before ordering.
