This is MrL's and my 3rd dining table, after 14 years together.
Our first was a round table, bought in the town we were living. I think they were pretty popular in their day, round, 4 wooden chairs, tan-nie colour. It did us well until we moved into a big house down the Mornington Peninsular which was partly furnished some 6 years later. This house had a solid maroon coloured massive rectangle table with benches. We loved that table, but it was not ours. After we had MissM and moved into an inner-city apartment we bought a new dining table, dark brown, rectangle, 6 seats - Harvey Norman style. That table had then been transported to Cairns and then over to Abu Dhabi. I've now sold it to a neighbour, as we finally got a table we are going to stick with.
In our books, we find it perfect.
Square, 8 (surprisingly comfortable) chairs made from Indian Teak and stained to a colour we requested (which went something like MrL saying, not light, not dark, bit of a reddish tone). The photo above was taken on the night it arrived, but now we've got navy blue chair cushions and 8 placemats. We have never used a table so much. I don't think I've eaten dinner on my lap since it arrived over two weeks ago!
We are very happy with our purchase which will hopefully see us through....