We are an Army family and tend to move every few years. So we needed a table that was big enough for our Family but still would be small enough just incase our next duty station had a smaller kitchen then we have now. This table fits all of our needs to the "T"! Big, storage, takes up not a hole lot of space and is very nice looking! If you looking at this table you should go ahead with the purchas... you wont regret it thats for sure!