That's a great question. Find out how much space you have in front and then plan for 18" as a starting point. 13" may work as well, just measure that out and see how that feels or works. Take care, Carol
Thank you for the explanation. My sofa is a sectional that is 109 x 109. However if you measure the inside it’s only 69” On both sides. The corner is 40”. I’m just wondering if a 42 round coffee table is too big. I would be happy to send you a photo of the room. Thank you so much for your help!
I think you would have plenty of room for a 42" round coffee table. You would be able to place the table inside that square shaped area with wiggle room so you could place the table just inside the square, not on the very edge of each side of the sectional, which is nice to not have the table stick-out more than the sectional or sofa. The 18" is a guideline, and you could even move the table in a little. Maybe to help visualize how it would fit, could you measure that out in front of your sectional? You could probably even go a little smaller, around 40". Maybe measure for both sizes and see which one looks and feels the best to you. Let me know what you find out and if you have any other questions. Take care, Carol
Thanks so much for your comment! This was a great question. So how I came-up with the 52" square size coffee table was that I needed to figure out how large of a square shape was available. Even though the sectional is 106" overall on each side, I had to subtract 36" (1/3 of the 106") from each side since we don't actually have 106" of space for a coffee table, we have smaller size of an area for a coffee table. After that calculation, that smaller area equaled a square shaped space of 70" ( or another way to think of it is that each sofa side, inside where a coffee table could be placed, is 70" wide.) Then I subtracted 18" of clearance on each side leaving a 52" square shaped area or space for a 52" square shaped coffee table. Let me know if you have any other questions! Take care, Carol
How about a horseshoe shaped sectional how many inches? Should it be 18” on each side? And can 13” work?
That's a great question. Find out how much space you have in front and then plan for 18" as a starting point. 13" may work as well, just measure that out and see how that feels or works. Take care, Carol
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Thank you for the explanation. My sofa is a sectional that is 109 x 109. However if you measure the inside it’s only 69”
On both sides. The corner is 40”. I’m just wondering if a 42 round coffee table is too big. I would be happy to send you a photo of the room. Thank you so much for your help!
I think you would have plenty of room for a 42" round coffee table. You would be able to place the table inside that square shaped area with wiggle room so you could place the table just inside the square, not on the very edge of each side of the sectional, which is nice to not have the table stick-out more than the sectional or sofa. The 18" is a guideline, and you could even move the table in a little. Maybe to help visualize how it would fit, could you measure that out in front of your sectional? You could probably even go a little smaller, around 40". Maybe measure for both sizes and see which one looks and feels the best to you. Let me know what you find out and if you have any other questions. Take care, Carol
@@CarolGilman Hmmm, I think a sofa with a chaise looks best with round table. Too hard to get in and out with the chaise.
Thanks so much for sharing that! Take care, Carol
I don’t understand how you got a 52 “ coffee table on the 106” sectional. You said you deducted 18” from each side. Can you explain. Thx.
Thanks so much for your comment! This was a great question.
So how I came-up with the 52" square size coffee table was that I needed to figure out how large of a square shape was available. Even though the sectional is 106" overall on each side, I had to subtract 36" (1/3 of the 106") from each side since we don't actually have 106" of space for a coffee table, we have smaller size of an area for a coffee table. After that calculation, that smaller area equaled a square shaped space of 70" ( or another way to think of it is that each sofa side, inside where a coffee table could be placed, is 70" wide.) Then I subtracted 18" of clearance on each side leaving a 52" square shaped area or space for a 52" square shaped coffee table.
Let me know if you have any other questions! Take care, Carol