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Garden and outdoor furniture

Measuring and planning

Measure once, order once.

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Wooden folding chairs and round tables spread across a shaded tiled terrace by a railing — Loose folding chairs let a terrace be rearranged into small groups or cleared altogether.Photo: Apracroabei · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Open source page

A long outdoor banquet table set with glassware under a pergola draped with white fabric

Measuring and planning

How much patio a table and chairs actually need

The clearance arithmetic that decides whether a six-seat table fits your deck: table size plus twice the clearance, with published dimensions to check it.

Updated 11/3/2026 · 11 min

Photo: Sarah Stierch · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons