Yes Daisy they are not comfortable and we tend to be lounge dwellers lol but I do like a table when I have guests or sunday lunch around a table so nice for get together. I work with lots of young dogs and puppies and my last german shepherd (sadly now passed) had a thing about testing my new tables and chairs just nibbling them around the edges so this was a bit of a solution with metal finish to that issue as we had him for 15years!! lol. But to be honest has worked out extremely well especially for hot things. I have considered Having top recovered in solid surface as I like its shape and size and I do use it as a workstation too and bentwood chairs soooo love this style of iconic chair around a mismatched table and love natural woods thats why I kept the upper cabinets that are solid med.oak and beautifully made just replaced one or two facia panels on the wall units to tie in with my new base units in a matt sage/grey finish thats so easy to keep clean. Going to replace facia on plate rack on far wall next to link it in more sort of evolving this kitchen make over used a great replacement door company in Stoke. If I do replace whole lot table and chairs will then make a charming little set for the garden so I cant complain about this buy as purchased half price In late summer sale nice when things are useful. I do like the slightly industrial timber plank tables too with metal legs and rustic tops

All of them are beautiful, and final choice would really depend on the interior style and look you would like to achieve. But to choose for now it will be Dark - Blackbone reclaimed oak table.

Look at those cute feet! It’s lovely. I would lightly sand the top, then apply a beeswax finish. YouTube has lots of tutorials on how to do this. It looks tall but it could make a great side table next to a sofa, or between to sofas that sit at right angles. Like this, assuming your layout is suitable.

Jessa61 the table is lovely. The problem wth it is that you will not be able to use the ends as the crossbar will not allow comfortable seating there. I would try and find a table with 4 legs at the corners and no cross members or bracing. The table structural support would then come from the long members under the top which would need to be deeper. Colourhappy's table is the right profile for what you describe. How many people are you looking to seat? I would have something custom made as suggested by the farmhouse table company.