For almost all of us festive periods such as Christmas and special occasions such as birthday parties are the most happiest time of all.  It is when we enjoy spending time with our families and friends eating festive dinners with sometimes many times as many people congregated around the dining table than at normal everyday dinners and lunches.  Therefore we need a flexible and practical solution which provides us with the table surface to host large numbers of people but it also small enough to make it suitable to be used by a small nubmer of people.

The solution ideal for both occasion is a butterfly table which features a solid leg frame but instead of using a single solid table top uses two pieces of table surface which can be pulled apart with a piece of table surface which is folded up from underneath the table and put slotted into place to provide a larger table top surface.

This flexible form of furniture is steadily becoming increasingly popular as our homes also continue to include other forms of furniture. As our living standards improve almost all of us include a large of variety of furniture in our home from display cabinets through sideboards and recling chairs throughout the living and dining rooms. 

Although using extendable tables enables you to add more surface space and subsequently chairs to the table you may wonder where these extra chairs will stored during normal occasions when the table is used in its shortened size.  The solution for this complication is to use foldable chairs which can be stored in a cupboard close to the dining table, easily accessible for events such as Christmas or birthday parties.

The great thing about butterfly tables is there availability and there price which continues to fall as manufacturing processes continue to improve and cutting the costs which are required to produce an extendable table. 

The finest butterfly tables are those constructed from oak or pine however glass extendable tables are also continuing to improve in popularity and qaulity.  Another trend amonst butterfly table include mixing various materials together.  For example, table using oak leg structures and glass table tops finished with faux leather padded chairs are also continuing to grow in popularity.

In summary, butterfly dining tables can be incredibly useful to provide the table surface space necessary to host Christmas celebrations and birthday parties.  They can be made from a variety of materials from oak through to glass and they are also becoming cheaper in value as manufacturing process continue to improve.