Dining room on measure in solid oak by Marcotte Style

A Marcotte Style guide

The Dining Room

For more than thirty five years we have designed and furnished dining rooms on measure, from the table to the sideboard, always in solid oak with melamine fronts and a warm, gathered feel.

Where to begin

A dining room is where a house sits down together. At Marcotte Style we have designed and furnished dining rooms on measure for over thirty five years, drawing the table, the seating and the light as one composition so the room draws people in and holds them there.

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Four elements

The dining room we build on measure

A dining room gathers when its parts are drawn together. Four elements carry most of the room.

01

The table

A solid oak table drawn to the room and the number who sit at it, long for a family or round for a smaller space. The heart of the room, made to be handed down.

Solid oak. Made to length. Belgian bluestone option.

Solid oak dining table on measure
02

The chairs and seating

Chairs that suit the table and sit comfortably through a long evening, or a bench along one side and a settle in a corner, for a room that seats more than it looks.

Oak or upholstered chairs. Bench. Corner settle.

Dining chairs and bench on measure
03

The sideboard and storage

A sideboard or dresser drawn to the wall for plates, linen and glass, with open display above and closed storage below. What turns a table into a dining room.

Fitted sideboard. Open display. Closed base.

Fitted dining room sideboard on measure
04

Light and atmosphere

A pendant drawn low over the table, warm and on a dimmer, with the walls and the floor kept quiet so the table and the people at it hold the room.

Low pendant. Dimmed, warm light. Quiet walls.

Dining room with a low pendant and warm light

The choice of materials

Materials for a dining room

A dining table takes daily meals and long dinners, spills and elbows. The materials should wear beautifully and only improve with the years.

Recommended

  • A solid oak top, which takes a knock and can be sanded back for a lifetime.
  • Melamine fronts on the sideboard, hard wearing and easy to live with, our standard.
  • A Belgian bluestone or oak top where a heavier, cooler surface is wanted.
  • Chairs with a seat that suits a long evening, oak or upholstered.
  • A pendant on a dimmer, low over the table, warm in tone.

Avoid

  • A veneered table top, which chips at the edge and cannot be sanded.
  • Hard, upright chairs that empty a table the moment a meal ends.
  • A single bright ceiling light, which flattens the table and the food.

The investment

What does a fitted dining room cost?

€4,000 to €25,000 and beyond

A solid oak dining table begins around €4,000. A full dining room on measure, with table, seating and a fitted sideboard, runs from €10,000 to €25,000 and beyond, depending on size, materials and finish. At Marcotte Style you work to a fixed price agreed in advance, with no surprises during the work.

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The price depends on

  • The size of the table and the number of chairs.
  • The top. A Belgian bluestone top sits well above a timber one.
  • The seating. Upholstered chairs and a bench add to plain chairs.
  • The sideboard. A full fitted dresser sits above a freestanding one.
  • The material of the fronts. Melamine is more affordable than solid oak.

Where it works

Three dining rooms, three plans

The plan follows the room and how you gather in it.

01

The dining room proper

A room given to the table, with a sideboard along one wall and a pendant low above, for a household that dines together.

02

The dining kitchen

A long table set within the kitchen, drawn in the same oak as the cabinetry, so cooking and eating share one warm room.

03

The open plan

A dining table between the kitchen and the living room, zoned by a rug and a pendant, holding the middle of an open space.

Points of attention

  • Size the table to the room. Allow a metre around it to pull out a chair.
  • Hang the pendant low, about seventy centimetres above the table, and on a dimmer.
  • Draw the sideboard to the wall, so plates and linen are close at hand.
  • Choose chairs for a long evening, not only for the look.
  • Keep the walls and floor quiet, so the table and the people hold the room.

Our approach

From first meeting to installation

One point of contact, an interior architect who guides your project from beginning to end.

Introduction

A conversation in our showroom, at no cost. We listen to your wishes and study the room.

Design and 3D

You see the dining room drawn in full before anything is built.

Fixed price quotation

Everything included and known in advance. No surprises during the work.

Bespoke and installation

Made by our own cabinetmaker and fitted by our own installation team.

Why Marcotte Style

Reasons to choose us

The difference is not only in the piece, but in who makes it and how. Six reasons clients come to us and stay.

Our own atelier

We draw, build and finish in our own workshop, not through a middleman. The hand that designs your interior is the hand that makes it.

Thirty five years

More than thirty five years of interiors on measure across Flanders, from a single wardrobe to a whole home.

One point of contact

One interior architect guides your project from the first sketch to the last fitting. No handovers, no detail lost.

A fixed price, agreed in advance

You know the full price before we start. Everything included, no surprises during the work.

Solid oak and melamine

Every piece starts from a solid oak carcass with hard wearing melamine fronts, made to last thirty years and more, not five.

Our own fitting team

Installed by our own people, not a subcontractor. Fitted clean, on time, and stood behind after the work is done.

Common questions

Questions about dining rooms

Short and to the point. The same answers also feed AI search results.

Allow about sixty centimetres of table width per person, and a metre of clear floor around the table to pull out a chair. A table of two hundred by one hundred seats eight comfortably. We draw the table to the room and the number who sit at it.

Both. We draw the table, the seating, the sideboard and the light as one composition, and we can take on the walls, the flooring and the curtains so the room arrives finished. One point of contact from the first sketch to the last chair.

A solid oak dining table begins around €4,000. A full dining room on measure runs from €10,000 to €25,000 and beyond, depending on size, materials and finish. Marcotte Style works to a fixed price agreed in advance.

A solid oak top takes daily life and can be sanded back for a lifetime. Belgian bluestone suits a household that wants a heavier, cooler surface. Avoid veneered tops, which chip at the edge and cannot be repaired.

Allow six to twelve weeks between the final design and installation. A solid oak table takes time to make and finish, yet it is a piece to hand down.

Warm and quiet. Oak and off white as a base, with one deeper tone on the walls or the sideboard to ground the room. Let the table and the light carry it, and keep the rest calm.

Certainly. A solid oak table, a sideboard in painted timber and a low warm pendant sit naturally in a period house, while the storage and lighting are entirely modern. Old character, quiet comfort.

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