We built our house last year and one of the things I wanted to do was build the dining room table and chairs. I had planned to build one table with extensions and chairs to fit my needs. However the loml decided she would rather have 3 tables built to be pushed together or slid apart as we needed, depending on the amount of people that were there. Each table is 48inx42inx 30in tall. This is the first time IVe built either a chair or table. 16 chairs in all. This is a link to a great set of videos on building a kitchen chair. http://freewoodworkingplan.com/index.php?action=goto&link_id=43772 the project took over my shop for about 3 months, the mortising on the chairs took 2 days alone, I think I sanded for a week. I was going to bew a little more elaborate on the tables, routered edges, inlay contrasting wood, etc, but my wife wanted them just the way they are. Enjoy comments welcome. MIke