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How to Choose a Glass Table Top For the Dining Room or Dining Table

How to Choose a Glass Top for Dining Table

A glass table top provides the perfect look for a dining room table since its beauty can make dinner feel more special. For a dining room, you can use the glass as a glass table cover for your current table or create a table from the glass over a table stand. Glass is also easy to clean and it is not as easily damaged as wood. This guide will make it easy to choose the right glass table tops for a dining room.

How to Choose a Glass Top for Dining Table

Choose The Suitable Glass Shape for Dining Table For Maximum Seating

An important consideration is what shape your glass top dining table should be. You can choose any of the five shapes of glass that are ideally suited for a dining table:

Part of your consideration should be how many people you want to be able to sit at your table. It's a smart idea to go a little larger than a normal dinner night in case you have guests. In general, you can fit:

Round Table:

Four people at a table of 36" to 50", six people at a 46" to 66" table and eight to 10 people at a table over 66" dia.

Square Table:

Four people can fit a 36" to 48" table, six to eight people at a 48" to 60" table and 12 people at a table over 60".

Rectangular Table:

Six people with a size of 36" x 48" to 42" x 78", 10 at a table of 44" x 84" and up to 14 at a table or 48" x 96".

Oval or Racetrack Table:

Six people at 36" x 60" to 42" x 72", 10 at 44" x 84" or up to 14 at 48" x 96".

Additionally, Fab Glass and Mirror offers custom cut glass of any size and shape you need. The shape and size might also be determined by the dining room layout or the shape of the table or stand that will go underneath the glass.

Know The Glass Weight for Dining Table

Various factors impact determining the weight of the glass you want to buy. You may calculate glass top weight based on your requirements. First, you need to choose the following four things:

  • Material type

  • Shape

  • Size

  • Thickness

You have to choose the material type as glass. Furthermore, the glass thickness is another significant thing that impacts weight. More the thickness, the more the weight. After putting this information, you will be able to see the approximate weight in lbs.

Choosing The Right Glass Style for Dining Table

Choosing The Right Glass Style for Dining Table

We offer the following four different glass styles that can add aesthetic appeal to your indoor or outdoor dining:

  • Tinted

  • Frosted

  • Crackled

  • Clear

Tint glass adds color that you can choose from three favorite options: Bronze, Gray, and Green. Every tone is available in light as well as dark shades. Frosted glass adds brightness and strength. Crackled glass has a unique charisma that you can use to add focal points.

Glass Quality & Thickness

Fab Glass and Mirror offers quality glass tops for dining tables:

  • Standard Anneal Glass

  • Tempered Glass

Tempered glass is four to five times stronger than standard glass and is a safe option for dining areas.

Edge & Corner Finishing

We offer three edge designs to add elegance to your dining area

Flat Polish Edge

Pencil Polish Edge

Flat Polish Edge

Flat Polish Edge

Beveled Edge

Beveled Edge

Every edge style gives a unique aesthetic. Additionally, you can choose among the three corner finishings if you are choosing rectangular glass for the dining table:

Eased Corner

Clip & Polished Corner

Radius & Polished Corner

Buying Ready-to-deliver vs Custom Order

Readymade Glass Tabletop

Readymade Glass Tabletop

If you’re the one who likes to go easy breezy, we have options for you. At Fab Glass and Mirror you can find some ready-to-deliver glass tops for the dining table. The custom order will be costly compared to a readymade glass. So, you have a list of budget-friendly options in ready order glass tabletop. Just select your desired glass type, size and shape and add it to the cart. There you go! Your order will be shipped in 3 business days.

Customizing the Glass Tabletop

Customizing the Glass Tabletop

We have many different options to customize the thickness, color, finish, and polish of the dining room glass. The polish is based on personal preference, although beveled or pencil edge polishes add more elegance to the table to fit a dining room. For the finish, tempered safety glass is a stronger option if you have kids or the table will have heavy use. For the thickness, choose thinner glass for a delicate, refined look or thicker glass for heavy use or if the table will hold a lot of weight. After choosing all the required options, you can proceed to submit your order and your custom order will be placed successfully. ... view more

Average Cost of Buying Glass Top for Dining Table

Different factors altogether give rise to different costs. Size, thickness, glass type, finishing, and styles are the choices that you can choose. Keeping all these factors in mind, the dining table glass top cost ranges from $80 to $1500 for a rectangular glass kitchen table, and from $57 to $1800 for a round dining table. All in all, the average cost to buy a glass top for a dining table is $650.
A glass table top can really add elegance and beauty to a dining room table. Use our website or call us at (888) 474-2221 to order a glass table top for a kitchen table, a glass table top replacement, a patio glass table top, or a custom-cut mirror. We make ordering easy with website tools to help you customize your glass.