Hello,

I'm building a trestle table as a dining table. I'm not using any
leaves. I have a question about seating clearances. I have a book
that says one needs 24" seat center to seat center to acommodate elbows
while eating. This would really push the table size as I'm going to
accomodate three per side and two at the ends. I was hoping that I
could get away with 22". Given that the seating of 8 would be for
holidays with family, I thought the occassional bumping of elbows would
be of no harm.

The chairs themselves are 19.5" wide at their widest point.

Any thoughts?

Matt