Furniture is designed to help us make our lives easier. One very important and significant utensil is the table, a flat surface that stands in legs (made in different forms and materials). We have been using it for a long time to sit around, to eat, talk, do chores, argue, a place of interaction. 

Since it was invented, it has served the purpose of lifting the food from the floor level, and it has become a space full of symbolism. As tables itself have become irreplaceable, the term has also found its way into idioms: we use expressions like set the table, which means arrange things to look good and inviting as if you were to have guests; put food on the table, on the other hand, means to be able to provide, to have enough to take good care of your family. Dear reader, have you an idiom with the word Mesa, table, tavola, Tisch that you want to share?

Because the way of living has changed and tables no longer always fit in the kitchens, we have fitted them into other house spaces. But the table has stayed true to its roots and serves its purposes as the nourishment platform and as a place to imagine new ways of creating understanding between the small group that assembles around the table.