I gotta say, I don't really care for the size of some of the new furniture. The tables, for example are actually smaller then the tables used in the original. The board's spaces are bigger too. On the quest map the table still takes up 6 spaces, when it can easily fit into 2. The torture rack, alchemist bench and Wizard's table don't need that much space either.
However, I find the chests to be of more accurate size now.