Chair Up

Articles

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  Fine Finnish: Living/Dining Room

  The focal point of the living/dining room is an oak table from Ikea. “We like to draw, read newspapers, sew, and invite friends over, so a generous table suits our lifestyle.” No couch…

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  Gaffney House Dining Room

  For their weekend home in Sharon, Connecticut, architect Lynn Gaffney and her husband, Bill Backus, filled their natural wood "shack" with eBay finds and classic modern design pieces.

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  Dining In, Dining Out

  Once while dining at a minimal-chic German restaurant in San Francisco, my date marveled at the elegant simplicity of the mid-century-modern salt and pepper shakers on our table.

Products

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  Enfield Shaker Dining Chair

  Though the residents of the last working Shaker village may have set aside their tools, you can still get your fix of elegant simplicity from the replicas produced by Shaker Workshops. The slightly…

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  Family Chair

  Curating a set of effortlessly mismatched dining chairs can be a difficult task, unless it’s designed that way. Spindle legs and a classic Swedish stick back are the family ties that bind…

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  TOKENnyc Catenary Dining Chair

  Crafted from partially recycled steel, wood, leather and ballistic nylon, the Catenary Dining Chair, like all items in the TOKENnyc Collection is designed, developed and handcrafted in Brooklyn, NY.

Dwell Collections

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  A Look at Dining Rooms

  We enjoyed revisiting our archives to find some of our favorite examples of modern dining rooms. Some are tiny and some are fantastical, but all are rooms that we wouldn't mind breaking bread in…

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  18 Dining Tables

  Pull up a chair and feast on this collection of tables, prepared using only the freshest ingredients from our archives.

Tips

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  How to Pick a Dining Chair

  There are two ways to look at this. First, if it’s just you and your family, you want to have something comfortable but not too lounge-y. If you’re more of an entertainer and…

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  Don't Be Afraid to Spill

  Pick a dining chair that isn’t going to get stained or dirty. You want something you can easily clean, like walnut or metal. Keep extra chairs on hand for when a couple more people than you…

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  Matching Is Boring

  Mix styles around the dining table. As you need to grow your dining set—especially if your set is no longer available—find a different design that goes with your existing chairs. It…