People so rarely have a sit-down meal that a true dining table is not always necessary; it’d be like a football stadium where you only play eight games a year. Do an eat-in kitchen table or something more versatile like a table that can extend to be bigger or smaller, a table on wheels that can move about the house, or a fold-down Murphy bed–like table.
Tips
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What Does Your Table Say About You?
Think about what you need the table for and how it fits your life. A dining room table can define the character of the home and family: A 12-foot table suggests you’re social—or very…
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What's Your Table Made Of?
Go for wood tables—they’re the modern version of a farm table. Wood has a nice warmth to it; it makes everyone feel as though they’re gathering around a harvest table.
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Make an Investment in Your Dining Room Lighting
The dining room pendant light is a wonderful place to make a big splash. Make this a strong focal piece and search for something you love, as if you were buying a painting for an important wall…
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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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.
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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.
Products
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Dining Table
Dining tables serve a pretty fundamental function—–a place to consume our peas and carrots. But what if the meat and potatoes of your table occur beneath the flat surface? The latest…
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Adaptable Dining Table
Mixing and matching might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you’re deciding on a dining table, but Muuto’s mutable options allow for a fully customizable fixture. TAF…
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Hans Dining Table
This table, created by Antonio Citterio in 2009, features an opening system that allows the central element to be drawn out quickly—a thick crystel top is available in white or gray. There…
Dwell Collections
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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.
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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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