Avoid chairs that are really heavy and hard to pull in and out of the table. Think about comfort, especially with the host and hostess chairs, which could have dual purposes and also be used at the table with laptops. You could also do something overscaled and fun for the end chairs.
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…
Articles
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Chair Up
This dinner guest is always invited, but doesn’t eat or drink, and never joins the conversation. But long after the party’s over, it will still be at the table. Our favorite dining…
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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.
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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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.
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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…
Events
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Michael Graves discusses Good Design
Architect and self-proclaimed “general practitioner” of design Michael Graves shares his thoughts on the effect of good design in a talk at The Wolfsonian–Florida International…
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Bill’s Design Talk: Michael Graves
Internationally renowned architect and designer Michael Graves will provide an intimate portrait of his celebrated career and discuss the influences that shaped his thinking and approach to design…
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.
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