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Sitting in Style: The Key to Successful Dining Room Design
Providing a stylish AND comfortable seat for your guests is the easiest way to ensure a triumphant dinner party. Often times chairs are super sleek in appearance but aren't remotely comfortable. I think for a chair design to be successful it needs to be both beautiful and functional, meaning you should want to sit in it for more than 3 minutes.
There are a multitude of elements to consider when purchasing a dining chair. Number one: The sit test! Is it comfortable and designed with the human form in mind? Number two: Is it sturdy, will it hold up well to use and to spills? Number three: Is it stylish, graceful, and beautifully designed?
There are a multitude of elements to consider when purchasing a dining chair. Number one: The sit test! Is it comfortable and designed with the human form in mind? Number two: Is it sturdy, will it hold up well to use and to spills? Number three: Is it stylish, graceful, and beautifully designed?
A built-in banquette and upholstered chairs provide a cozy place to spend an evening.
Gorgeous space! Modern dining chairs can also be comfortable -- pay attention to the scale and proportion. These are nicely curved in the back, which is much better than chairs that have stick-straight backs.
Add comfort to wood chairs with removable seat cushions.
Benches are a nice alternative to chairs -- even better when they have a back for support.
I love the lucite combined with French linen seats. 10 out of 10 points for style, 6 out of 10 for function: The table apron/twig detail looks a little low for legs to squeeze under.
A round table encourages more lively group conversations. Curved chairs + upholstered seats = A+
These chairs are stylish and well-proportioned.