Dinette.com Blog - The Style File

After a gazillion hours spent searching online furniture sites, you finally find it ... the perfect piece of dining room furniture. You read the description carefully, specify exactly what you want, and place your order. Then, you wait. Weeks pass, and then a month, and still your furniture does not arrive. The waiting continues.

Unfortunately, this scenario is all too common. It seems you forgot to ask the key question when ordering furniture online: Is it in...

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It's common to hear "solid wood" touted as a desirable feature of dining room furniture sets. And it should be. It is definitely an attribute. With solid wood dining sets, you are guaranteed both a great look and a long life. In addition to buying a product that is beautiful and built to last, solid wood furniture buyers can pat yourself on the back for supporting an earth-friendly cause (and the theme of our last blog post): sustainable style.

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You probably happened upon our blog as a byproduct of perusing the plethora of dining room furniture available online. On previous online surfing trips you will have quickly realized that the lack of overhead for online-only businesses usually results in substantial savings over the cost of items sold in traditional brick-and-mortar stores. Such is especially true with kitchen furniture because of the amount of floor space it requires for display.

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Reduce, reuse, recycle. You probably hear this call to action pretty regularly, but don’t stop to consider how your furniture buying decisions relate to it. Buying used kitchen furniture is environmentally-friendly, with the added bonus of being kind to your wallet. Follow the trusty tips below for a guide to buying secondhand dining room furniture.

Where to Shop

Gently used dining room furniture items are in abundance, so you won’t have to travel far to begin...

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If you are living in a studio apartment or a home where space is a primary consideration, then you’ll need to think carefully about what type of dining room table and chairs will be the best fit for your space. Let’s peruse the dining room furniture options out there to see how you can maximize your space.  

Space-Saving Dining Room Furniture

Removable center leafs. If you have a small dining room or a combination living room and dining room area,...

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It’s visualization time. Picture yourself in the following situation (and it’s definitely one that we’ve all been in at one time or another): You’re seated at a dinner party and you need to get up to go get another drink. But before you can get to it, you have to make the awkward squeeze between another guest’s chair and the wall. On the way out you’re wondering, “Can I even fit through that space without knocking her chair forward?”...

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Dining room furniture styles vary greatly—from contemporary to casual to traditional to eclectic. But before we can start honing in on the style that suits you best, there is one question you must answer: How many people do you want to comfortably seat at your table? This determines how many pieces (table + chairs) you are looking for.

In answering this first, all-important question, consider that most dining room sets fall into four different "seater" categories: two...

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We are so excited about the launch of our new blog! We’ve been thinking about ways to help our Dinette.com customers wade through all of those overwhelming decisions you face when choosing dining room furniture. The Style File is the answer. Through a host of topics (selected by you!), our designer will guide you through choosing your furniture style, space-saving tips, how to care for your furniture, and sure-fire ways to spot top-quality pieces.

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