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Choosing the right dining room furniture for your dining space requires recognition of your design style, research and patience. When you’ve taken the plunge and bought your table and chairs, you’ll likely feel a great sense of relief. But the quest for creating your ideal dining space is far from over. The next step: choosing lighting.
You want your dining room to feel warm, and to be a place where guests gather cozily around the...
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You will never be starved for choice when it comes to dining room chairs. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of options in today’s furniture market. Most chairs, however, stem from a few timeless classics. So as a starting point in your dining room chair hunt, see which of these styles tickles your fancy.
What type of material do you want for your dining room chairs? Leather has become a classic staple in modern homes. Many people...
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In a previous blog post we talked about a chronic dining room issue: having enough space at the table. Careful measurements will help you maximize your dining space and find the right-sized table to meet your needs, but there are more things to consider than just measurements.
A key element for making the most of your table space is choosing the right dining room chairs. Standard measurements that...
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Having enough space at the dining room table is always an issue. Family members and dinner guests come in all shapes and sizes. Some sit prim and proper. Others like to spread out, and require lots of leg and elbowroom.
How do you buy a dining room table that can accommodate a wide range of diners?
Below are three essential steps you need to take to answer this question.
Make a detailed scale drawing of the room you are going...
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Just because you live in a small space doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice key pieces of dining room furniture. Say goodbye to dinners on your coffee table—we’ve got lots of space-saving tips to show you the way to incorporate dining room furniture into your space-conscious home.
Before we talk dinette sets, let’s revisit a few cardinal rules of decorating a small home:
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Take stock of your dining room furniture and the other accents in the room. Is your style modern? Not sure? It’s ok—most homes don’t fit in a neat little box of one particular style category. We can, however, define the category itself. Let’s investigate what it means to Go Mod.
Furniture produced from the late 19th century to the present that was influenced by modernism is what we now loosely refer to as modern furniture. One...
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Chairs aren’t normally the first item that comes to mind when thinking about art. But when we saw a few of the entries for an upcoming furniture design show in Milan, it piqued a whole new line of thinking. Should we stop hiding chairs under the table and start making them focal points of our dining room furniture?
We know that chairs are a key component of every dining room furniture ensemble. So let’s think outside the box here. What if your chairs played as big a role...
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Finding the right dining room table is often determined by space constraints. Just because your home is small doesn’t mean you have to rely on your coffee table and pillow seats as your only dining table option. Think small in order to maximize your dining space. Bistro tables (also known as pub tables) are the perfect dinette set for small homes or apartments.
The bistro table was given its name after the traditional French bistro. The Parisian bistro is traditionally a cozy,...
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Most people don't use their dining room table for nightly family dinners. Its purpose usually arises on holidays and during the occasional dinner party. But don't let the seldom-used part diminish its importance; getting stuck at the “kids' table” during a holiday meal is the pits. So make sure your dining table is the right size and shape to welcome all of your guests and ensure that the “Oh no! Where do I seat him?” shuffle never happens again.
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With temperatures rising and sunny days becoming more frequent, most of us can’t wait to get outside and welcome spring with open arms. Meanwhile, we’re also making lists of what we can do to welcome a new season indoors. It’s time to give your kitchen and dining room a little facelift to freshen things up.
There are many possibilities for dining room updates—not the least of which is a good deep clean! Check out the list below for ideas on dining room...
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