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The blazing hot temperatures of summer are still very present, but we’re mentally jumping ahead to fall. Daydreaming about cooler weather. Picturing fall’s rich colors filtering throughout your home. Making a checklist of outdoor preparations that need to be done. Oh yes, there’s a lot to do! Let’s get a head start on the next season.
When the weather turns cooler, one of the easiest rooms to transition is your dining room....
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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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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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Few dining room tables can be described as elegant, artistic, and timeless all in the same breath. Glass-top dining tables fit this bill. They can be sophisticated and sleek, becoming the perfect addition to an ultra-modern home of clean lines and light spaces. Alternately, this type of dining table can be funky and unique, with an iron-sculpted base that makes it the eye-catching centerpiece in an artist’s loft. Or if it’s sparkle and glamour that you want, center it beneath...
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If you're hearing the word "sideboard" thrown around a lot lately and have no idea what it is, do not feel ashamed. There are very legitimate reasons for this gap in your dining room furniture knowledge. First of all, you may know of sideboards as their other common names: credenza or buffet. Secondly, you may have an air of youth about you ... as in, you weren't around in the 1970s when a dining room sideboard was a must-have. Decades later, the sideboard's starring role as the dining...
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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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