For me, dining chairs have always been the quiet heroes of a room. A dining chair can signal a design era, and can be a small to medium sized investment that packs a lovely punch in a well-designed room. When I'm shopping in the French flea markets I fall in love 100 times each day with vintage dining chairs I see along the way.
I don't buy them all of course, but I do buy the most special examples and I always have the ideal setting in mind for each one. Read on for some of my favorites.
A collection of mid-century design icons (Eames and Baummann in this example) in a similar color turn a simple dining table into a design statement.
A simple industrial school chair fills an empty space between rooms.
A dining chair is sometimes the perfect thing to bridge periods - a modern dining chair (Baumann again) with a rustic reclaimed wood dining table creates a very different vibe than a traditional dining room set.
An antique Flambeau drafting chair gives a rustic wood table an industrial flair.
Beautiful Breuer dining chairs stand in for extra seating in a small space.
A vintage Ercol Dining chair stands in for a bedside table.
