indoor dining

one of the pieces of furniture we own that i love is our dining room table.  it seats 8 (possibly 10), and fits us perfectly.  it's long and narrow and fits the space that it's in perfectly as well.  the problem: we don't have enough seating.  when we first got it i think it came with 8 chairs, but that was 15 years ago.  i can't even tell you how we lost 2 chairs, but at our old house it didn't matter because we had a bench.  when we moved into the new house, i sold the bench in a yard sale because i hated that bench.  it had grooves in it that caught every crumb of food that the kids dropped and it was hard to clean and disgusting.  j has brought up buying a new dining room set, but i can't really justify spending thousands of dollars on a new set when we have a perfectly functional table that fits us.  the chairs are old, but they are not falling apart, we just don't have enough of them.  since we only need seating for two, i had every intention on buying either a new bench or host and hostess chairs.  i really like the way host and hostess chairs mix it up, yet bring together the look of a dining room.  i can already hear j saying how the chairs don't match.  no, they don't match, but they all go together. 

as you can see in the above photo, none of the chairs have to be the same but they all coordinate to accomplish a great look. also see here.

 

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we have ladder back chairs so i want the end chairs to have a different look.  i'm liking the look of wicker.

 

i think any of these would work for the look i want.

i looked, but could not find a photo of my table.  i would take one, but the kids are doing their school work there right now, so later perhaps.  

Comments

[Shari]

I LOVE LOVE that first dining room pic! I am in the mood to "brighten" up our house but it's hard with all dark furniture!! Of course, that ocean view helps a lot too! ;-)

[Rebekah]

The first one is beeeeautiful!

My dining room chairs don't match but they're all white, it's such a great look, I think!