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Chairs
Of course, if you're buying a table, you'll need chairs to go with it ... but you may also need chairs for lowered breakfast bar areas in your kitchen ... or to go with a second hand table.
Some antique farmhouse tables are a delight; adding character to a traditional style kitchen ... or providing a contrast to more modern kitchen units.
Antique chairs are less of a delight, though. Our ancestors seem to have had smaller bottoms, somehow ... or perhaps it's all those years of the kids leaning back and balancing on two of the legs ... but antique chairs are rarely very robust.
So - even if you're going for an antique table - Majjie suggests that you invest in new chairs. Classic Carver Dining Chair(Click on the picture for more of our thoughts or to enlarge the image) Supplier: Cucina Direct Guide price: £129.95 (with reductions if you buy more than one) This is a classic Georgian style reproduction chair ... but it's so well made that you could let people think it was an original (we won't tell!). The slender yet sturdy dimensions, fluid lines and delicate reed detail blend into a really impressive piece of furniture. |
 Contemporary Oak Chair - Leather Seat(Click on the picture for more of our thoughts or to enlarge the image) Supplier: Pine Solutions Guide Price: £135 per pair These chairs are made from North American light oak with dark brown leather seats ... and they would match the Richmond Oak table also featured here (even though the oak comes from a different source). |
 Ercol for John Lewis Chiltern Dining Chair(Click on the picture for more details or to enlarge the image) Supplier: John Lewis Guide price: £179 If you love 1950's style but want something that looks modern - then these Chiltern chairs are for you. Recreated by Ercol - for John Lewis - based on an original Ercol design but updated for the 21st century. You can choose from natural oak, white or black. |
 Honesty Dining Chair(Click on the picture for more details or to enlarge the image) Supplier: John Lewis Guide price: £199 I love the look of the Honesty chair ... it's well named ... made from solid oak and veneered oak. It has a sturdy, rustic look about it, but manages to look modern at the same time. |
 Lydia Dining Chair(Click on the picture for more details or to enlarge the image) Supplier: John Lewis Guide price: £99 A set of red dining chairs - that would be stunning wouldn't it? You don't have to be so bold, though, Lydia comes in 5 other - more subtle - colours, including black. Have a look at the pictures to see the other colour choices. |
 Marilyn Chair(Click on the picture for more details or to enlarge the image) Supplier: John Lewis Guide price: £45 These are great chairs for a small kitchen. Ideal for a glass table - I can just see them with a round one. The white would look really great in a modern white kitchen, or one with a combination of white and other finishes, but Marilyn is also availbale in black or red ... exclusively from John Lewis. |
 Winslow Straight Back Black Leather Chairs(Click on the picture for more of our thoughts or to enlarge the image) Black seats often look good in a kitchen dining area - if black features prominently in the kitchen - black stools, for instance, or black granite worktops. |
 Winslow Straight Back Brown Leather Chairs(Click on the picture for more of our thoughts or to enlarge the image) For a dining area these modern looking chairs are not only good looking but comfortable too, compared with solid timber chairs. They're made from bi-cast leather with oak legs. |
 Winslow Straight Back Cream Leather Chairs(Click on the picture for more of our thoughts or to enlarge the image) I love these cream chairs - cream leather looks great with oak - but not perhaps the best colour choice for kids. These are for the grown ups. |