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Like others I think danish design is best achieved in their dining sets, especially the chairs. I think in my home, I could go with a dining set, maybe a credenza but not a whole apartment.

I grew up with Danish modern furniture from the 40's. Not a fan...

There's something a little nostalgic and sad about Danish furniture to me. i LOVE its clean lines and spareness and ability to make the space look uncluttered and all but for some reason seeing rooms full of Danish furniture evokes feelings of cold weather and lonely days to me. Am I the only one?

I LOVE LOVE LOVE IT.... I'd kill to have some nice Finn Juhl chairs, and a leather Arne Jacobsen Egg Chair. Sure, its been copied and reissued to death, but hey, its beautiful.

heatherleaf: Do you have some sad memories from a room with Danish modern furniture? Perhaps there's something lurking in your distant memory that makes you feel that way. Having said that, a room of Danish modern furniture can look very cold if it's not accessorized well. In fact, any room with a lack of accessories/textile/plants always looks cold and sad to me too.

LOVE all of those dining rooms. Can't wait to have one of my own!

I have a six No. 42 chairs designed by Kai Kristiansen sitting around a beautiful Danish modern dining table. All in rosewood. The chairs were my downfall to collecting mid-century modern & danish furniture. (My husband is fairly certain I have a serious health problem. It's really just a simple chair fetish!)

Serious lust for most things Danish modern, though. Makes me feel calm and unburdened.

The Danish dining rooms in those photos don't look chilly to me. Some are serene; others energetic. They're rooms I want to be in.

There is something about the organic shapes of Danish modernism that seem particularly suited to dining rooms. I really wish that I had the space for a full dining set.

I agree with the idea of something nostalgic and sad with the danish furnitures. But since I bought a dinner table , chairs and a bar in this danish style my point of vue changed. I paint the table in fluo green, and the bar in white and blue and for me now the lines/shapes are so beautiful I'm happy to live with this style in my dinner room. But also I can't imagine to live only with this style.

The dannish style needs to be refresh.

That townhouse dining room by suite NY is so spare it's off-putting. It looks like that furniture was left behind when the family fled the house. Danish modern only works when it's paired with really personal touches that reflect the homeowner's personality. The pic of the Finn Juhl home works for me because it has books and a rug and art that indicate the presence of life. Clean and clutter-free are great. Impersonal and unfriendly-- not so much.

Also: http://www.midcenturymodernist.com/2007/12/calgary-dining.html

I have a book with some hilarious Danish interiors from the late 50's and very, very early 60's which aren't quite nearly as spare, tasteful or "good taste" as these. I really must scan them.

But the spare, cool look goes with the tradition of Nordic Light, from the 18th/19th Century and National Romantic painting as well as a Biedermeier influence as well. It is a reaction to fussy interiors in winter and joy at the bright northern summers.