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Good Questions: Mixing Up Styles With a Dining Room Set?

AT, How would you mix-up styles with a dining room set? I recently bought an Xpand table in Walnut (it's darker than the picture) and am now on the hunt for some chairs to go with it. My house isn't super modern so I don't want to go with modern chairs. I like to have some clean, modern furniture mixed with more ornate styles...

... I definitely don't want cold plastic chairs, or just hardwood chairs. I'd like to have some fabric or padding or something to soften up the look.

My house was built in 1929, and isn't a Victorian, but has oak hardwood floors, moulding and curved archways. Any help is much appreciated!

Thanks,
karen

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Comments (10)

Why not mix it up with these vagurely Victorian-looking upholstered and tufted dining chairs from Neiman Marcus Home?

http://www.neimanmarcus.com/store/catalog/prod.jhtml?itemId=prod18150067&parentId=cat16130841&masterId=cat16130739&index=5&cmCat=cat000000cat000553cat17640731cat16130739cat16130841

Or these amazing Chinese Chippendale-style chairs in Red Lacquer from Gumps?

http://www.gumps.com/jump.jsp?itemID=9404&itemType=PRODUCT&path=1%2C2%2C6%2C154%2C159&iProductID=9404

posted by bepsf on July 31st 2008 at 10:46am
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off topic slightly...
but did you get the table here in SF? i'd love to see one in person but the website for xpand says thier only US rep is in NY?
cool find!
thanks!

posted by grb on July 31st 2008 at 11:25am
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http://cgi.ebay.com/Set-of-6-French-Art-Deco-Period-Walnut-Dining-Chairs_W0QQitemZ160265188649QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item160265188649&_trkparms=72%3A552

had just looked these...tres expensive, but leather seats and clean lines...about the age of your house.

posted by maude on July 31st 2008 at 11:29am
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what about two chinese benches? or 6 chinese chairs?

posted by shoepins on July 31st 2008 at 11:31am
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Propeller on Hayes used to have the table; not sure if they still do.

posted by leslie on July 31st 2008 at 11:39am
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Propeller on Hayes has that table. I was there last weekend on my routine visit of my future dining table (and coffee table and couch...)

posted by benayse on July 31st 2008 at 11:47am
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We have the cody chair from crate and barrel. It's so comfy! and will look great with that table. We got ours in a red color, but it looks like they don't offer that anymore.

http://www.crateandbarrel.com/family.aspx?c=897&f=22536

posted by kimbobo on July 31st 2008 at 12:30pm
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if propeller doesn't have it in the showroom, he can probably order it for you

posted by mel t on July 31st 2008 at 2:27pm
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Benches would be wonderful or http://www.crateandbarrel.com/family.aspx?c=875&f=22565

posted by travelAlly on July 31st 2008 at 2:52pm
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thonet bentwood cafe chairs. natural wood or painted black. upholstered any way you wish. or (and sorry but modern lines are best with your table) mies van der rohe brno chairs.

happy hunting.

http://www.1stdibs.com/furniture_item_detail.php?id=104012
http://www.1stdibs.com/furniture_item_detail.php?id=210039
http://www.1stdibs.com/furniture_item_detail.php?id=237479

posted by healthyhome on August 1st 2008 at 7:15am
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