Apartment Therapy: seating - dining & sidechairs

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Posts tagged “seating - dining & sidechairs”

Good Questions: Substitution for Emeco Chairs?

We lust after Emeco chairs for our dining room (above, right), but at $395 a pop, buying six of them seems a little extreme. We just got the new CB2 catalog in the mail, and saw their "bandit chair"...

Best of Four: Side Chairs (a little more formal)

Charme Chair by Archirivolto Design Lately, I've noticed a few new side chairs that I really like. For today's roundup, I thought I'd get all the info and share them with you. They run the range in...

Good Questions: Similar Colorful Chairs?

I'm in love with this dining set from Macy's, but it's way more money than I'm willing to spend. I've decided to go with either the Odyssey table from CB2 or the IKEA Docksta (any info on the Odyssey ...

Good Questions: Who Designed These Upholstered Chairs?

Dear ATNY, I'm looking to replace my dining room chairs and have come across these ones several times — most recently on Feelmorehuman.com website. However, they do not sell them. They look li...

Good Questions: Any Info. On These Dining Chairs?

Dear AT, I just bought this set of four dining chairs at a local flea market for about 35€ (which is about 40 US$ I guess). They look like they're Scandinavian design, but I'd like to know if any...

Hot or Not? Bamboo Basket Chair

You may recall designer Tejo Remy's previous designs for Dutch design collective, Droog: the Rag Chair, Chest of Drawers or Milk Bottle Lamp. This bamboo chair is one of his newest designs with coll...

Vintage-Looking Seating from Sundance

There were these old stools we used (and took for granted) in school and we'd sure love to have one now. They weren't exactly like Sundance's Modern Times Factory Stool up top, but a little more lik...

Semigood's Rift Collection in Walnut

Good news: Semigood's Rift Collection, originally made in white oak and white ash, is also now made in walnut. That's the dining chair in walnut up above. Check out the writing desk after the jump.....

Best of Three: Wegner Wishbone Chair Knock-offs

Grace's post about Mixing Authentic Pieces with Knock-Offs inspired us to round-up some knock-offs in the style of Hans Wegner's Wishbone Chair... ...

NY Good Questions: Chairs that will Soften the Feel of this Table?

Dear AT, I'd like to find some comfy dining chairs that soften the industrial edge to this dining table (see picture). I'm looking for something a little funky and unexpected. I am hoping the AT r...

Best of Three: Hans Wegner Side Chairs
Email from 6.25.08

Okay, here's a layup: my favorite three Wegner side chairs and a radical tip - TRY MIXING THEM UP (no one ever does that). The idea comes from the picture above, which I saw on the Bulthaup website...

Rotterdam Stackable Chair by Hella Jongerius

The recent debut of the Bouroullec Brothers' Steelwood chair for Magis has overshadowed a similar design by Dutch designer Hella Jongerius for Vitra... ...

Outdoor Furniture We'd Use Indoors

Outdoor furniture has to be strong, durable and weather resistant. And often times design is compromised to fulfill these requirements. But there's also a lot of great outdoor furniture out there th...

NY Good Questions: Who Can Identify This Chair?

Dear AT, I saw this chair on a website and fell in love with it. However, I have no information on it. Can anyone identify this chair or tell me where I can find it? Thanks! Sanjay...

Chair Made from 47 Hangers by Vanessa Marie Robinson

When we recently asked the question What Do You Do With Wire Hangers? The majority of readers answered that they recycle them. Designer Vanessa Marie Robinson recycled forty-seven dry cleaning hange...

Frame Chair by Wouter Scheublin

We like stopping into Matter every now and then just to see what cool stuff Jaimie Gray has found and stocked. Today it's this weird chair, Frame Chair, by Wouter Scheublin (Holland), which is surpr...

Inspiration: Cheap Chair Rehab
The New York Times 6.5.08

How far can you stretch $40 and a do-it-yourself attitude? The New York Times shadowed experienced prop stylist and set designer Michele Spadaro as she rehabilitated an inexpensive, thrift store cha...

Look!: Eames Mesh Chair for Dining

Personally, we find the FLOR catalogs most notable for their incredible prop styling, which shows off the Flor tiles amazingly well. In the catalog that just arrived, many noted the new colorful Gi...

NY Good Questions: What Style of Chairs Should We Purchase?

Dear AT, My husband and I recently splurged on this Drexel Heritage Postobello Couture dining table. It's massive, and luckily we have a big dining room to accommodate it. I am going for an eclec...

Look!: McCobb Planner Chairs (Turned White)
Email from 5.21.08

I often talk about new stuff, so today I wanted to go for vintage. The picture above is from a Gideon. It's from his home that he submitted two year's ago for Small Cool 2006. The chairs are really...

Pretzel Chair by George Nelson

To celebrate designer George Nelson's 100th birthday, Vitra is re-issuing a special edition of George Nelson's Laminated Plywood Chair — commonly known as the "Pretzel Chair." Designed in 1952, t...

NY Good Questions: Any Info. On These Chairs?

Dear AT, I spied a beautiful set of resin and raffia shell chairs in a recent issue of CS Interiors. No one, including the store that sold them, seems to know anything about them other than that t...

ICFF 2008: Chairs Worth Waiting For

Part of the fun of ICFF is finally getting to see/touch/experience furniture that we only know through pictures.We were thrilled to check out a number of designs for the first time. In addition to u...

NY Good Questions: Does Burgandy with Light Pastels Work?

Dear AT, I have never been great with color and now I am stuck. I love dark, saturated jewel-tone colors and very dark, black or deep brown furniture (ebony wood, black lacquer). But I don't wa...

NY Good Questions: Ideas For Redecorating My Apt.?

Dear AT, I am in the process or redecorating an apartment with my newly cohabiting partner (I moved into his place.) Looking for some help on wall color and what to tackle next. My ultimate vi...