The table
Oval Pedestal Dining Table, 71"
A fluted double pedestal and warm wood oval: the shape designers reach for because it softens a room and seats more.
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The dining tables and chairs I'd pick for a room that looks custom: sculptural pedestals, barrel-back swivels and the forever wishbone, chosen for proportion and materials that read high-end.
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How to make it look designed
Mix, don't match. Pair a warm wood table with upholstered chairs, or put two swivel chairs at the ends and wishbones along the sides. Give each chair about 24 inches of table width, leave 36 inches behind the chairs to walk, and hang the light 30 to 34 inches above the tabletop.
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The swivel chairs
Barrel-Back Swivel Dining Chairs, Set of 4
Low, rounded and upholstered in linen. Swivel dining chairs turn a dining room into a place people linger.
Shop on AmazonThe single swivel
Chenille Swivel Dining Chair
Buy it one at a time for the head of the table, or a pair for a round breakfast nook.
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Velvet Barrel Dining Chairs, Set of 3
A soft khaki velvet with a deep barrel back, for a dining room that feels like a lounge.
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Wishbone Dining Chair in Oak
The classic Y-back silhouette in solid wood with a woven seat. Mixes with anything.
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Oak & Bouclé Dining Chairs, Set of 2
Light oak with a bouclé seat: warm, simple and quietly expensive-looking.
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