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Friday
30Oct2009

City chairs pair with country table, live happily ever after

It’s true — opposites attract. Vintage classics, mid-century modern, high 70s, Italian contemporary? Chrome, leather, injection-molded plastic, lucite? Oh yeah. All look spectacular when paired with a farm table. Here’s the proof:

 

 

FROM TOP: xJavierx | Flicker; Domino; Living Etc.; Metropolitan Home

 

 

 

 

 

FROM TOP: AB Chao via Apartment Therapy; A Mad Tea Party With Alis blog; Domino; Estee Stanley, Domino

 

 

 

 

FROM TOP: xJavierx | Flicker; Domino; Marie Clare Maison; Decorno blog

 

FROM TOP: Domino; Domino; J Crew’s Jenna Lyon’s dining room, Living Etc.; Mork Ulnes Design

 

 

 

 

 


 

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Reader Comments (7)

I heartily agree - I paired IKEA's Tobias chair with a farmhouse table. I really do need to post pictures, but I'm trying to find a fab rug to go under.

October 30, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterRaina

i think there's grounds for some divorces there. some tables deserve better. where those cool roman chairs?

October 30, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterpansypoo

Oh I so agree! And what fantastic examples.

October 30, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterblair

What fun--love the mix. Adore the white chairs with the trestle table. I do have memories though of feeling like I was going to slide right out of the molded chairs. I'm fascinated with the black and white ones and always a sucker for any chair that swivels!

October 31, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterKinsley

You're absolutely right. Works like a charm, every single time. It's like a magical formula. That image with the black tile floor rocks me to my core and the pups, well, they just make me grin from ear to ear!

November 1, 2009 | Unregistered Commenternkp

Love the dog on the table!

November 1, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterNola

You know I have mad love for these pairings! I finally got a new table, but now I want more chairs... Someday I'll be able to unveil the reworked dining room.

November 2, 2009 | Unregistered Commentererin@designcrisis

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