So I need your help: After seven years of garden variety family wear and tear, our red dining chairs are just about on their last legs. I get so many comments about them on this blog that I thought you might have some strong opinions about what the next ones should be. We’re not exactly sure what we want yet, but we know we want them to be red, comfortable, on the modern side…and available in knock-off form (!). Based on this criteria, we’ve narrowed it down to the nine you see above. Vote for your favorite in the comment field below and I’ll choose one reader at random to receive a copy of both Dinner: A Love Story and, almost hot off the presses: Dinner: The Playbook. (When I hit the bigtime, maybe then I’ll be able to offer a full dining set as the giveaway — and maybe not even the knock-offs.) Your choices:
1. Tolix Chair 2. Globus Chair 3. Salt Chair 4. Thonet Vienna Chair 5. Wishbone Chair 6. Thonet Era Chair 7. Navy Chair 8. Saarinen Tulip Chair 9. Eames Molded Chair.
Contest ends Thursday, 8/21 at noon ET. Good luck! UPDATE: The winner (Rosie: #384) has been notified. Thanks for playing everyone!
RIP my beautiful red chairs that are no longer available on the interweb (as far as I can tell).
Related: Click here for a massive modern chair resource.
2 Wishbones and 2 shakers. Will be a statement (and by using 2 shakers on the side, you can probably buy 2 extra to pull over when you need more seats)
#9! I have them at my breakfast table (in grey) and they have been great–durable and comfortable too.
I buy kitchen chairs based on comfort so I’d go with 3 or 7. Altho 2 is prolly comfortable, I don’t like the style.
I like #5, the Wishbone Chair!
5 looks the most comfortable.
I love no. 4 !!
We have the Eames in black. Love! I vote for the Eames.
Johnny #5 alive!
I like #7. (The Wishbone chair is the one we have at work, and it really isn’t comfortable to sit in at great length. Same with the molded plastic Eames-y one).
#5 and #7. But mostly #7, although 5 looks more comfortable:)
The wishbone #5!
5 and 9!!
#3 salt! Simple and classically modern.
Well, I’ve mulled this over for a little too long.
#7. It has a more supportive back than a few others. Not quite as cushy as a rounded back BUT it’s classic yet a little different and not overdone.
#7!
2 is my choice…given the table. If a different table, maybe 1 or 5.
No question that 8 is your lucky number. That tulip chair has it all
I think #5 are fabulous!
I LOVE 8 and I think 9 is the perfect mix of simple and modern.
number 9
I think 9 is the perfect mix of simple and modern.
#7!
#5 looks the most comfortable and will make the least noise scraping across the floor (as they always seem to do..)
#5 looks like the most comfortable, they have my vote (not mention that I have the green ones at my place ^_^)
#5! Or if not that, then #3. Some of the others look flimsy, like there might not be quite enough room for your bum.