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.
I personally like #3 as I like classic lines but looking at your picture it seems 4 or 6 have a similar outline as what you have today.
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Love #9!
#3 looks like it has the comfiest back to me.
I like number 3 as well. They look a bit more sturdy than the others (we’ve gone through two sets of dining room chairs in the last five years thanks to very active children), but number 5 looks nice too. 🙂
7 – but mixing a few/couple would be cool
#9 is my favorite, but I think #5 (which is a close second) would look best with your table.
#3 or #5, whichever is more comfortable. I love #1 but it looks hard on the rear.
I love #5 the wishbone chair, but #7 is tempting for durability
Definitely the Salt chair.
No. 5 or No. 9! These look the most comfortable and stylish!
3! They fit the style of your house and take up a bit of space visually like the ones you have now. If you go with one of the slimmer profiles you might find the room feels “empty.”
I love #4 because it’s classic OR #9 because it reminds me of school for some reason. 🙂
I think 5 is a lot like what you already have and I really like it.
But I think you should take the opportunity to have something new and therefore my vote is for 9. Looks comfy, stain resistant (your children are older than mine, so no offense intended!), and modern in the best way.
No. 5 … because it will make a good replacement for your current chairs. I like it a lot.
#3 Salt chair. They make me wish we didn’t already have perfectly good chairs so I could replace ours.
I like the look of #7. Too bad the old ones are out, but it’s pretty fun to freshen up with some new ones!
I’ll say (3), salt chair. It’s more timeless than the others.
I think it should be 5 ! I think they would fit in your space and look great.
7! 7! 7!
#6
9 all the way!
I like #5 but I think that it would maybe not last as long as the others?It also might take up a bit too much space, so an extra chair couldn’t be added for extra guests.
#3 is classic –probably what I would chose, but I would secretly want to chose #9.
For me, it’s between 3 and 5. My vote is 5.
Love your blurry running girl! 😉
I vote 5!