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’m going with #3 and #7 — I like them both!
Nr.3 (my son likes Nr. 5)
#3. Salt Chair – I love those.
May the best chair win.
#5 or #7- though they all look great!
#3 or #9. Eames chairs are comfy.
I have salt chairs myself.
I think 3 or 5. 1 looks like it would feel cold in the winter, and 2 looks a bit hard. 4 and 6 are just a bit boring, and I don’t like the “playgroup-y” feel of 7. 8 to me is too modern for a kitchen (and doesn’t look like it would fit with the rest of the room, from what you can see in the picture!) and 9 just screams “office” to me, which frankly is the last thing I want to be thinking of when I get home and sit down for dinner! 3 reminds me of the chairs we had at home growing up – sensible, comfortable wooden chairs, but the red makes them fun and modern. And 5 is my second favourite – it looks comfortable and stylish, but I do just love 3 – it looks like home!
I like #3 but #7 is a close second.
my vote is for #9! looks comfy, fun, classic and a bit modern too
I like #1
#4!!!! Thonet Vienna Chair
I think they’ll look so great in that space! 🙂
I think #6 looks elegant & comfortable!
I like #3 the best!
Definitely #5. It looks like it’s really comfortable and will fit in with your decor. I like them all though!
#3 or #7
3 or 7, both classics!
All lovely, but my vote is for #3.
how is nobody voting for #4?!?!?
I like 6 and 9. 6 for pretty and 9 for comfort.
My pick for me is #3. My pick for you and your family is #3. Such a fun game!
#3– The Salt Chair
Classic.
The higher back would be more comfy (and multiple slats usually make it more comfy than a style like #4).
PLUS it has a “food” name– ‘gotta love that!
I like number 8…it looks the comfiest to me (I heart cushions for my bony butt) and I like chairs that swivel (which it appears to do?). 🙂
I vote for #6!
3 or 4!
I am a person who always looks for comfort so I choose #5 (it has a cushion so I assume comfortable)with #8 in second place (but I actually don’t care for the look of #8 for your dining area). #1 and #7 seems very trendy right now but I would stay away from those for that very reason (reason being is that it takes me forever to change things up at my house and if I purchase something trendy, then it can get dated too quickly for me). Keep us posted on your decision! 🙂
I’m torn between #1 or #7. Good luck choosing!