Oddly, in all these years, I’ve yet to pull together a roundup of modern dining chairs. I’ve done Get the Look posts for modern patio chairs, modern desk chairs, and modern dining tables, and plenty of other furnishings, but alas, no modern dining chairs. Until now. There’s quite a variety here. There all modern silhouettes, but some are wooden, others acrylic or plastic; only a couple have upholstered seats.
All of these modern dining chairs sport fun colors. There’s a dining room photo by Petra Bindel that I’ve been kind of obsessed with, featuring three Muuto Nerd chairs in pastels around a pale wood table in a white room. When I decorated the dining room in my friend Meredith’s NYC condo, we used Eames chairs in three different colors around a Saarinen pedestal table.
There are more brightly colored modern dining chairs around than you may think. Made.com has several chairs in fun colors, including a hot pink that’d make Barbie blush. Home furnishings site Lulu & Georgia is full of color, with a couple of great purple dining chairs, among others. Crate & Barrel and West Elm sometimes have amazing colors too, but you have to get them quick because they tend to only stock them for a season; and of course, Ikea is worth checking too.
Here are my 30 colorful, modern dining chair picks.
S H O P P I N G
1. Stacking Chair by Lucian Randolph Ercolani
3. Globus Chair by Jesús Gasca for Stua
8. L’eau Chairs
9. Ruby Chair
10. Dwight Chair
11. Butterfly Chair by Lucian Randolph Ercolani
12. Ghost Chair by Philippe Starck
13. Isabella Leather Wrapped Side Chair
14. Nerd Chair by David Geckeler for Muuto
15. About A Chair AAC22 by Hee Welling for Hay
16. Tucker Chair
17. Bleecker Chair by Happy Chic by Jonathan Adler
19. About A Chair AAC12 by Hee Welling for Hay
21. Maui Armless Chair by Vico Magistretti
22. Veda Chair
24. Era Chair by Michael Thonet
27. Nadia Side Chair
28. Wishbone Chair by Hans J. Wegner for Carl Hansen & Søn
30. J110 Chair by Poul M. Volther for Hay Denmark
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