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. Weโre not exactly sure what we want yet, but we know we want them to be red, comfortable, on the modern sideโฆand available in knock-off form (!). Based on this criteria, weโve narrowed it down to the nine you see above. Vote for your favorite in the comment field below and Iโll choose one reader at random to receive a copy of bothย Dinner: A Love Story and, almost hot off the presses:ย Dinner: The Playbook. (When I hit the bigtime, maybe then Iโll be able to offer a full dining set as the giveaway โ 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.ย
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).
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7. Navy Chair
#3! Cant do without salt ๐
wishbone chair! looks the most comfortable
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#7. I have been lusting after the Navy chairs forever. Classic, comfortable, durable.
iโm pretty sure #9 is the same make we just acquired as a first anniversary gift to selves. my husband did the purchasing, so iโm not precisely sure, but the shape is very similar. our decision was based on a restaurant in our neighborhood in sf โ durable, handsome, and very very comfortable
I like #3, the salt chair
I like #4!
I like #1 and #5!! They look both comfy and sturdy. Some of the other styles look not super comfy to learn back into โ youโd have to sit up super straight!
the wishbone, because iโve been loving it from afar for years. But as other commenters said, not sure how the seat will hold up (or how much you mind stains)โฆ
Ohhh, #1 all the way! I love those aluminum style chairs! Good luck ๐
5 looks the most comfortable. Letโs go with that.
3!
Several are great, but WITH YOUR TABLE, I would prefer #2.
Youโll love any you get, Iโm sure ๐
Definitely number 9, the Eames Molded Chair. Love those!!
#2, #3 or #9!
Iโm gonna go with 7, they seem to be at the right point between modern and classic.
Definitely #7. Not too modern, good shape and looks comfortable and long lasting.
I say change it up and go with #3!
I like the idea of a different one for each family member. If I was gonna go all out, Iโd find four tag sale wooden chairs, spend one weekend day sanding, and one weekend day spray painting fire-engine red with Rustoleum enamel paint!
#8 and #9 are both gorgeous but the tulip chairs tend to be heavy and hard to move and the molded is uncomfortable to lean forward in. I love the wishbone chair for looks but the little knobbies where the front legs attach hurt like a mutha if you sit down wrong so my vote would be #7 for practicality.
have you looked through the whole internet? i love your current chairs and feel like you *must* be able to find something comparable. (i guess i am in the #3 and #7 camp otherwise, but it feels like a big compromise.)
I vote for #5.
#4, although in real life I would sit and squirm in each one before choosing!
I love #3.