Dining Rooms

Set the table in your own dining room with style, poise, and elegance.
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Gem Home: Wunderkind Chef Flynn McGarry’s New NYC Café, Vintage Store, and Grocery
When Flynn McGarry wanted to add some color to the dining area of Gem Home, he grabbed the lion-patterned rug off his living room floor and threw it on the wall. The duck-shaped nut cracker, model sailboat, and scalloped blue glass plates also came from his own holdings: he lives right upstairs and Gem Home, […]
An Interior for Introverts: Adding Peace and Quiet to a 1910 Westchester House
Maleeha and Ian and their two daughters decamped from Brooklyn to Westchester County, just north of the city, for familiar reasons. In need of breathing room, the family—she’s a UX designer, he’s a doctor—settled on a 1910 Mediterranean-style fixer-upper in Pelham, New York, with an elegant terracotta-tiled roof and lots of windows. They took the […]
Equal Parts Humble and Chic: A Seaside Romantic Ruin for Rent in Marseille
“Samena is the story of how to reinstate a ruin,” says Olivier Amsellem. A fashion photographer and co-founder of Marseille’s hipster lifestyle boutique Jogging, Amsellem purchased a rundown beach shack half an hour down the coast from his shop with an eye to creating a rental house and artist residency that’s a satellite of the […]
A Perfect Small Museum and Lunch Spot in Paris: The Musée Bourdelle and Rhodia Café
In a city of possibilities, how to best spend a few hours in Paris? I recently accompanied my husband on a work trip in France and knew I would only have a free afternoon in Paris. On previous visits, I had checked the city’s greatest hits off my list and was looking for something bite-size […]
Remodelista Love Match: An “Old World Yet Modern” Brownstone Revival for a Stylish Young Couple
At Remodelista we love acting as a design dating service. Here’s a recent NYC example: “We found Anshu and Bill during the depths of Covid through a Remodelista post,” Adrienne Totoro tells us of Anshu Bangia and Bill Agostinho, the couple who together run Bangia Agostinho Architecture. “We were drawn to their old-world-yet-modern aesthetic—every project […]
Kitchen of the Week: An Architect’s Light-Filled, DIY Copenhagen Kitchen, Ikea Hack Included
My first introduction to Copenhagen-based architect Stine Marie Rosenborg was a shot of a simple grey, wall-mounted cabinet in her dining room that looked suspiciously like Ikea’s Ivar model. On the outside, the cabinet was soft and subtle, but another shot with the double doors open revealed surprising salmon-y red interiors. I quickly hit “follow” […]
10 Easy Pieces: Everyday Stainless Steel Flatware
Everyday flatware might be the most frequently used household item you will ever buy (who doesn’t remember the silverware of their childhood?). So it’s worth investing in flatware that will endure; if you can’t afford a full set, you can always build a collection setting by setting, as Catherine Bailey of Heath Ceramics suggests. Here […]
Steal This Look: A Modern Farmhouse Dining Room in France
An 18th-century farmhouse in Les Baux de Provence, France, is thoughtfully restored and detailed by Anki Linde and Pierre Saalburg of LSL Architects. The dining room is a palette of plaster and concrete with eclectic, almost gallery-like decor: Picture rails and ledges surround the perimeter and rattan chairs meet LED lighting. Here is our list […]
10 Easy Pieces: Simple Wood Coffee Tables
We’ve narrowed this post to simple wood coffee tables, midcentury classics mixed with a few contemporary interpretations. Shopping for more coffee tables? See our posts: 10 Easy Pieces: Coffee Tables Under $500 10 Easy Pieces: Coffee Tables with Storage 10 Easy Pieces: Modern Glass Coffee Tables
10 Easy Pieces: Counter Stools with Backs
While kitchen stools with backs are not as elegant as their swivel bar-stool cousins, they’re an essential item for households with children. Perhaps this is why so many are reminiscent of schoolhouse furniture, a feature we find particularly appealing. Below are a few options that are as stylish as they are sensible. For more counter- […]
10 Easy Pieces: Dining Chairs Under $250
Ten affordable options to surround your dining table. In the market for chairs? See our posts for more ideas: 10 Easy Pieces: Folding Dining Chairs 10 Easy Pieces: French Bistro Chairs, High to Low 10 Easy Pieces: Stackable Dining Chairs 10 Easy Pieces: Red Dining Chairs
10 Easy Pieces: Modern Wood Dining Tables and Benches
Dining tables paired with benches create an appealing sense of community and informality; here’s a roundup of modern favorites. For more ideas see our posts: 10 Easy Pieces: Shaker-Inspired Dining Tables 10 Easy Pieces: Modern Farmhouse Dining Tables 10 Easy Pieces: Versatile, Hard-Wearing Wood Dining Benches 10 Easy Pieces: Storage Benches 10 Easy Pieces: Modern […]
10 Easy Pieces: Modern Round Kitchen Tables
Every now and then we get requests for specific 10 Easy Pieces features: this one is for our architect friend Jerome Buttrick, who is searching for a small round kitchen dining table. Here are our current favorites: Looking for more kitchen furniture? See our posts: 10 Easy Pieces: Instant Kitchen Islands 10 Easy Pieces: Dining […]
A Rarified Restaurant: Mãos at Blue Mountain School in London
Reopening this month: Mãos, the restaurant at Blue Mountain School, a rarefied art, craft, and fashion hub in London’s Shoreditch. We visited back in 2018 when the six-story showcase debuted. Today, we’re returning for a new look at the two dining rooms, each filled with design ideas we’d like to borrow—or just stare at. Blue […]
Steal This Look: Dining Room at Mãos in London
The new interior at Mãos, the restaurant at London’s Blue Mountain School, is the product of 6a architects and Philadelphia-based Tyler Hays of famed BDDW and M.Crow. The dining room and Chef’s Table spaces are both wholly unique, designed with gypsum plaster or handprinted tile walls, and an. array of covetable furniture and tableware. Both […]