Wingback host and hostess chairs, a banquette covered in a geometric David Hicks fabric and carved dining chairs painted a deep red surround an antique dining table. Grasscloth wall covering, architectural remnants and traditional sconces and trim mix with Asian touches, breathing new life into traditional style.

Here it is in tan and white on a large dining settee. The combination of this print with the more traditional and Asian-style pieces in the room is downright Hicksian.

You’ve moved the table to the living room and realized you don’t have enough chairs for the masses about to arrive. Easy solution: Incorporate your living-room furniture. As long as everything is a comfortable height, your guests will love your creative, eclectic vibe.

Long and Low Horizontals Cry Out for CompanyWhen working with a long and low horizontal dining space, you can either break up that expansive horizontal area or accent it with a deep and wide table chock-full of dining chairs. The long horizontal light fixture and artwork above the windows give the horizontal lines even more power.

4. In this unique house in Colorado, interior designer Andrea Shumacher mixed in the client's antique collection with new pieces and infused them with lots of color.

Although its design is bold, the dining room is actually a very informal space. Schumacher and her clients purposely designed this space as a place where the family could just hang out, without being holed up in their own rooms. Schumacher upholstered a bench in a classic David Hicks pattern for comfy seating on one side of the table, and used two of the clients' arm chairs at either end. Other chairs one of the homeowners found were painted a brilliant burgundy for more seating. Fabric on bench: David Hicks La FiorentinaDining table: Antique from Eron JohnsonChandelier: Kevin Reilly Altar Hanging Light

I cannot seem to write about dining rooms without including this photo. While the space is relatively large, the long dining sofa, wingback host and hostess chairs, red dining chairs, candle chandelier, rug, window trim and soft wall color make it unique and oh so inviting.

4. Plan seating arrangements with fun in mind. If you are hosting a sit-down dinner with eight or more guests, it's usually a good idea to assign places. Seating couples separately usually inspires more conversation (they do talk to each other all the time, right?), and seating your most charming guest next to a wallflower can help the shy one open up. And if you want to create a livelier atmosphere at your next shindig, reach beyond the usual suspects — invite a new neighbor or recent acquaintance, or ask a friend to bring a guest.

big settee

painted chairs with upholstered bench

chairs

Bench

I like the look of a living room chair at the dining table I'm looking for information about seat height requirements so that it feels comfortable while dining

Love the setee as seating.

Light

Idea for different chairs around table

Mixed seating

Perfect for dining room

Sofa on one side

Bench idea

Table avec sofa

painted chairs

Dining room with a couch

Don't like trim

light fixture

great layout and love the mismatched furniture

The lamp

color with bench

Patterned bench

Painted chairs

couch with table

Paint Chippendale chairs

painted chairs matched with upholstered bench + wood

Couch in breakfast room?

Cozy table seating

painted wood chairs, rugged table. Don't like the end chairs.

Love the bench at the table

Different shades of red and details on chairs and wall decor.

Eclectic

Above windows

Love the light

table set up

Paint chairs

DR

Couch with dinning table

Settee for kitchen

red painted dining room chairs

Dining room informal, large settee

Table

Chairs

Nice

Above the table

Light

dt

The bench seat

love!!!!!!!!!!!!

Settee, 2 types of chairs

Bench

house of the year - dining room

bench on other side

table

dining room---couch like

dinning room seating that is completely mismatched, but put together via fabric

KIM

White candles maybe too bright a light better with cream for softer glow

Red chairs

dining table

Painted dining chairs are interesting contrast

Sofa at table

light fixture

Boring fabric with chairs that pop

mix of dining chairs

Table Height Sofa-Style Seating

chairs

I want this!

Strålende spisestue

comfortable seating love it

mixes of chairs

like the mix of seating

Seating, chandelier

So eclectic And it all works well.

Love 3chairs antique finds over doors

the size window would be good for the lvrm

great mix

Lots of optional seating

painted chairs

Kitchen

Mixture

like the red chairs and straight rectangular chandelier with candles

dining room

Bench

Confy chic

Consider the candle platform in the dining or kitchen area

different

Bench

Table set up

mixed seats

I can paint my chairs like they did here.

Dining room idea

Chairs and table-- Lesley and Brian

Windows more elaborate frames

LOVE the bench!

hanging ladder

Windows sill deco

Candles

Wood carvings over windows for charm, warmth

Love the seating, but it would be a nightmare with small children!

Dining room bench ( not the colors)

Like the eating only would like a backless bench replace the individual chairs or the upholstered bench

If the wall was dow

mix and match seating, using a couch for bench seating?

Red chairs

Bench

colorful

Sofa

settee sofa bench and light

bench, comedor

Dinning chairs and table

chandelier

Love the rustic woodwork on walls above windows.

Chairs, both the painted wood and armchairs

Red DR chairs

inviting

Hanging candle holder. Carvings over windows.

dinning room

Painted chairs

Candle chandelier

Dining sofa for nook

for Hanne

the chairs non matching painted with a custom bench

Lighting

decor over windows

Cool seating

table

comfy bench for kitchen table

Kerzendecke

seating

light fixture

Love four chairs and large entertaining space

Thomas Chippendale chairs

cool color for the dining room chairs!

Love the colored chairs!! Not too bright but add something unique.

fun dining living combo

dining room chairs

Overall feel, elements of surprise

candles over table

I really like these pai Ted traditional chairs, keeps it classic but a little more casual. Could also match the seat fabric with the bench cushion fabric.

Oooooookkkkkkkk.....

Dining room

Windows

love the idea of different types of seating. Also love the candles over the table - great idea

long banquet bench seating

Dinning room table chair options

great mix of seating options-like the size. windows!

Chairs!

mix of seating

more formal dressed up banquette for dining area (saves space)

Iron plaques

Long light fixture

Cool bench

This gives an idea of three large windows in a row if we were to use the roller door space for windows/glass doors.

couch and table

chairs

pendant lamp

couch on one side and chairs on other

Use furniture to add color?

Like the chairs/seating and the eclectic look.

Dining Table

18

Red chairs

nice dining room table

Banquett

Muth

dining

love this look

I like the eclectic look, not the colors though...

couch/bench

Unique

end chairs

Love the table

more dressed up banquette idea for dining area

Love the big couch instead of chairs

table and chairs

Table

pattern and color, asian influence

lovw the mix!!!

bench

love the chandelier

bench seat

love the use of thai wood working

dr w/ couch

table, lighting

Mix and match dinng

Dinning room, perfect!

wall paint color with red chairs - nice

kitchen

getting the booth seat every time ;-)

****long dining room table. LOVE!

dark red chairs with dark wood table