Could you show us a picture of the dining table?

Would you consider adding cushions? I did that to my similar chairs, and it helped. They make cushions for chair backs as well as chair seats. As for where to get comfortable chairs, my fiance had good luck with restaurant supply store chairs to switch out similar ones at his house. He didn't want his small grandchildren crawling through the openings in his old chairs and getting stuck.

Hard to say without seeing the table, but we have the Lowe chair from Crate and Barrel in our dining room and they are super comfortable, upholstered without being oversized. And very reasonably priced.

Thanks for the replies. I have cushions on all the chair seats (2 on mine,) and DH and I both use cushions for our backs as well.

Here's an old pic of the room from the living room:

Sueb-the Lowe chair is one I've been thinking of. I'm glad to hear that they are so comfortable.

I do realize that comfort is very individual, so we need to go sit in a bunch of chairs. Also I wanted to reiterate that I don't really care if they match the table as we may eventually replace that as well.

Part of me feels like it's a huge waste to replace the chairs or the table as they are perfectly functional. But with all the family here last week, we were not only eating at the table but playing lots of games there as well. And is something functional if it is uncomfortable?

These were the ones we got, but not from the linked company. We got the lighter wood ones. There are different finishes available from different companies.https://www.webstaurantstore.com/lancaster-table-seating-mahogany-finish-wooden-school-house-chair/164CSCHLMAH.html?utm_source=Google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=GoogleShopping&gclid=CjwKCAjwhLHaBRAGEiwAHCgG3um03so32_1TcfCKYSz1g0a6RakHPcQ7Xay1bhWhQrYi7e30ITU9gRoC6TAQAvD_BwE

We have antique chairs with caned seats. I love them and they are very comfortable, but DH and larger folks may not feel as secure since, being old, they are smaller than some chairs. Not that they are teeny, ha. I do think caned or ones like mtn has are more comfortable for those long evenings with friends because they do have some give.

LOL Cyn we have the same chairs in the kitchen at the table there, they sure groan loudly when we sit down and get up, but so far are holding up!

Of course it's difficult to choose comfy chairs without sitting in them and there are so few places to look these days. I'd haunt some consignment or resale stores and see what you can find.

If I had to buy new, I think I'd look for something like these that MUST be comfy! With your eclectic style, I think they'd look nice, too.

Room and Board has a couple of nice options, too. Made in USA

When I bought new chairs for our DR table I neglected to measure the width of the seat. It's a round table so the chairs didn't fit properly all pushed in. You might not have that problem with a rectangular table. It would be worth measuring what you have now to make sure they will.

We have bought a few things from Room and Board in the past and they have held up really well. They have a once a year clearance going on right now if you want some bargains.

Again-thanks for all the thoughtful replies.

mtn- I never would have thought of rattan. They might be pretty comfortable but I'm not sure DH would go for that.

pink- I like the look of those chairs but I think we need something softer.

And cyn- I actually do have one antique walnut chair with a caned seat that goes with my little walnut desk but it's small and the last time I used it at an overfull table (15 people for Thanksgiving) the person sitting on it actually broke it a little. Not the caned part, but it was a little embarrassing for her . . .

oly- I LOVE that capo chair, but I'd probably have to actually not buy groceries for several months (years?) to buy 8 of those (or 2, or 4, etc.)

I love Room and Board too so I should meander over to their site. Darn, and I was just at University Village in Seattle last month when my oldest grandson was at Children's so I could have actually sat in some. Poor planning.

And I have been looking at local consignment stores too.

What do you all think about not having all matching chairs? Would that be too weird? I'm very okay with things not matching but I don't want "eclectic" to turn into chaotic.

I think you can have not matching chairs but I wouldn't do more than two styles and probably 4 or 6 of one style and 2 of another. And I think it can be difficult to get two really complementary styles, so it doesn't look like a hodgepodge instead of just eclectic.

oly - Yes; I was thinking of maybe trying out 2 new chairs for comfort and seeing how that looked as well. Nothing that I like actually "goes" with my current chairs though.

These have front turned legs... two arm chairs would be nice for each end of your table but these only come in side chairs.

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