modern thrifter

[ NEW TABLE:  AFTER ]

The Brasilia table and chairs are gone, and we now have room to set up our new danish table with its leaves extended, allowing us to have seating for up to ten people. The table is a little too close to the walls on the ends to keep ten chairs out all of the time, so we will likely only keep eight chairs out, setting up two extras when we need them.

The chairs in the photo were picked up last year on a 50% off day at Goodwill. I think they ended up costing us $4 each. They aren’t what I’d like to have permanently, but the price was right, and the style works well enough for now. 

We were able to get nearly $400 for our Brasilia set on Craigslist, and we plan to put that money towards new chairs. It would be great if we could just order eight new chairs right now, but the thought of dropping $800–$2000 on chairs makes me a little queasy.

I had always planned to someday buy the beautifully designed Orbit chairs from CB2. Unfortunately, they are a few inches too wide to fit two chairs in the middle section of the table. Here are a couple of other chair styles that we think would look nice in our place:

Clockwise from top left: Fiberglass shell chair w/ Eiffel base from Modernica; Real Good Chair from Blu Dot; Pony chair from CB2; Wire chair w/ Eiffel base from Modernica; Academy chair from CB2.

Since buying all the chairs new doesn’t seem realistic, we’ll be routinely checking the the thrift stores and scouring sites like Lushpad, Craigslist, Ebay, and the UW Surplus Store, in hopes that just the right chairs pop up. I think the most difficult part about buying them secondhand will be finding eight matching chairs.

Hopefully, some day our dining room will look a little like these:

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Note the white floors. We are only a few weeks away from starting our own painted white floor project, and I can’t wait to see how it transforms our space!