And the best part? There are so many ways to make it work. It’s really a matter of bringing together chairs you love for their style and comfort—then have fun playing around with placement. Alternate natural wood chairs with modern acrylic chairs, or one long bench flanked by leather-cushioned end chairs, or a mix of wire and wood frames. The possibilities are endless. So say goodbye to matchy-matchy and hello to mixy-mixy (did we just make up a word?).
To help get you started, we’ve partnered with Lisa Dengler, who shows how easy it is to mix up dining chairs to create a unique dining look. We love how Lisa mixes our Crescent Black Rush Seat Dining Chairs with her own natural wood dining chairs, for a mix that’s super stylish but also personal and cozy.
Check out Lisa’s tips for styling a dining table with mismatched chairs then have fun creating your own looks.
1. “An easy way to add something special to your dining room is to mix and match your dining chairs. It adds an almost vintage feel to it, as if you individually picked out each chair at a flea market.”
2. “Here I’ve mixed my old set of chairs with a new set of Crescent Black Rush Seat Dining Chairs from Crate and Barrel, but it would be so fun to try out four to six different chairs together.”
3. “The best thing about mixing and matching dining chairs is that you can trade in or out the chairs depending on your mood or how many people you have coming over.”
4. “Now that I have eight chairs, I love the option of just keeping 4 of the same chair around the dining table, having two of each, or when people come over, mixing and matching six to eight chairs in different combinations. It’s such a fun way to keep things interesting!”
Photography by @lisadengler
