Love It or Hate It? Modern Chairs With a Traditional Dining Table

May 29, 2009

In this dining room, classic modern Vitra Panton Chairs ($262) are paired with a traditional dining table with turned wood legs. I think this little touch of modernity is refreshing, especially for a place which, judging from the wainscoting, isn't a contemporary home. Do you like this mix-and-match effect?

10 Comments

RoaringSilence 4 years

Strangely enough, this particular combination works well for me.

Twinkle 4 years

I'm not crazy about this combination but I do like mixing modern and traditional furniture.

alexkeller 4 years

the chairs are wrong - they should be modern, yes, but more in keeping with the rest of the design. say a louis ghost chair?

expresso14 4 years

I think you can mix old with new, but the chairs are just a little modern in this example.

4 years

I guess it could work in some situations, but I voted against because it messes with the feel and the point of either one. I have nothing against either style by themselves, but I don't like the "mix 'n match" idea of it. Good poll, though!