Kitchen Clarity Adventures in Kitchen and Bath Design

There is an important difference between a kitchen table, and a dining table that happens to be in a kitchen. Here’s a fine kitchen table, ready to take whatever is thrown at it:

As it seems to be at counter height, rather than table height, strictly speaking it might be considered more of a work island than a table, I suppose.

This next one is more of a dining table to my mind. And in this very beautiful tailored kitchen, that may be its primary purpose. The table looks rugged enough,  it’s just the dainty upholstered chairs I take issue with – not bad in themselves if you like that sort of thing, but definitely not something you’d want to get your bread dough onto.  I swore off upholstered chairs for my own kitchens about 20 years ago, unless they are slip-covered and washable (no coincidence that my firstborn child is now twenty):

If you want to be a little dressy, and you don’t mind frequent laundry, slip-covers are a good choice:

However elegant the slip-covers, my preference in the kitchen is always for the easy, wipe-clean solution. Here’s one of my favorites, a Regency style table that wouldn’t look out of place in the grandest dining room, along with classic mid-century chairs that make it practical in a kitchen setting too. It’s lovely how the form of the Arne Jacobsen Series 7 Chairs harmonizes with the table legs – eclecticism done right.   (via)

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