Dining chairs: how to choose them and tips to make them comfortable

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Dining chairs are a common item in all countries. Known as Dining chairs in the USA or jantar room cadeiras in Portugal, they are essential elements in the decoration of our home, and not just an object with an indisputable utility.

However, when you spend a lot of time sitting on them, discomfort can appear if you have not taken into account other aspects beyond the decorative one. So, How about we give you a hand so you know how to buy dining chairs and make them comfortable? Go for it.

Fundamental aspects to buy dining chairs

Choosing some dining chairs, As with any other piece of furniture, it is have a love-hate relationship. When you see it in the store it seems like the most beautiful thing in the world. It is even possible that you imagine it in your house and giving them multiple uses. But, after a while of using them, you realize that those chairs actually look like they were made by the devil because you can't stay in them for more than a few minutes, maybe a couple of hours, and you look at them with hate.

Since we don't want this to happen to you, but rather that you live a platonic relationship for many years, how about paying attention to the essential aspects for your purchase? Specifically to:

Control the size of the table and your space

There are large dining rooms and other small ones. Some narrow and others quite wide. And each of them is indicating the space we have.

En general, you must control the size of your table, if it is round, rectangular, square... because it will influence the number of chairs and the space between them.

To give you an idea, each chair must have a minimum of 50cms. That is, if your table is 100 cm, you would only have 2 chairs. If these also come with arms, then instead of 50 they would be 60cms.

The table itself gives you something else. And it is that if you put high chairs you will make them occupy more visual and make the table look smallwhen it doesn't have to be. If you put ones with a lower back, or with one open, you get the opposite effect.

Building material

Sklum brand dining chairs are not the same as Ikea chairs. Or from Lidl. The materials with which they are made are very different, and that not only affects the price, but also the quality of these accessories.

Normally, to choose the dining chairs, you should think about the functionality that they are going to have and about all the people and/or animals that live at home. And is that if you have pets or children, chairs that are easy to clean are much better than upholstered or fabric ones.

Related to this is the decoration of your home. It cannot be that you have a Renaissance-style dining room (with wood) and that you put some plastic chairs in it, because they would not fit much if the rest of that room is focused on a homogeneous style.

Comfort

What do you prefer, comfortable chairs or ones that look aesthetically elegant? That is perhaps one of the first questions you should ask yourself and that will make you decide between this dichotomy.

This does not mean that you cannot find chairs that meet both requirements, only that they will require a little more time and perhaps a somewhat higher budget.

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Make no mistake, we are not referring to the quality of the materials or how they are made, but whether you don't mind them going out of style or prefer a more timeless style that goes with everything.

And is that when a chair is for a long time, it is better to use a quality one, but one that is timeless; that is modern but at the same time classic; old and new.

Do not be fooled by those chairs that are in fashion or colors in trend. If you are only looking for some dining chairs for a few months, or at most a year, yes. But if you are going to use them longer, it is better that they are timeless.

The design of dining chairs

This is also important. With backup? With armrests? high? Low? With wide seats?

There are many questions you should ask yourself before going out to buy a chair. And it is that all this has to do with the design of the chair. Also, you must think if you want them all the same or have their own style and combine perfectly while representing something special from the family.

For example, the Sklum brand has different dining chairs, but if you look closely, many of them have almost the same style and can be an original way to use them in the dining room, where each member could have their own. Being similar to each other, they would not clash (and the price is not unreasonable).

How to make dining room chairs comfortable

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You already have the dining chairs. The problem is that almost all of them, at some point, can be uncomfortable. And that causes that, when you sit on it a lot, your butt, the back of your thighs or even your legs and back hurt. Is there a way to avoid it? Of course!

  • Place cushions: Specifically, a comfortable backrest and a soft seat. That will make them much more pleasant and you can spend more time sitting without being bothered by anything.
  • Choose them with lumbar support: Be careful, because not everyone does well with the default support. That is, some will need it to adapt a little more to their needs. And this, in dining chairs, is not usually possible, but you can help yourself with cushions.
  • Have armrests: They often help to relax the body since, by having an area in which to place the arms, tension is released. When these are not on the table, they can only go to the floor or have them between the legs, and it can cause us to have a stooped posture (with which the back suffers more).

As you can see, there are many aspects to finding good dining chairs. Now it's your turn to put on paper everything you want to find in one and have the patience to do it.


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