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How to stylishly dress your farmhouse dining table

Dorset Reclaimed Wood Trestle Dining Table

The farmhouse dining table is the perfect style choice in a farmhouse style kitchen or dining room. How would you style and accessorise it?

The Elton Farmhouse Dining Table

The angular, trestle-style hand-painted solid wood legs of the Elton Farmhouse Table are typically farmhouse and rustic in appearance which makes it a firm favourite. The beautiful wooden top of this farmhouse dining table is ideal for everyday dining and for informal dining parties. For when you want a more formal setting, a few choice accoutrements instantly transform it.

As well as a dining bench, upholstered dining chairs are a great addition. Opt for neutral colours, such as grey, that sits well with the white legs and beautiful wooden top of this farmhouse table.

Set the scene with some pretty accessories. A table runner adds texture as well as colour, a material platform for candles and lanterns to set the mood for your dinner party.

Framing the table in situ is important for balancing the room. fitting with the farmhouse style is a pretty industrial bookcase, a beautiful piece of reclaimed wood furniture for the dining room.

Eastwood Rustic Oak Dining Table

A similar style to the previous table, it is the solid wooden legs at either end of this oak trestle table that makes it a popular choice for people looking for a 6-seater dining table. Again, pair it with upholstered dining chairs. The Elton Upholstered Dining Chair has an understated elegance to them.

As well an off white table cloths, coloured runner and matching napkins, frame the beautiful large dining table with a beautiful farmhouse reclaimed wood large dresser.

HINT – for symmetry and balance, keep the choice of metallic finish the same. In this case, polished silver sits beautifully within the farmhouse style.

Elegance with the Eastwood Rustic Oak Dining Table

A beautiful 8-seater dining table, the Eastwood Rustic Oak Dining Table is in a class all of its own. Grey fabric dining chairs are just one choice of seating partners that allow the beauty of the almost-blonde sanded oak tabletop to shine.

In a similar shade, a sideboard is a perfect complement to this farmhouse table and chairs. As well as offering ample storage in the dining room or kitchen, the sideboard is also ideal for adding welcome touches and notes of detail. Infusers, for example, are ideal for the dining room as their scent is gentle, wafted about the space as people move through it. Add to the grace of the space with candles too and consider. However, don’t forget the backdrop to the sideboard. As well as artwork, you can also layer mirrors.

The small details can often make the space but get the table, seating and supporting reclaimed wood piece right, and you have a beautiful dining space, no matter the occasion.

Dine in Scandi style with these oak tables

Hudson Living Wycombe Oak Extending Dining Table

We’ll never tire of the clean lines of Scandinavian interior design style. The oak dining table is the perfect centrepiece in the Scandi-inspired dining room but what about seating and accessories?

True to the Scandi style

The Scandinavian style is an amalgamation of furniture and accessories in a room that has a clear connection. Full of natural materials and an abundance of wood, the minimal approach is far from sparse but instead, oozes a warmth that is attractive to everyone.

Clean lines, softened angles and light woods are typical, as is a heavy dash of functionality which is why an oak dining table, with an oak bench, is the ideal choice. If there is a typical Scandinavian dining table, it is rectangular with rolling edges matched by equally unfussy seating. Keep the remainder of the room lightly accessorised with neutral colours on the walls and perhaps a bright dining room rug to add a zing of colour and you have the stylish, Scandi-setting you crave.

Curls and rolls

There is nothing brash or confrontational about the Scandi style and this is something that can be emulated with Scandinavian furniture. Essentially, the delicate appearance of the slim, round legs on an oak dining table make it an ideal choice, more so if you have a tendency towards minimalist interior design. Functional with a heavy dose of style, why not consider a dining bench, as well as matching dining chairs, to maintain the practicality of this dining table?

Stick with tried and tested tricks for the Scandi-style, such as framed mirrors to reflect the light and when it comes to accessories and sculptures, maintain curves and neutral colours.

Extending a warm welcome

When it comes to the dining room, entertaining and extending a warm welcome to guests runs through the core of Scandi-style. Whether it is a planned get-together or an impromptu evening with good friends, an extending 6-seater dining table comes into its own.

Again, with a matching dining bench, you could squeeze plenty of guests around its curved edge and matching wooden dining chairs bring instant balance and symmetry to the dining room.

Opt for plenty of candlelight and let the gentle flickering of a naked flame accent the hues and tones of oak. Accessories such as lanterns also make an ideal addition with their classic shape and design.

Circle of change

Once you have formed the basis of an interior design style you love, you can add a personal touch with small twists and quirks This round luxury oak table, with its heavy-set central pedestal leg, is a brilliant alternative to those showcased so far.

And here’s a bigger twist – dark-coloured wooden dining chairs. An elegant contrast full of drama, this is a combination that will enhance every mealtime.

Maintain the same neutral backdrop and accessories so that the table and the wooden dining chairs remain the focal point of this stylishly designed room.

Enhance your dining experience with an 8 seater table

Standford Industrial Reclaimed Wood Extending Dining Table

Eight is the perfect number for a dinner party. Not too big that the group fractures into smaller groups but not too small to feel ‘awkward’. But what can be awkward is when diners are squashed around a table, elbows knocking when someone reaches for the salt or their wine glass. An extendable, 8-seater dining table is a must. But what are the style options?

Industrial extravagance

The industrial style – the fusion of reclaimed wood furniture with steel – is not one you would expect to be described as extravagant. But the modern twist on the style means that it can and so we’ll start with the Kingsbridge reclaimed wood dining table.

The beautiful inlay design of its top should be admired by everyone. The angular U-shaped legs also allow for a diner to be easily accommodated at either short end, with no painful banging of the knees.

It is an extendable industrial dining table that welcomes an extra layer of glamour which is why the velvet upholstered dining chairs, in rich, beautiful colours, are a perfect choice, making for a fantastic extendable dining table and chairs set that looks and feels inviting.

Not that you would want to hide the inlaid tabletop but imagine this large wood dining table with a midnight black tablecloth draped over it, complete with brass accessories and champagne flutes for your next dinner party – what a table setting that would be!

True industrial style

Reclaimed wood can be left both in its ‘natural’ state or it can be sanded and nurtured to become the elegant table top of the extendable reclaimed wood dining table Standford Industrial collection.

It too has generous extendable proportions that make it ideal for when you entertain. Like the previous table, it has angular, U-shaped legs which are ideal for accommodating diners around all four edges. For a chic look at a formal dinner party, a crisp white tablecloth is a perfect base from which to build.

Soften the edges with the gentle glow of candles in lanterns dotted around the rest of the dining room – the large, industrial sideboard would welcome a little attention! – along with a soft glow from a table lamp being reflected by a dining room mirror.

Industrial meets rustic

The fusion between the industrial style and rustic is a natural one. Both rely heavily on the fusion of natural materials – reclaimed wood – with the natural setting from which the style emulates.

The reclaimed wood trestle dining table is a remarkable piece of furniture as it fits both styles and can provide a bridge in connecting one to the other. When you uber-usefulness from the dining table, a dining bench is your instant friend. Imagine the number of friends you can squish on a bench for an informal get-together.

But add a variety of accessories and leather dining chairs and it instantly transforms into beautiful, formal dining space to welcome guests for an evening of eating, drinking and merriment.

Adding a polished metallic finish instantly lifts any dining table and adding metal-framed mirrors to the walls continues this theme, bringing cohesion, symmetry and balance to the dining room.

And then, when guests are gone, the table resumes its stance as an everyday staple.

Beautiful seating ideas for an industrial table

Mitcham Oak Industrial Dining Table with Faux Leather Dining Chairs

The industrial dining table is a sought after piece of reclaimed wood furniture for the home. Elegant and stunning, choosing beautiful seating such as upholstered dining chairs to complement the industrial dining table is easy to do when you look at the choices we have on offer.

Seating is one style component

Dining chairs (or the dining bench) are just one of many components in the style of a dining room. Choosing seating that complements the industrial dining table is clearly a consideration, as is the colour scheme in the room, the space available and how many dining chairs you need.

The Mitcham industrial dining table is an impressive example of industrial furniture. Its solid reclaimed wood top is balanced by the intrigue of the spider legs, a stylistic element that sees it stand out from the crowd.

In effect, the seating solutions need to be simple but still have detail to be noticed in their own right. Faux leather dining chairs make a fantastic addition, simple but charismatic, they are the perfect partner.

Refined styling

The Mitcham industrial dining table is an exquisite piece, containing all the depth and moodiness that many associate with the industrial style. The Rocco industrial dining table is a piece of industrial furniture that is equally as popular. There is a lighter approach here to this piece from the addition of reclaimed oak as its tabletop. If there is one English wood synonymous with quality, elegance and exceptional durability, it is oak. A dense, heavy wood, its grain is beautiful and with the romance of reclaimed wood furniture bringing its own story and history to the table, leather dining chairs and a dining bench are the perfect seating solutions.

Rustic industrial elegance

The Lansdowne industrial dining table with a heavy rustic flavour is a popular choice. It has the potential to be both an ‘everyday’ dining table but with the addition of a tablecloth, napkins and other accoutrements, it transforms into the beautiful swan of the dining room.

Like the other two tables, get the seating solutions just right, and it can welcome an influx of guests around the table. The faux leather dining chairs are ideal, as is the same style of dining bench which instantly allows for more guests to gather at your table.

Adding luxury and glamour

There is nothing in the rule book that says the industrial style can’t be luxurious and glamorous. The Hoxton industrial dining table with its cross legs at either end of its expanse certainly packs a style punch. And so the dining chairs should too. Fabric or even velvet dining chairs would work a treat with this table. As well as choosing the cream fabric dining chairs, you could design your own with our bespoke option in the Daley dining chair collection.

Other factors to consider

There are a few hints to bear in mind when choosing dining chairs for your industrial dining table. Chairs that are higher backed look like they swallow more space and of course, those with armrests will limit how many chairs you can squeeze around the table. Consider the leg structure too – a U-frame, for example, will mean guests can comfortably sit at the short end of the table without their legs being crushed.

Which dining chairs will you choose?

Unwind in an aromatic experience with scented candles

The home should appeal to all senses. Naturally, we tend to focus on what we see because, after all, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Texture is important too which is why the touch and beauty of reclaimed furniture make it so very popular. But once you have everything in place, what other small touches do you add?

Gentle, calming aroma in the home

We have 10 million olfactory cells in our nose, all of which play a vital role in how we feel. For example, you’ll detect when milk has ‘turned’ from a few paces away, just like a pleasant aroma in the home can help us feel calm, settled and comfortable.

Adding scent to your home

There are various ways of adding different layers of scent to your home but two of the most popular ways are scented candles and diffusers. Slowly releasing their pleasant notes throughout your home, we have a range of the best candles and diffusers for your home.

Both scented candles and diffusers work in any room, from a pleasant perfume at the door to a centrepiece containing beeswax candles on the beautiful tablecloth on your reclaimed wood dining table to a restful aroma floating across the bedroom, there is something for everyone in our new collection of best-scented candles and diffusers.

Handmade, quality scented candles

All candles in our range, whether large candles or small candles are handmade by Rathbornes in Dublin, a sign in itself that you are buying a quality scented candle. The process of candle making is important simply because it dictates whether the final product is delicately flavoured or too harsh or too weak to make a difference.

The scent

It’s essential you have the right scent for you. Different aromas appeal to different people evoking a different reaction. What some will find ‘too strong’ and overpowering, you will find just right.

The burn time

You’ll also want the fragrant notes to dance through the air for some time and so we have a range of the best scented candles with different burn times. Travel candles with one wick will last for several hours as too will those candles with two wicks. For an intense experience, luxury scented candles will bring instant gratification.

Better still, as they come supplied in a beautiful bowl of their own, they are much safer than freestanding candles. And with black candles such as that with the depth of a dusk scent also available, there is something to complement every interior style too.

Scented diffusers

Scented diffusers, are ideal for supporting the main fragrant you choose for your home. They release their fragrance slowly, the scent encouraged to dissipate through the room by your movement. Delicately fragranced, they don’t overpower with concentrated scent in one area but moving them around occasionally can help to spread their delightful scent.

Round or square dining tables for small spaces?

Luxe Kensington Reclaimed Wood Round Dining Table and Sideboard in Room

There are those who will not be swayed from their love of the round dining table but there are others who argue the grandeur of a square dining table is not to be underestimated. But for a smaller dining room where space is limited, is there a clear winner in the argument?

1 Consider the flow in the dining room

There are those that say the square edges and angles of the square dining table do not lend themselves well to people moving around it. The smaller round dining table, they say, is much better. With no angles and corners, the very circular nature of a round table means that flow in the smaller space is encouraged and emphasised.

This doesn’t mean that a round dining table should be the only option. The simplicity of the square dining table, such as this industrial styled piece from the Mitcham Collection, would suit the smaller space perfectly.

2 Improves conversation between dining guests

Whether you are entertaining or it is the daily family meal, the dining table is an important platform for bringing people together, young and old. There are those who say that the round dining table encourages the flow of conversation.

With a round dining table, there is no ‘head of the table’, no one person ‘in charge’ or more ‘powerful’ than the rest, something that is denoted at rectangular dining tables the world over. And so the dining table, whether it is a generous 6-seater dining table in the dining room, or a smaller, more compact (and extendable) round wood dining table is perfect for every dining room, larger or small.

3 Ideal for all size spaces

The round dining table undoubtedly holds its own when it comes to being the perfect match for the smaller dining space. But this doesn’t mean the round dining table can’t or shouldn’t make an impact.

The industrial style is delicious in so many ways. It is a fusion of strong materials, all with an industrial character and history that supports the use of reclaimed wood in so many ways. It’s no wonder that reclaimed wood furniture is so very popular and in particular the reclaimed wood dining table.

But make a real stylish impact with a look-at-me industrial dining table. It oozes decadence, a mix of materials and design that means this dining table from the Luxe Kensington Collection is a must-have. Pair it with beautiful upholstered dining chairs and you have the perfect stylish combination.

The reclaimed wood round dining table from the Blackbone Collection also means that the round dining table is more than capable of making a statement, despite its smaller size in terms of dimension. It doesn’t make a smaller style statement, however…

So who wins the argument – the round dining table or the square dining table?

It’s still 50/50. Essentially, it comes down to personal preference as well as ensuring that whichever shape of dining table you choose, the room can accommodate it and you can move around it easily. And that means getting your tape measure out…

Introducing the Worcester reclaimed wood range

Worcester Reclaimed Wood Dining Set with Chairs in Room

Adding a new collection to the range is always a pleasure and for those of us who love the warmth and stylish appeal of the rustic interior design style, the Worcester Collection will become your first port of call. Beautifully rustic with an elegant refined edge, the off-white painted cupboards and doors with the bare wood tops are a timeless combination and one that will bring stylish aplomb to any room.

Key pieces in the Worcester Collection

With 15 pieces in the new collection, there are many options for every room including the dining room, kitchen diner and in the rustic kitchen space too. If you love the appeal of reclaimed wood furniture in the hallway, the reclaimed wood console table is just one piece that would be beautifully placed to the entrance of your home.

For the dining room and kitchen diner, the round reclaimed wood dining table is perfect for encouraging flow around the room. For symmetry and cohesion, opt for the matching wooden dining chairs, softening the wood further with bright coloured seat pads or scatter cushions.

Need a larger table? How about a small extendable dining table? Here it is, a rustic white dining table, rectangular and extendable…

In the kitchen

The detailing of all the pieces in the Worcester Collection are gentle additions, the simplicity betraying just how much they do to lift the pieces from ordinary to extraordinary. Take a look at you’ll see two types of practical handles sitting marinating side by side.

The small, round cupboard handles make pulling open the cupboard doors super-easy – you’ll see these on most of the cupboard doors in the collection. For the drawers, the half-moon handles curvaceous appealing with neither handle style jarring against the other. Just look at them nestling side by side on the reclaimed wood large dresser. Which rustic kitchen wouldn’t spring to life with this beautiful piece?

There are small and large sideboard options in the collection, ideal for when you need storage but not with height to close down a space. The narrower, lithe features of the smaller reclaimed wood dresser would suit the smaller kitchen or could you see this nestling in the entrance hall of your home, the small drawers perfect for keys and other accoutrements, like we can?

The home office

We haven’t forgotten the home office either. Imagine working at the comfortable confines of the delightful reclaimed wood desk. Again, for us, it was the romance of those half-moon metal handles with the perfection of the smaller, wooden pull handles that make it a ‘must-include’ in the collection.

In the lounge

We haven’t forgotten the lounge either because if there is one piece that every living area needs, it is the practical reclaimed wood coffee table. Complete with one shelf and two drawers, it comes with storage too. What is there not to love?

For added symmetry, matching pieces in the lounge are a must-have and so we opted to include these reclaimed wood nest of tables too. Petite but useful, they are ideal clustered next to the sofa or better still, next to your armchair in the reading nook.

Browse the Worcester Collection and tell us, what do you think?

Welcome the stunning Glasgow reclaimed collection

We love to bring choice to our customers and when we look for new collections, we have a long list of stylish criteria it needs to meet. The Glasgow Collection ticked all the boxes – and more. Beautifully rustic, we know you’ll love the detailing and the high-quality finish of this reclaimed elm furniture just as much as we do. The only problem is, how will you make your choice?

The reclaimed elm dining table from the Glasgow Collection

Elm is a beautiful wood. Bringing warmth to any piece it is used to create, the reclaimed elm dining table in this collection will be the stand out talking point of your dining room. there are many reasons this will be the case. Maybe it’s the unique silver legwork at either end of the generously proportioned 6-seater dining table? Maybe it’s the beautiful and skilfully crafted table top?

As a piece of reclaimed wood furniture, each elm dining table from the Glasgow Collection will be unique, telling its own story in its own way.

A choice of two stylish sideboards

The sideboard in the dining room (and even the living room!) will never fall out of favour. Bringing much-needed storage, you need a sideboard that offers the space you need. And that’s why we’ve chosen to include two sideboards in the Glasgow Collection.

The large sideboard is generous in its proportion with a double cupboard, both of which has double doors that open fully to reveal the contents on the shelves. The small sideboard retains a beautiful rustic charm but is less imposing but just as practical.

Both reclaimed elm sideboards, along with the other pieces in the collection, have an incredibly beautiful sunburst design with a round silver, high shine cupboard handle with coordinating legs that brings style immediately to a space. Like the dining table, the sideboards will attract attention for all the right reasons.

The Glasgow elm side table

We don’t often associate storage with a side table, often seeing it as a simple table that offers a tabletop ideal for a coaster or two, maybe a lamp or other pretty accessory.

And so the Glasgow elm side table brings a welcome note of change. A delightful example of reclaimed elm furniture, it offers storage space in it cupboard with the same design to be found on the sideboards.

But it isn’t the same. And that’s why people love reclaimed wood furniture. Each piece has a different story to tell and so the sunburst detailing on the doors of the reclaimed elm side table is its own.

Round coffee tables (with glamour!)

Rustic in its style, there is a glamorous streak to the Glasgow Collection itself. Essentially, the high shine silver finish of the legs and door handles give it a certain something that brings it from the ‘just rustic’ category to the rustic-with-glamour section.

The pair of two nesting round coffee tables in the Glasgow Collection will be a hit, we know. With the potential to act as round side tables too, the coffee tables each ahs the refined, starburst pattern tops with silver frame legwork that injects more than a hint of glamour into the living, doing so without compromising on practicality.

A beautiful collection, we are pleased to welcome the Glasgow range to the Modish Living stable of high-quality reclaimed elm furniture pieces.

4 Reasons to choose an extendable dining table

Beam Reclaimed Wood Dining Table and Leather Chairs

The dining table is surely one of the most practical pieces of reclaimed wood furniture you will ever invest in for your home. It is also a long term piece of furniture with the dining table playing witness to all of life’s events, from formal dinner parties to family meals, to board games and birthday parties, to festive buffets and more.

The reclaimed wood dining table is a perfect choice. It brings robustness and durability but also unparalleled beauty to the dining room and yet, getting the right dining table is such an important choice it’s hard to know how to get it right.

The extendable dining table offers an array of functions but why opt for an extending reclaimed wood table?

1 Ebbs and flows as life does

The versatility of the extending dining table is not to be underplayed. Even better, there are different sizes of dining table from which to choose. A small extendable dining table is perfect if you need a dining table that will open to offer a 6-seater dining table when you need it but condense smaller when you don’t. For this reason alone, an extending dining table is perfect for meeting the ebb and flow of life.

2 Because you don’t use the dining table just for dining

Of course, the majority of the time, the dining table is used for exactly that: gathering the family together for daily meals. But that isn’t the only activity to take place at the dining table.

From kids doing homework to building projects to crafts, the extendable dining table can open up to a larger expanse to offer more space for activities.

There are different types of extensions for dining tables including an integral piece that conveniently pops in and out when needed. Or for ease of use, an extension flap is ideal similar to that of the large Farringdon extendable 8-seater dining table. With a large reclaimed wood dining table, you can leave the extension in place and dine at the other end!

3 Changes as you do

Nothing stays the same. Your family will grow, with more members added. You could be in the position of welcoming an ever-increasing larger family group at major holidays, including Christmas but for other occasions, the group size could diminish.

A reclaimed wood extending dining table morphs as your needs do. It remains small and compact when you need it or if you need more space occasionally, it offers that too. Opt for a dining bench for versatile seating and you have the right extending dining table in the right style too.

4 An extendable rustic dining table is beautiful

But why a reclaimed wood dining table in particular? The dining table, especially if it extends, works hard for the many years that you will love it and use it. It needs to be made from a robust material that is durable, but stylish.

As a style, the rustic extending dining table is stunningly beautiful and no matter how much it endures over the years, it retains its beauty. If anything, its beauty refines and grows.