When Karen DeTemple bought her house in the historic Boston neighborhood of Jamaica Plain three years ago, she asked the sellers to take their old Victorian-style dining room chandelier. “I h… ...

WHEN YOU walk into a dining room equipped with charismatic chairs—seats that deviate from the traditional carbon-copy set, that differ from each other in design or upholstery—the odds that you ...

When picking dining-room chairs, remember that they don’t need to match the table’s material or finish. You can pick a similar style, or be daring and choose something wonderfully dissimilar.