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6 Design Professionals on Their Favorite Dining Tables

8 Design Professionals on Their
Favorite Dining Tables

Everything happens at the dining table: eating, working, talking, doing homework, catching up with friends…. No other piece of furniture knows you better. So buying a one is a big deal—in a good way. You want a table that is comfortable, makes you happy, and will stick with you for a long time. We asked eight design professionals for their picks—and added a few of our current favorites as well.

Michaele
Simmering and
Johannes Pauwen

Founders, Kalon Studios
“A great table is a gathering space. It’s the heart of the home and one of the most used pieces of furniture people own,” says Simmering. “We like a table that has breathing room—where there’s always room for extra guests and dishes—but doesn’t make a smaller group feel lost.”
KALON Table Kalon Studios, $5,800 “There’s an easy, timeless feel to our Bough Table, which is something we strive for in all our work. We paired it with benches so that it keeps a low, light profile. The pale hue of the ash and the delicate legs lend an airy simplicity to the set. The whole look is refined but relaxed. And all the pieces are sized extra deep for comfort.”

Kate Towill

Founder, Basic Projects
“The dining table is very important to us—it is where we gather for wild dinners, homework, or morning coffee with the newspaper spread out. For me, the best dining tables get better with age and use and are made from materials that do just that.”
ORGANIC MODERNISM Table Organic Modernism, $1,395 “This Ballerina Table from Organic Modernism was the first piece of furniture my husband, Ben, and I bought together when we moved in with each other in Brooklyn Heights. It’s been with us since 2013, has lived both inside and out—and has gotten better with age.”
ANOTHER COUNTRY Dining Table Another Country, $2,100 “I always look for something with simple lines that does not feel too precious. I love Another Country. It is out of the UK and has the most beautiful simple white oak tables. Simple is oftentimes harder to find than you would think.”

Kara Mann

Founder and Creative Director,
KARA MANN
“I tend to like either a very sculptural dining table with tons of presence or a vintage table that is approachable and casual.”
VINCENZO DE COTIIS Table VINCENZO DE COTIIS, price upon request “This has a great mix of materiality with a recycled element to it. It’s both restrained and amplified.”
RICK OWENS Table Rick Owens, price upon request “I love that this is simple yet strong and grounded. You could play up the chair selection because it’s strangely quiet.”

Kyle Hoff

Cofounder and CEO, Floyd
“The table might just be the single most important piece of furniture in the home because it’s a piece of furniture that’s also a place where we gather, share our favorite meals, spill wine, eat leftovers, and take a moment.”
FLOYD Table Floyd, $655
FLOYD Table Floyd, $595 “To create a piece for such a special place, we made sure our table would be the highest quality. The Floyd Table uses an all-natural linoleum surface material that is silky smooth to the touch but incredibly durable. Add that to real birch and steel, and you’ve got a simple, elegant, modern table that, we say, goes with anywhere.”

Meyghan Hill

Principal, (wh)ORE HAüS STUDIOS
“A dining table is such a statement piece for a home, but, first and foremost, it needs to be functional and comfortable. What I love is an innovative mix of materials and pieces that are handmade by independent designers. These are both elegant and luxe while managing to be a little dark and edgy at the same time.”
KELLY LAMB Table Kelly Lamb, price upon request “Kelly is an amazing artist also based in Los Angeles. I am obsessed with all her work, but this dining table, in stained oak with copper inlays, is my absolute favorite.”
(wh)ORE HAÜS Dining Table (wh)ORE HAÜS, price upon request “I get a sense for an individual’s aesthetics when I see what they have chosen for their dining table. For this piece, the owners already had two of my Daniel side tables and were enjoying them enough to ask me to make a dining table version. I hand-make all my pieces, which makes them easily customizable with, say, a wood top rather than marble or a different metal finish.”

Krista Schrock
and David
John Dick

Principals, DISC Interiors
“There a few main points we look for when selecting a dining table,” says Schrock. “The first is scale and function: How many people do we want to seat and is there enough space between the legs to accommodate this? And second, we look for tables with beautiful yet durable materials. We like mixing a stone top with a wood base, or a wood top with a metal base. We also love all-wood tables, too.”
POLIFORM Table Poliform, price upon request “This table is fantastic because it has a sleek, modern Italian vibe but works in all types of homes. The top comes in a great selection of white, brown, and black stones, as well as a wood top.”
CROFT HOUSE Dining Table Croft House, $5,250 “We love this dining table because of the beautiful black Nero Marquina black marble top paired with the lightness of the bleached maple base. It’s a great contrast that still feels grounded.”

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