Routines can be a blessing and a curse. Without them, our lives would be chaos. The downside to routines is that they are often mundane and uninspiring.
The mundane aspect of routines often applies to the dinner table. Certain meals are prepared on specific days with rarely any variation to spice things up a bit.
Unfortunately, dining room tables can suffer a similar fate. There they are, the same old table and chairs. As with the menu, the dining room table could use a break away from the ordinary.
Swapping out the chairs with benches is a simple and cost-effective way to do so. Bench seating creates a communal feel and provides a visual contrast to a room often perceived as stale and uninteresting when people aren’t in it.
Another bonus to replace chairs with a bench is that it doesn’t have to be a perfect match. Vintage or antique pieces work will in this scenario.
If you’re worried about botched results from a do-it-yourself effort, give the Imperial Dining Collection by Coaster some consideration. This dining collection features 4 ladder-back chairs and a matching bench in an oak finish.
Incorporate a little impulse into your dining room and shake up the routine a bit with bench-seat dining.