Give your dining room a fresh new look with these round tables
The round dining table is perfect for gathering friends and loved ones for a meal, as its smooth shape gives a general cozy feel that the rigid rectangular dining table lacks. The absence of corners also adds a soft touch to the room by disrupting the geometric layout and is perfect for filling small spaces. South Park co-creator, Trey Parker, captured the comfort of his Colorado cabin by pairing a wooden table with seamlessly rounded chairs, while Milly de Cabrol and Risteárd Keating put together Parallel chairs at either end of the Knoll dining table rounded to raise the statement. Read on for more examples of properly made circular dining tables.
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Lake Resort Nurse by Richard Prince hangs in a New York dining room, on a wall lacquered peacock-blue. David Kleinberg designed the dining table and collaborated on the ceiling light with artist Sharon M. Louden; the hide rug is from Beauvais Carpets.
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The striped panels in the late designer Alberto Pinto's Rio de Janeiro dining room provide visual interest while concealing shelves for china and silver. Atop the woven-rope rug is a Brazilian white-painted wood table and T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings chairs upholstered in cheetah-spot cotton.
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The dining room of a Manhattan pied-à-terre features a Florence Knoll table and 19th-century Chinese chairs atop a Didier Benichou rug; the photographs are by Jim Hodges.
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The dining room walls of an Upper East Side apartment in New York City are paneled in a hand-painted embossed leather, and artwork by Anish Kapoor surmounts the fireplace; 19th-century Russian chairs surround the table, which is topped with a pair of round Franco Deboni ceramic vessels from Bernd Goeckler Antiques. The carpet is by F. J. Hakimian.
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In Giorgio Armani's Swiss getaway, cinnabar-color fabric warms the walls and windows of the jewel-box dining room; the table and carpet are by Armani/Casa.
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A Waldo's Designs sandblasted-glass lamp hangs in the breakfast room of Ben Soleimani's Beverly Hills home; antique pots are displayed atop a lattice-front mahogany china cabinet, and dining chairs in a punchy red leather surround the walnut table.
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In Victoria Hagan's Connecticut dining room, the velvet-clad chairs and the table are all from the designer's line of furnishings; the 19th-century Swedish brass chandelier is from Dienst + Dotter Antikviteter, neoclassical prints are displayed on the walls, and the carpet is by Mansour.
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Hans J. Wegner Wishbone chairs surround a Heerenhuis table in the dining area of a Spanish home by Olson Kundig Architects.
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The dining room of South Park co-creator Trey Parker's hilltop retreat in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
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In Nancy Gonzalez's Colombia apartment, a chandelier by Hervé Van der Straeten from Ralph Pucci International crowns the dining area; Jean-Louis Deniot designed the straw-marquetry table, Louis XVI–inspired chairs, and silk-wool carpet; and the painting is by Jason Martin.
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Hugh Newell Jacobsen's Halo pendant light, made by Edison Price, mirrors the shape of the white-lacquer dining table in a Georgetown home by Jacobsen Architecture. The table and chairs are custom-made pieces by Fornasetti.
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Avery and Nada Stirratt's New Canaan, Connecticut, dining room features Mattaliano side chairs and a table by Rose Tarlow Melrose House, with a Bourgeois Bohème light fixture hanging above.
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In the dining room of his Washington, D.C., home, designer Thomas Pheasant paired a French chandelier with a table of his own design. The painting is by Robin Rose, and the sculpture is by Eva Hild.
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At a Greek island home designed by decorator Mark Gaudette and architect Torsten Bessel, the dining room's antique French balloon-back chairs are upholstered in a Summer Hill cotton duck, a Swedish oval table displays glazed-ceramic fruit, and 19th-century blue-and-white vases echo the paintings above the fireplace.
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Chinese lacquer cabinets flank a mirrored pocket door that leads from the salon’s dining area to the kitchen in Rela Gleason's Napa Valley home. The table, set with heirloom Canton china, is by Studio Workshops, and the 19th-century English chairs are upholstered in a Summer Hill linen.
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Writer Brad Goldfarb and Alfredo Paredes—executive vice president and chief retail creative officer at Ralph Lauren—collaborated with architect Michael Neumann on the renovation of their Manhattan duplex. They added double doors with arched transoms and a timber ceiling to the living/dining area, which features a table by Lucca Antiques, a suite of vintage Tolix chairs, and a Spanish wrought-iron lantern. The vase is by Ralph Lauren Home, the candelabra are flea-market finds, and the framed photograph is by Richard Phibbs.
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Country chairs by Richard Mulligan encircle an antique farm table from Dos Gallos in a dining area in Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne's Los Angeles home, decorated by Martyn Lawrence Bullard.
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