Dining Furniture Terms

A dining room is a space for eating, usually adjacent to the kitchen. A typical dining room will contain a dining table with four, six, or eight rattan seats, or leather or fabric upholstered chairs, arranged along the sides and ends of the table. Dining tables come in all shapes, round, oval, rectangular, fluted, trestle, single or double pedestal, with wood, marble or glass tops. Dining room furniture comes in different styles, from rustic, modern, country, traditional to contemporary. Porcelain cabinets, cabins, bar stools, curio cabinets, buffets, and sideboards are also important pieces of dining room furniture.

Now, let’s take a look at a short list of dining room furniture terms that you might not understand.

• Bar stool: tall and narrow stool with footrest, designed to sit at a bar.
• Buffet – Sideboard used to offer plates of food to the guests.
• Cabinet – A box-shaped piece of furniture, typically made of wood, used for storage.
• Contemporary – This furniture style combines the latest trends in home fashion with furniture styles from the recent past.
• Country – A casual furnishing style, often with natural and nostalgic motifs.
• Cupboard – A type of wooden cupboard used to store household items.
• Curio – a glass display case with a wooden or metal frame.
• Hutch – A set of shelves or cabinets placed on top of a lower unit with a counter and drawers.
• Rattan: a species of palm trees native to tropical regions that are used to make furniture.
• Rustic – This style of furnishings includes Southwestern and Colonial Mexican design, and the Adirondack and Northwest look.
• Sideboard – A set of cabinets or cupboards and drawers used to serve food and display serving dishes.
• Traditional – This style of furniture includes original antique pieces and quality antique reproductions.