Tony Sestito
Tony Sestito UltimaDork
7/5/24 6:07 p.m.

Since you all know just about everything... I'm in kind of a predicament, and I need some help. 

My wife and I recently renovated our house, and I want to use this vintage dinette table that I inherited from my aunt and uncle.






The table has great sentimental value, as my whole family grew up eating at this table. And besides, we love the look and patina it has. 

But we need new chairs.

The chairs you see in the pic were from another table, and they were in rough shape. We no longer have them, and although we do have another set of vintage dinette chairs from yet another old dinette set (my wife collects these things like I collect cars), they would have to be reupholstered to match the blue trim on the table (they are a gross yellow/green combo). We have been scouring Marketplace, Craigslist, and our local antique shops for over a year, and we've found exactly zero blue-upholstered dinette chairs. 

So, we started looking at NEW dinette chairs. We found this site: affordableseating.net

And they sell these:



The question is, I have no idea if this site is legitimate, nor do I know if there's a better place to buy something like this. This site seems to be more geared toward the restaurant industry rather than the regular consumer, which is fine, but I'm not quite sure it's on the level. 

Any insight would be much appreciated! 

11GTCS
11GTCS SuperDork
7/5/24 6:26 p.m.

In reply to Tony Sestito :

This site looks to have a good selection: https://www.americanchairs.com/dinerchairs.html

Closer to home (I'm in MA too) maybe try reaching out to "Chair Fair" in Weymouth, they specialize in stools and kitchen sets.

hobiercr
hobiercr GRM+ Memberand UberDork
7/5/24 6:30 p.m.

One vote for reupholstering the chairs you have. Upcycle what you have and support a small local business.

Datsun240ZGuy
Datsun240ZGuy MegaDork
7/5/24 7:39 p.m.

There's a place by me that's been around forever.  Sometimes I'm wondering who's buying all these dinette sets.

https://www.charlescustomdinettes.com/gallery-2

 

Steve_Jones
Steve_Jones UltraDork
7/5/24 7:57 p.m.
11GTCS
11GTCS SuperDork
7/5/24 8:39 p.m.
Steve_Jones said:

You want a restaurant supply store.  
 

 

https://www.webstaurantstore.com/search/diner-chair.html?order=price_asc&withinval=Blue

I have a webstaurantstore account, they are legit.   You can set up an account as a "personal chef", they'll take your money.

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