Banquette oval table

A walnut oval dining table is flanked by brown leather basketweave dining chairs and a black and white striped, l-shaped dining banquette.

Corrigan Studio® OVAL Dining Table | Wayfair

If you’re anything like me, you’re always calling dibs on the banquette seat when you dine out. I mean, who doesn’t want to be super comfy and cozy on a plush sofa seat (sorry chairs!). To further entice that lust for the best seat in the house, check out this round up of settees being used in uber-chic dining rooms by some top-notch design talents.

In this breakfast nook, a vintage brass beehive chandelier provides a hit of warmth even during the day. | Photographer: Jessica Glynn | Designer: Ashley Waddell and Courtney Whatley

A midcentury-style abode is transformed into the ideal space for its empty-nesters to entertain indoors and out.

Brown leather basketweave chairs are placed at an oval dining table positioned in front of a white and black dining banquette.

January 15, 2018Mike Powers and Anthony Iannacci have created three homes together in the decade that they’ve been a couple. This residential trio — in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles; New York City; and Provincetown, Massachusetts — shows off the couple’s flair for combining vintage furnishings with 21st-century art and design, but each place […]