Chrome Dining Furniture

The four chrome tables here cover most dining rooms. The Bianca is a 90 cm round, which suits a kitchen corner or a flat where a rectangular table would block the walkway. The Andora is 120 cm by 70 cm. The Vera and the Chiswell are both 160 cm by 90 cm, and are the ones to look at if the table is the room's main surface as well as where you eat. All four stand between 74 cm and 76 cm high, which is standard dining height and the figure to check your chairs against. Measure the floor, not the table: allow room behind every seat for somebody to push back and stand.

Chrome pairs two ways here. With glass, the frame is the piece you see and the top disappears — the Andora is clear glass with a black border, and the Chiswell sets a glass top on an oak-effect base with a chrome tube frame. Glass keeps a small room feeling open, because the floor stays visible underneath. With a solid top the chrome reads as trim rather than structure: the Vera is a light grey high gloss, the Bianca a white matt. Gloss throws light around a darker room; matt is the quieter choice and shows fingerprints far less.

Every chair on this shelf is sold as a set — sets of two and sets of four — so the price shown is for the whole set and the quantity is in the product name. Most are upholstered in faux leather or leather over a chrome frame; the Knightsbridge and the Tilly are fabric seats on chrome legs, which softens the look if a glass-and-chrome table feels too hard. Chrome is forgiving to mix: the frames share a finish even when the ranges do not, so a set of chairs from one range sits comfortably with a table from another. Check the seat width against your table length before ordering, and the seat height against the 74–76 cm table height.

Chrome asks very little. Wipe it with a soft damp cloth and dry it straight away — water left to evaporate is what leaves the spotting people mistake for tarnish. Avoid abrasive creams, scouring pads and anything chlorine-based; they scratch the plating, and once it is through there is no polishing it back. For a glass top, a standard glass cleaner on a cloth rather than sprayed directly onto the table keeps liquid out of the joint where the glass meets the frame. Check the fixings on any flat-packed frame after a few weeks of use and again occasionally after that.

The same pieces, shelved by type.

• Dining Tables 7 pieces
• Dining Chairs 22 pieces
• Bar Stools 12 pieces
• Dining Benches 4 pieces
• Dining Sets 9 pieces