The OAK & LINE journal
Furniture, material and the practical details that make a room comfortable to live in.
A chair can look perfectly proportioned in a room and still feel wrong for the person who uses it. Before choosing a reading chair, think about posture, reach and the length of time you hope to spend there.
Read the story: A reading chair starts with the person sitting in itWood brings grain, tone and variation into a room, but it is not a single visual category. A pale open-grained surface and a dark fine-grained one can create very different relationships with light and surrounding materials.
Read the story: How wood changes the feeling of a roomA dining table often does more than host dinner. It may hold work, homework, a half-finished puzzle and a quick breakfast. Choose its size and surroundings for those ordinary uses as well as occasional gatherings.
Read the story: Make a dining table work on ordinary daysQuiet forms, considered materials and the details that make a room feel like yours. A concept collection of contemporary furniture.
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