Breakfast nook

We have this rather large breakfast nook area attached to the kitchen with lots of light coming in from the large windows that line the wall of the space looking out onto our back yard. I think that the best way for us to go with this space would be to put a rectangular table and a few chairs there so that we can have a very versatile space; somewhere that can serve as an informal eating space, somewhere suitable for getting some work done, doing some arts and crafts projects, etc.


In the sort term I plan to make use of our old dining room table which has seen better times many years ago, but it is still in a very functional state despite all the nicks and dings it has acquired over the years. I guess you could simply say that our table has a lot of character these days.




Here are two very different thoughts that I think may work well for this space. I am just not sure which one would be more functional for us, the one with the painted folding wooden cafe chairs or the one with the country style chairs. Of course part of the challenge is that the table we have now only has room for two chairs on each side of the table and somewhere down the line I would like to get a longer table that would fit at least three chairs on each side so whatever I choose needs to be easy enough to find another similar chair or two later on so that they can be added to the set when a new table is purchased. Of course one option would be to simply buy the extra chair or two now and put them along the side of the table now that way they are already there when a new table is purchased.