The shabby chic trend has made reclaimed restaurant furniture popular for a number of years now, but it's not necessarily a good idea using second-hand restaurant furniture that has already seen heavy use, or was never designed for commercial premises in the first place.
Old restaurant tables and chairs might give you the look you want, but you run the risk of not complying with modern fire safety regulations, or missing out on developments in ergonomic design since they were manufactured.
A much better alternative is to check our Shabby Chic collection for new cafe and restaurant furniture that offers the look and feel of old or reclaimed restaurant furniture - a best of both worlds solution.
Our country tables are a sturdy but classic design, perfect for hard-wearing restaurant furniture collections, or in locations where there is a risk of being bumped or knocked - for example, if your premises become a bar or club once the main food service is over.
Look to our Shabby Chic Farmhouse Table for a two-tone aesthetic with white legs and a natural wood-coloured table top, and mix in with other table types for an even more 'shabby' and realistic reclaimed effect.
Our restaurant chairs offer plenty of versatility too, so you can combine upholstered and wooden-seated chairs together for a mixed effect, with classic designs like slatback, spindleback and fiddleback to choose from (all of which refer to different shapes of back rest).
And if our Shabby Chic collection doesn't suit your style, you can mix and match from amongst all of our restaurant chair and table designs, or even choose models from our cafe and bistro furniture and bar furniture collections too.
The important thing for a convincing reclaimed restaurant furniture effect is to choose enough different styles that it will appear you purchased them a few at a time over a number of years.
But at the same time, by buying new, you can make sure that your chairs and tables are of matching heights, so that all of your diners can be seated comfortably in a dining position, rather than having to reach up or down to get to their food.