Why this sidechair earns its place
The Asti is a traditional sidechair built for commercial dining rooms that want seating with a bit of warmth to it. The frame is solid rubber wood finished in a dark walnut tone, giving it the weight and grain of a proper dining chair rather than the flat uniformity of painted softwood. Everyday's Asti range sets that frame against a fabric seat and back in a deep, diamond-quilted green padding — enough cushioning to keep diners comfortable through a full sitting, in a colour and pattern that reads as considered rather than an afterthought.
It's sold as a matched pack of two, which is how most venues actually buy dining chairs — in pairs, to fill a table or extend a run without odd numbers left over. Each chair carries a gross weight of 5.12kg and external dimensions of 860 × 460 × 430mm, solid enough underfoot for a busy service without feeling flimsy, but not so heavy that staff dread moving it for a deep clean or a room reset.
Rubber wood is a dense hardwood, and it's a common choice for chair frames precisely because it takes joinery and daily knocks well — the kind of material that shrugs off being pulled out and pushed back under a table a hundred times a service. Paired with a wipeable fabric seat, it's a chair built to be sat in, not just looked at.
