For the dining area, I wanted a table and chairs reminiscent of Crate & Barrel, like their Avalon Extension Dining Table and Vintner Chairs.

I found this light wood table by Handley in a similar shape.

Here is the table after one coat of black paint.

The chairs came in a set by Mayberry Street including a round table, but the base of that table wasn't the style I wanted.  What I like most about these chairs is that they have a curve to them; the back isn't straight up and down.  Real life chairs are angled like these, whereas most of the dollhouse chairs I've seen are straight-backed.

I wanted the look of wood chairs with tie-on cushions not upholstered seats, so I removed the glued-on cushion from each chair with a palette knife.

I had to sand and sand and sand to get that glue off.  What a workout!

Here's the whole set painted black.  The chairs will need further sanding and another coat of paint (and I need to make the tie-on cushions), but the set is turning out very similar to the Crate & Barrel example.