We paired the table with Glenn solid wood dining chairs from Wayfair. We wanted a padded seat. The chairs look amazing with the table. They are more gray than the table but pull the gray tones of the table out. We couldn’t be happier with this table. We did put a coat of matte finish polyurethane on the top just because we use it everyday and wanted to protect it more from spills. I can tell you water did bead on the table so it does have some coating on it. We did not have any splinters as others have said. It does have nail holes and rustic qualities but that’s why we ordered it. I love the color of table brownish gray. The way the table and chairs were packaged was very impressive and they narrowed my 4 hr window for delivery to 2 hrs. Very impressed with Wayfair and strongly recommend this table and chairs!