HELPING MAKE MEALTIMES BETTER

A Junior Chair provides a better posture for little ones when they are ready to move on from the high chair

Designed for your child:

A more ergonomic seating height is better for eating and activities

Designed for you:

Mid‑century inspired, hardwood materials that complement your dining space.

Welcome! This is all you need to know about the Junior Chair I first made for my own daughter and am now offering for sale for your children.

Jeremy - Founder

Benefits of a Junior Chair

Eating or colouring — whatever your child is doing at the dining table, a properly sized chair will benefit them. Useful from around the age of 3 up to 8.

Dining Chair

Sitting on their knees

Junior Chair

Sitting higher with legs supported by a footrest

We can all relate to school tables and chairs being slightly smaller to better fit children. There is numerous studies that recognise how correct posture can improve learning. But proper posture isn’t just for school – it matters at home too. A junior chair can help children sit in a much better position at a standard dining table.

Health professionals promote the importance of posture and correct seating for your child. You can read the full NHS guidance from this quote here:

NHS - Sitting Position & Posture

We've also found other experts, which work with children, that are also keen to recommend a junior chair for that stage in a child's development.

As a nanny I always recommend a junior chair because once they are out of a standard high chair, it is years before they are comfortable on an adult chair.

Larissa Hazell, founder of The Childcare Guide

A junior dining chair allows your child to be at the correct height
in relation to the table.

NHS Cambridgeshire Children's Occupational Therapy Service

Designed to Work With Your Dining Space

A lot of children’s furniture is brightly coloured and stands in sharp contrast to its surroundings.

The Okehill Junior Chair was designed from a different starting point. It is a proper dining chair, scaled for children, designed to sit comfortably alongside adult furniture — a piece that belongs at the table, visually and practically, without compromising the look or feel of your dining space.

  • Clean, mid-century lines
  • Three solid hardwood finishes, allowing it to sit naturally alongside your existing dining table and chairs
  • A silhouette that mirrors adult dining chairs

Consider this!

  • Junior chairs are useful from around 3 to 8 years.
  • Most parents have more than one child, typically a few years apart.
  • That means a junior chair could be at your dining table for 8, maybe 10 years!
  • That’s a long time, so why not make it an attractive addition to your dining space?

Hardwood: Ash

A light, understated tone that works well in Scandinavian and contemporary dining spaces.

Hardwood: Oak

A balanced mid-tone finish designed to complement traditional and modern dining furniture.

 

Hardwood: Walnut

A deeper, richer tone suited to darker woods and more luxury interiors.

Crafted from Solid Hardwood

The Junior Chair is made from our workshop in Surrey.

Each one is made from solid hardwood, selected for strength, longevity, and character.

This is not pine, veneered board or composite material.

Solid wood allows the chair to withstand daily use, age gracefully over time and passed on to the next child.

Each chair is built with the expectation that it will be used for years.

Handcrafted
Made with a mix of modern CNC and handtools
Traditional Joinery
Mortice and Tenon joints
Designed for strength
Materials, joinery and design combine

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