Can we make these items work together?
Sarah Freisenbruch
7 years ago
Can I get these items to work together in my dining room / living room?
I am having this dining table made (310cm X 122cm). I like these chairs. Will either upholster them in a neutral hessian / linen fabric and paint the frames white, or upholster the seat in hessian and backs in pastel colour or paint chairs in different pastels and upholster all in hessian or different upholstery for each chair. I don't want a bright look, I'd like the table and chairs to be "soft" but don't want "identical chair" as want something a little "different" and I think too many chairs for them to be all the same. The picture of the multi coloured chairs is much brighter than ice go for - might just go for a palette of different neutrals rather than colours even. The lights would give a more definite pop of colour but may just stick to the more neutral colour light. I am going to need 5 of the medium sized lights. Not sure whether to have them all the same or 3 stripey and 2 plain (if I can find something to match it colour wise.
I do have kids so needs to be practical as we will be using this as our main table (hence me thinking of a neutral hessian /linen that I aphid once before and it was very hard wearing but natural looking.
I do want a pop of white in the chairs somewhere.
I am not exceptionally conservative (as you can tell) and like traditional with a "twist"
Do you think I can make this work ? Do you have any advice on how to make it work well? Chair colours etc. Whilst I was originally considering modern chairs, my husband wants comfortable chairs and I don't want fake leather.
Thanks
I am having this dining table made (310cm X 122cm). I like these chairs. Will either upholster them in a neutral hessian / linen fabric and paint the frames white, or upholster the seat in hessian and backs in pastel colour or paint chairs in different pastels and upholster all in hessian or different upholstery for each chair. I don't want a bright look, I'd like the table and chairs to be "soft" but don't want "identical chair" as want something a little "different" and I think too many chairs for them to be all the same. The picture of the multi coloured chairs is much brighter than ice go for - might just go for a palette of different neutrals rather than colours even. The lights would give a more definite pop of colour but may just stick to the more neutral colour light. I am going to need 5 of the medium sized lights. Not sure whether to have them all the same or 3 stripey and 2 plain (if I can find something to match it colour wise.
I do have kids so needs to be practical as we will be using this as our main table (hence me thinking of a neutral hessian /linen that I aphid once before and it was very hard wearing but natural looking.
I do want a pop of white in the chairs somewhere.
I am not exceptionally conservative (as you can tell) and like traditional with a "twist"
Do you think I can make this work ? Do you have any advice on how to make it work well? Chair colours etc. Whilst I was originally considering modern chairs, my husband wants comfortable chairs and I don't want fake leather.
Thanks
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Sarah Freisenbruch
7 years agoThese are some chairs upholstered in different colours. Wouldn't be as bright or if just paint the frames white, hessian seat and coloured upholstery at the top.
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7 years agoWhen you say some other materials what do you mean. As it's a dining room I'm a little limited as to what other materials I can have. The lights are ceramic and the chairs are fabric so thought that was a contrast. I do have the living room part at the other end of the room that will have a huge comfortable couch plus a rug. I am not a fan of rugs under dining tables from a practicality /hygiene point of view.
The other lights I like are these. They are metal and have holes so a little light will come out. I would either paint them white (I paint for a living and these shades are only 27 pounds each so are worth upcycling!!
I would need 7 of these. Or if paint them in pastel colours and do some upholstery in the chair tops with white frames. I LOVE the white with the wood.
I don't want anything too traditional.
I'm going for pendants with E 27 fitting so I can have LED lights brightest that I can.
Thanks for responding. Would love to
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7 years agoHi, maybe the problem you're facing is that you're mixing two different design styles. French country with the dining table and chairs and a modern Scandinavian style with the light fixtures. Don't worry, I think it will look great. As for the chairs, I'd paint them white and for the upholstery had you thought about ticking fabric? I think it would complement the whole look nicely. Clarke and Clarke actually do a collection called 'ticking fabric'. You could mix the stripes/patterns/colours without it seeming too overwhelming.
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7 years agoThat is a beautiful dining table. How about painting the chairs with a cream or grey chalk finish paint and have them upholstered in a tweed fabric in different pattern-ways in a soft blue/grey?
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