Another angle.

I'd do a second blue chair.........same style, same color.

Agree with annz...two of the blue chairs. A third color/style is too much.

That's funny that a matching chair never occurred to me. Problem is that chair was $$$ and may have to work on DH to approve it.

I totally love this chair from West Elm (in the pic, anyway) though it's not any smaller, really, than what we have in place now. And it's black. We do have black around the room (kitchen chairs are black, in the same room) but I know a black chair seems random in my seating arrangement.

Here is a link that might be useful: West Elm chair

Is this area used a lot for conversation? Is it considered the living room and the adjacent room with the fireplace the family/tv room?

Since you can't match the blue chair, is there another space in the house for it...perhaps a bedroom....and then you could do 2 inexpensive matching chairs (Ikea?)...I would not do leather as the couch is leather. Or perhaps get a chair with a print that incorporates the blue and red and would go also with the rug.

No practical help, but on my computer, the blue and the cane chair are like a "life imitating art" of that wonderful painting.

And I love the old schooldesk as an end table!

I like the way your space 'feels'. The red couch and blue chair seem right to me. Even though neither shade is precisely present in the painting it seems to 'gather' the 2 together.

I wonder if a third chair that brings in the dark green or the dried grass colors from the painting would work. The old school desk end table delights me. I also like the way that the frame of the opening in the wall is reflected in the shape and color of light on the right side of the building in the painting. When you have the rug back in place it may be helpful to post another picture.

More thoughts than you asked for from someone who is definitely not skilled in decorating.

Thanks...several people here convinced me to get the chair in blue when I was hesitant, because of the way it picked up the blue in the painting. I love that blue chair!

Another factor in the choice of this particular chair is this: the dogs are fed (and watered) in the mud room, which you can see behind the cane chair. One of them then comes into this space and rubs her wet, icky bulldog face on the back of the chair -- or she used to, when we had an upholstered chair here. So a chair that has a wood frame or leather somehow around the bottom/back of the chair would help.

I may just end up putting the rocker back! Then maybe look for a different chair in its place in the living room.... Hmm.

I like the blue better than the black--it brightens the room and really goes well with the painting.

Have you considered the West Elm Sloan chair that you posted above upholstered in blue? Although, you'd maybe have to get two matching chairs and move the other blue chair to a different room, which might be too $$$.

What is the model/manufacturer of your current blue chair? I like it!

Beautiful room! How about a side chair and cover the seat in the blue mohair to match your easy chair? Or a smaller caned chair with pillows in the blue velvet? Something this scale, perhaps.

This post was edited by roarah on Thu, Aug 22, 13 at 18:37

Mags, the chair is from Pompanoosuc Mills. I can't remember the name of it, but it's shown on their web site with wood trim, which we didn't get.

The blue chair doesn't really go anywhere else in the house, so it won't be moving. I have a birthday coming up and I'm sure DH would say yes if I wanted a second blue mohair chair from PM as a birthday gift, but I'm personally not convinced that I want two matching chairs.

Roarah, for some reason your photo isn't showing up on my iPad.

Sue I think I fixed the pic sorry about that. If it still is not showing, it is just a cane side chair with a two pillow cushions. Mine are white but I think the blue mohair might be more affordable if used just for small cushions and it would be conforming yet also different:). I like coordinating rather than matchy matchy myself.

I know what you mean, roarah.

I am also thinking something kinda, sorta like this squared off slipper chair, though I don't love this one, and I don't like the leg finish.

Here is a link that might be useful: West Elm, another chair.

I completely and utterly love the blue chair.

It looks very comfy, too.

I completely and utterly love the blue chair. It begs for another...

It looks very comfy, too.

You guys are killing me. I know, it's a great chair and two would look neato. But picture an old bulldog wiping her wet and dirty face on that blue mohair. And when you come home every day, looking at the back of that lovely chair covered in dog drool. (The back of the chair would be the first thing you see when coming in the door.)

Now this is another idea. This is the chair that matches the loveseat, so it coordinates with the whole scene in a different way. But how about this green leather? Mmmm.

I am also in love with this chair. I don't know why but I am.

Well, a day later, I have switched gears. I've decided to put the mission rocker back in its place (where the cane chair is now) because DH actually does like sitting in it and in terms of decor, it works in a few ways including serving as a sort of reference to the other rooms on the first floor, which all have Stickley Mission pieces scattered around. So, never mind all of the above, but now I'm still going to move that cane-sided chair to the guest room and get a new chair for the living room. The trick is still going to be finding the right one. I'll take pics later and create a new thread!