It depends on if you're going for a Southwestern style of decor or not. The striped fabric is basic enough that it wouldn't look excessively western. If you do want more of a south-of-the-border feel, the print is the better option. Personally, I would opt for the striped fabric, and maybe add throw cushions in the patterned fabric, so you could change it out if you get tired of it.

Good luck!

That's kind of what I was thinking as I'm doing 2 chairs and thought all that print might not be as versatile. I am always drawn to southwest patterns in my decorating, which gives me caution here as I feel like I need to try something new. Maybe going with the stripe will be different enough without making me feel like I'm staying in my comfort zone. Thank you so much for your helpful advice!

I'd use the print for pillows and maybe an ottoman for the chairs..

The stripe for the chairs and the big print for the pillows.

Another question I have regarding this little project is if I have an open floor plan and don't have reds in my formal living room which is at the front of the house, not seen from the family room, is it "wrong" to introduce another color in the family room? The family room is a step down from an open kitchen which has hardwood floors and Napoli granite in the cream and browns family.

Just like tone of voice, how you use color is as important as what colors you use. Adding some accent pieces wouldn't be a crime. What color are you thinking of adding? Also...pics?

The room is already pretty busy. I'd go neutral greige on the chairs and have pillows made in both the stripe and the pattern. That will give you lots more options in the future if you decide to change up the entire look. I'd also edit the shelves.

E erroneous seems to like the strip, personally I love the other

FIrst off, so grateful for the advice! I just got Marie Kondo art of tidying up book which will hopefully help me part with all my sentimental pics and clutter, ie the shelves. I'm just wondering about the red in the fabric in the family room being that I have a totally different color scheme in the formal living room (see attached photo) at the front of the house? I really didn't want neutral chairs with all the brown in the sofas and all the beige carpet. Was hoping for some color in the chairs but maybe my fabric preference with the red is too much? I've attached a better pic of the fabrics that shows the true colors better.

I agree with grover (as usual) neutral on the chairs and pillow it up however you like, maybe you can find a greige print?

I think two chairs would be great in the kilim pattern with your leather sofa.

Have two throw pillows made in that fabric for the sofa and then add two plain in front of them.

When you have too much little stuff on the shelves, nothing can be seen. You have so many shelves, I'd consider hanging a small artwork over some of them to lessen the clutter. Also avoid frames or objects that take up the entire space. They end up looking squished.

Such great ideas! And thank you for the visual. I would have never thought of that on the shelving. Agree I need to take time to rethink my clutter so that my shelves aren't such a distraction!

Not sure how long that wall is, but I think one big chair with a footstool or small ottoman and table/ lamp would be nice there to balance the sectional.
I love your two fabrics together too.

All of your wonderful suggestions got me pondering this project some more. After staring at the colors in the fireplace, I set off to yet another furniture store to see if I could find something that would pull out the colors in the stone. I fell in love with yet another fabric that I think might be the one. Has the warmer color in the stone, the teal blues that are in my living room, and looks beautiful with the brown leather. Didn't spend time finding a pillow fabric but could do some solids with maybe a couple in this same print that I use on the chairs?

I love the latest fabric you found but I think the room will look unbalanced with 2 chairs seemingly stuffed in 1 corner and the rest a sea of brown/beige. Have you tried the 2 sofas facing each other & the 2 chairs facing the FP?

I love that last print. I think it's great to have at least one non solid colored piece of furniture in a room. Those couches take up a lot of solid colored space and I think a print would be a great way to break it up!

How about a big southwestern print area rug or ottoman with some color on walls or in drapes? Use this latest fabric if it looks good with the chairs for a footstool and toss pillows. Bring in the pattern and "look" in something other than your main furniture. Art, lamp, baskets, frames etc... Bring in the big patterned chair from the formal and post a picture.

You have all given me great advice and lots to think about and work on. Thank you! In a perfect world or in this case, a different house, I'd have more symmetry with the walls and that would give me more layout options. Also, hardwood floors would make a colorful area rug a way to add color to the room. As it is though, I have a lot of fairly new neutral carpet that isn't going anywhere and a short wall backing up to our office, all which are influencing my decorating decisions. (top picture) This is the look that I was going for in my family room with the 2 printed chairs and neutral sofas. The layout is similar too, except flipped and having my shorter wall as the place where the prints would go. In my room, I angled the chairs toward each other and pulled them back away from the built in and I like that better rather than having them both on the wall. It seems more balanced then. Now I just need to settle on a chair fabric and chair style, but am leaning toward the Wesley Hall fabric that I recently found.