What is the setting?

Formal (relatively) dining room, white wainscoting with blue/grey walls, drum chandy with crystals. It's a Baker table that is finding it's way to recently married DD. She's loves the table, but not the Chippendale chairs. I'll see if I can find some pics...

Thinking about switching up the sideboard too. Something with a little gold? The gold toe caps on the table are great.

Anthro console?

J Adler?

Now that I see the sideboard, I get a sense she wants a formal look.

Anthro has velvet chairs w gold legs

mtn, I think of you whenever I see those french bistro chairs, you were ahead of the curve.

I really like the velvet chairs too.

Thinking about what you said about the floor. Do you think the velvet chairs would work with this rug?

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yes, the white or blue depending on whether the blue matches ... I'd put them all on a moodboard to get a sense

The shapes on the rug work really well with the shapes of the chair. As mentioned, you;d have to check the blues.

Mrn, are those chairs comfortable? I’m thinking of a table like this in our new kitchen and considering various chair options.

Sorry for the hijack!

the french bistro ones from Serena? Yes, I'm very happy w them. Also pretty indestructible. Note they come in several colors.

So Anthro is sold out of all the chairs except pale grey. Grey is neutral enough for the walls, but do you think it's one color too many with the rug? Mtn, I'm thinking about what you said about the b/w floor in the inspiration pic...

What are the fixed elements/givens in the room? Does she own the rug, for example?

Mtn- you find the Serena chairs comfy? I have them and they’re killer to sit on. It doesn’t really bother me because they look great and they’re dining chairs, not lounge chairs. But goodness. After an hour or so in them. Ouch.

In the realm of dining chairs? Yes, I do. They are sturdy and generous and have a tiny bit of give since they are woven. I also like that they are easy to pick up and move. I would generally not use cushion on kitchen chairs, so they are not going to be terrible comfy in any event.

BTW, another way to go would be parsons chairs on the side, and the chippendale arm chairs at the end, in coordinating fabrics.

What are the fixed elements/givens in the room? Does she own the rug, for example?

She owns the rug and the table; the room is otherwise empty. She also has access to the chairs and sideboard, but is a minimalist at heart.

DD likes the idea of the smaller chair and loves the Anthro chairs you posted (and she says thank you for your help :) But unsure of the grey. We might order 2 and see how they look, or keep looking for a white or blue. The other Anthro chairs are a little larger and may not have that airy look, but I think the gold legs are spot on.

I also think a fun sideboard would be useful for storage and serving. I mean, she will need someplace to put the Thanksgiving pies!

So the room has a direction, but still looking for suggestions to finish it off!

I have some knock offs of those Anthro chairs, fyi. I think they were from either overstock or wayfair. I use them as side chairs in my office and they are suuupppeeerrr cute and very comfy.

The big difference I see between your table and the inspiration table is the scale of the pedestal.

The inspiration table is beefy and yours is delicate. I think this makes a big difference for the chairs you can match with them.

Others are better than me at finding stuff like this, so I’ll let them do the work! ;)

More anthro chairs .... what about using navy velvet for the side, and the patterned ones for the head. Keep in mind rugs patterns are less prominent IRL due to the viewing angle.

So pretty! I think the room could take the boldness.

What do you think of the low chair height—just a few inches about the table. Seems to be the trend.

And thanks for the mood board, How did you do it?

What I like about this chairs is that the fabric is sort of a cheery riff on a traditional Jacobean floral/ Tree of Life fabric that might have been paired with a formal table a generation ago.

As far as chair height, a low profile seems to me to be part of the MCM look, in everything really. Much more horizontal than vertical. In this case, it will allow you to see more of that pretty table!

I just use Word to do moodboards. I take screenshots of things I am looking at. Then I drag them into word and resize them. I use the "remove background function" to isolate, say, a chair. Then I use "wrap text" , "in front of text" and "reorder" to reposition things. HTH.

What do you plan to do with the matching, existing chairs?

I do the same as Mtn for a mood board.. but more often I use powerpoint which I find easier to use to "layer" images using go to front, go to back etc.

I like the mix of the print and blue velvet assuming the legs do not look cheap-- sometimes gold can lean that direction. What a fun rug!

Some type of cool wingback?

Thanks mtn. I did not know about the "remove background function". I sometimes use photoshop (when I have a lot of time) or Canva. Otherwise my word images are always in a white box, so this is great! And I just love this: a cheery riff on a traditional Jacobean floral/ Tree of Life fabric. So poetic!

Funky, I never thought to try it on pp. Thanks for the tip!

Oliv, DD volunteered to take the table. I'm so glad she truly appreciates it because it's a beautiful piece. The Chippendale chairs will also go to a good home, but DD is thinking in a different direction.

I'm having fun helping put it all together. It jets me back to my newlywed days when everything was a new adventure. I wish I had this GW team when I was starting out, but I'm glad I have you all now! :)

What I like best about the idea of gold legs is I don't have to worry about wood leg finishes.

Justerry, I like that look. Question about the legs...do you think they need to match the table? The table is mahogany and fairly red.

I was just about to say, the legs - that's where I get hung up....gold would repeat the brass feet on table. Here's a fabric chair from Houzz....even the legs.

https://www.houzz.com/products/moes-libby-dining-side-chairs-yellow-set-of-2-prvw-vr~112942724