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Design Dilemma Home Decorating Dining Room

What dining chairs should we get?

7 years ago

We recently moved into a small 1930s house that has a few Art Deco elements, and we’d like to furnish it on a budget. We like MCM and modern style — clean bold lines, not so minimalist that it’s boring.

Attached are pictures of the dining room. Right now we’re looking for dining chairs, both new and antique stores/OfferUp. While we’re open to anything, we were currently thinking the furniture in this room would be warm colors, red/orange/yellow, in line with the print on the wall. I had in my head a burnt orange fabric dining chair but I’m not finding that color frequently. My boyfriend likes this chair and we may get it:

https://www.wayfair.com/furniture/pdp/george-oliver-blumberg-upholstered-dining-chair-w001053848.html?piid=2058047259

If you had your choice of dining chair, what would you get?

Also open to chandelier ideas because the current one will go!

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kodiac23
7 years ago
I like the chairs your boyfriend picked an think they would go great with the table
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BeverlyFLADeziner
7 years ago
Are you keeping the over the top chandelier that dwarfs your table?

Your drapery panels are not long enough. No one does tie backs on panels that are that thin.

This is from HD. It's not expensive.
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BeverlyFLADeziner
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
These chairs are from Home Depot
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Original Author
7 years ago
Hi Beverly, thanks so much for this. We are thinking of getting rid of the chandelier. Maybe for this (likely in white but maybe black) — https://etsy.me/2Il4o95

The curtains came with the house as well as the chandelier… What would you think of getting rid of the curtains entirely?
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BeverlyFLADeziner
7 years ago
Acoustics in the room could be an issue without drapery panels.

Well nothing will be as inexpensive as something made in Ukraine. Just make sure it doesn't look like three tin cans.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/JONATHAN-Y-Elsa-24-in-Black-Clear-Adjustable-Integrated-LED-Modern-Crystal-Pendant-JYL7212A/308502381

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