Those chairs look terrible in your dining room. It's a lovely unique room and those MCM chairs are all wrong for that room.

Agree with Beverly

I just opened my local Craigslist and found a number of chairs that would be more appropriate for your room and likely much less expensive.

The wood finish might not be correct for the room, but it typically doesn't take much labor to change the color of the frame of the chair.

Agree with Beverly

I like this chair -- is more transitional and links to the more formal aspect of your dining room. Lots of fabric choices. https://abchome.com/collections/dining-chairs-stools/products/daphne-side-chair-w-wood-legs?variant=42665949790346

Hats off to you for going eclectic. I’m a huge fan of mixing eras and have zero problems with a modern chair in this space but the chairs you have selected just look off. I wonder if it is the colors and or fabric that are throwing it off for me. These look like something you found on the sidewalk and are trying to make work but missed, not like something you spent $4k+ on.

Are these leather? Have you considered a more textured fabric? I also think the DWR walnut leg is not dark enough. I’d look for other Bacco chairs, many companies make them. Have you considered ivory fabric with dark legs? Have you considered mahogony leather with dark walnut legs?

Thank you so much for your comments @BeverlyFLA @Choco bobo @Doods @Kendrah. Appreciate your candid feedback! . It’s interesting about the choices you mentioned! Take a look at what I have now in the room (pic attached)! 😄 I personally like what we have now but it has two issues.

1. We have young kids who mess up the fabric chairs big time. I’d put silk fabric on two (and they are in misery. Looked beautiful but end of story in less than two years. Shouldn’t have gone with silk. Lesson learnt). So that why my wife insists on leather. Personally I’m not a leather fan for dining chairs…but can live with it..if it comes together well I guess.

2)We do need 8 chairs. Home is small but we have a lot of friends coming over. So 8-seater plus dinners are needed. Currently we’re at 4. Had a bench to accommodate the lack of seating but that’s in storage. I didn’t really like it.

Another suggestion I got from a friend is to do leather (if I absolutely must) in smaller doses. So just the seat leather. Back would be wood etc.

Thank you all again so much for your time and feedback!

Mixing styles in a room can work, but it can't be done randomly. I think this is a random mix that does not work, and the randomness is exacerbated by wanting the chairs in 2 colors. Why???

The items on the wall are too crowded, and the chairs are too crowded around the table (although maybe unless you have 8 seated at the table, not all chairs are always at the table). But if you go ahead with this, then 6 chairs in green. The gray chairs are the same color as the wall, and not a good thing.

An alternative to leather that wears like iron with kids is a high quality velvet - we’ve had velvet dining chairs for 12+ years all thru young boys - they clean up well and still look great (plus they feel nice) — PS I love your DR!

Love your room and decor. As a life long thrift/estate sale devotee at the time when you could get really great stuff, I am now clearing out. A lot of it looks like your wall. If you're anywhere near central NC, back up the truck, it's yours!

For the chairs, you can find a lot of dining chairs like the one at the end of your table and simply change the chair seats to leather/pleather/performance fabric. I've seem many sets of 12 at online auctions or craigslist local to me. Buy all 12 and store a few for replacements when the kids break the back of one.

What @tozmo1 said. Recovering that kind of cushion is a super-easy DIY project, too. You could buy a staple gun and a few yards of pleather, and do it yourself pretty cheaply. Then upgrade the fabric in a few years when your kids outgrow the crazy-messy years.

Your dining room look moody and so gorgeous. However, we don't think the chairs you've selected will work well with your current selections. Perhaps look to moody images on here to help you assess what might work best in your dining room.

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