That's where I'm struggling, it's hard for us to do everything at once so we will probably have to replace one thing at a time...As much as I would love to do it all now lol. It is a work in progress but we are trying to at least have a plan so we know what we will get when we can get it. I'm not not good at this. The coffee table looks a little worse in person because it is really old and it doesn't while up well. My daughter does have a habit of doing art, eating snacks and spilling apple juice and you can tell and it's pretty noticeable as much as we try to scrub it lol

The table has a really muscular right-angled solidity to it. It’s wonderful... but I think that means you need some color and curves with the chairs! Judy’s suggestion seems to me like it matches too much with the table and doesn’t jnfuse life. I think the red west elm suggestion is a great one. But I think your paint is slightly on the cool side, so I’d recommend this blue-ish colored chair— https://www.target.com/p/2pc-copley-upholstered-dining-chair-project-62-153/-/A-52962328?preselect=54210220#lnk=sametab

Scratch all that. After many more hours of shopping I've settled on this table. But stuck between the brushed stainless steel base and matte black base. Both have clear glass tops (looks smoked in the photos). Black one isn't available anywhere on display so posting a stock photo. I'm really torn between these two options. Help! 🙂

I could spend up to $300 a chair, but would be much happier in the $300 a pair range. I've actually been skimming Craigslist for chairs that would be easy to reupholster. It seems somehow dumb to me to buy a brand new chair and immediately turn around and reupholster it. Jinx, the bird fabric you posted looks fabulous. I forgot to mention that the kitchen is separated from the dining an living areas by an 8 foot hallway, though you do have a straight view from the living room to this eating area (toward the back of the chair on the left from 40 feet away) HU-187528210, is this the style your were suggesting? I like these and think they suit the style of the house. The downside for me is that most of them don't look they can be easily reupholstered by a hack like me. The table is this one from West Elm. The base is black and brass, the top is carrara marble. We did look at round tables (my original preference), but the space is extremely tight and square/rectangular seemed to offer more usable surface than round in the available space.