I am sorry that link did not show the chair above. It is a French bistro chair from American Trading Co. and the weave colors I like are ivory and honey. However, there is a clearance chair that might work as well linked below. The bistro chairs are about $200 and this one (only four left) is $49! Not sure about the shape, though, but the seat and back are an ivory textilene material. It is solid instead of a weave, which may be better with all the pattern i have out there already. If you go to this page, it is the second one as you scroll down, called " almost key west."

These chairs are commercial restaurant chairs so I think they would be fine on the porch.

Here is a link that might be useful: Sale chair suitable for my porch?

This is the woven bistro chair, but the colors would be honey (beigey yellow) and ivory:

http://seatingproducts.com/products/Alzette_Chair__761--112

Here is a link that might be useful: Woven bistro chair

What do you think of this museum banner? It is from an exhibit at the Los Angeles Museum of Art and is 8 ft x 3 ft.:

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Seems to me you have to "scrunch" by the table/chairs to get to the nice chairs you have in the corner....could you put your table and chairs in the corner and put your two rockers where the table is? Also the artwork would look good on the wall opposite the potting bench..(behind the right hand rocker where you have it now). As for painting your bench....take a color out of your art....red maybe and use a colorful cloth on your table. You could also paint the chairs that go with the table until you find what you want.

Have you tried moving the table and chairs closer to the screen? That may give you more room. Since chair comfort is an issue make sure you're able to try any of those out before buying.

Another thing ... would it be possible to have the screened door open out instead of in?

We have about four feet from the table to the end of the porch, so there's no scrunching needed to get by. The table doesn't fit in that corner, either, so the furniture is pretty much where it has to be.

Also, I actually just had the tablecloth made, and we do not yet have any art.... ???

Space is not the issue here... we have plenty of space. The doors open in so they can be latched open, which is useful when we keep the dogs out on a day that might turn rainy. the narrowest part of the porch is about 11 feet, and the length is 16 feet.

Would love for someone to look at the chairs I linked to and give an opinion, make some suggestion as to art and any other objet d'art??

Here is a picture of the chair I like that are on clearance. The textilene fabric is a cream color. I want four of the side chairs for this table.

These are the woven, traditional bistro chairs:

The museum banner above is a street banner and is vinyl, meant to take the elements.

Sorry, when you said you needed chairs with a small footprint I assumed space was the issue.

Thanks, natal, I like compact chairs, for some reason! It's irrational, I guess, but I like the way that they look pulled up to the table as opposed to larger ones that seem to sort of take over the table, if you know what I mean. I lived with a table and chairs like that for years, all the chairs were armchairs, and they added a visual weight to the table that was almost painful to look at. For me :)

I know what you mean about the visual. A neighborhood bistro has darling bentwood chairs, but they're super uncomfortable. We have a square table on the screened porch with 4 swivel rockers all with arms. Sounds like it wouldn't be your taste, but we find them comfortable and they make for a pleasant lingering dining experience.

I have looked at many beautiful porch photos, and have come to the conclusion that I need to cover that painted pecky cypress on the walls. It was already painted a dark brown and I had no stomach for stripping and varnishing, so we just painted it. However, I dislike the siding on the diagonal, and think I might do better to "side" the porch walls with overlapping wood or hardiplank siding.... yes?

Yes, I think you would like it better with something other than the diagonal.

Both sets of chairs you show are nice but the price of the key west one is hard to resist. How much is shipping?
The Renoir banner adds great color and size. I would hang it to fill up a large blank wall space. Then using the same colors of the poster I would add some red accents around the room. The red would add fun, punch. Maybe repeat some elements from the poster as well, the flower on the lady's hat.

I love this painting -

Yes, I love the painting, too, that's why I was so taken with the museum banner from Los Angeles that advertised the traveling impressionist exhibit. The size fits nicely on the back of the bump out (fireplace on the other side of the wall).

I have not heard back from the distributor yet, eg3, so I don't know what the shipping will be. I love the woven bistro chairs and the price is not really a deterrent, I am just afraid they will make everything too busy. If the clearance chairs don't work I can always use them as extra outdoor chairs for parties, so I don't mind ordering them without seeing or sitting in them.

mtnredux, that diagonal gives off such a 70's vibe... I don't understand why it was installed that way!