which dining chair w/ which lr curtain??? (long + pics)

13 years ago

Hoping to get some opinions!

I'm in the middle of redecorating my apartment living room + dining area. (I posted another thread about this recently.) The new dining table and picture for over the sofa are already on order and scheduled to be delivered this Friday (yay!). Now I'm trying to choose both dining chairs and the curtains to go at the living room windows. I've got each down to two choices:

Chairs:

Brown leather chairs with steel frame from Room & Board

vs.

"Parrot Green" fabric-upholstered chairs from World Market

Curtains:

JC Penney Supreme pinch pleats in Silver Sage -

vs.

Pottery Barn Peyton linen/cotton drapes in Mineral Green

Comparing the chairs: The leather chairs are cool-looking, but a little more modern than I was originally thinking. I've actually seen and sat on these chairs, and they're surprisingly comfortable. They'd be the easiest to keep free of cat hair if I ever get cats again. (My kitty died recently, and her sister died 10 months ago - I'm still heart-broken. Obsessing over redecorating is helping take my mind off it a little.)

The fabric chairs are closer to the style I had in mind, and the upholstery would be a softer look for the room. I really like having more color in the room (and I think they'd look prettier through the glass-top table), but I'm worried about the "parrot green" color not going with the other greens in the room. I also don't know if it would "compete" with the red end table. I don't have a World Market near me so I have not seen these chairs in person. I don't know the texture of the fabric (it looks like a simple woven on the web site) and I don't know how well it would hold up to wear. Plus, of course, I don't know if the actual color looks the way it does on the web site!!!

Also, the color of the wood legs on the fabric chairs seem to be quite a bit darker than the table - not sure if it would look "deliberate", or if it would look like a "near miss". None of the other wood pieces in my room match.

Btw, that's a light green chair in front of the window - the color gets kind of washed out in photos. The JC Penney silver sage curtains are a little bluer than the chair, and go better with the background color of the pictures over the tv cabinet. The Pottery Barn curtains are almost exactly the color of the chair (very slightly bluer), and might pick up the greener highlights in the pictures. The PB curtains are a LOT more expensive than the JC Penney curtains (gulp), but if they're a better color, I could suck it up. (There's a big difference in the price of the chairs too, but somehow that doesn't bother me as much.)

Did a bunch of mock-ups trying to show how it would all look together - hope the colors come out sort of right:

#1 - Brown leather chair & JCP silver sage curtains

#2 - Parrot green chair & JCP silver sage curtains

#3 - Brown leather chair & PB mineral green curtains

#4 - Parrot green chair & PB mineral green curtains

JCP silver sage curtains with pictures over tv cabinet

PB mineral green curtains with pictures over tv cabinet

Parrot green chair next to red end table

Brown leather chair next to red end table

The brown leather chairs would be a "safer" choice since brown won't clash with anything, I've actually seen the chairs, and they would definitely wear better (and hold up to any possible future cats). The green chairs kind of appeal to me, but only if they won't be "too much".

I like the color of the PB curtains better, but have read many mixed reviews over them. Not sure how well the linen/cotton would hold up to cats rubbing against them vs. the JCP Supremes, which I've read hold up well. Also not sure which fabric is more suitable for my room looks-wise.

Very confused.

Thanks in advance for any and all opinions!!!!

Comments (8)

WendyB 5A/MA
13 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
I like the silver sage curtains - seems to work better with other things in the room

parrot green chair although it looks gold in the picture. I like how the (perceived) gold picks up the gold in the artwork.

The upholstered chair looks more comfy than the leather. The lines of the leather remind me of a doctors waiting room.
htnspz
13 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
You have enough dark brown furniture so I think you should go with the light chairs. Either of the drapes would work but I would consider a warmer color as well.
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yayagal
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akrogirl
13 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
Definitely the parrot green chairs and mineral green curtains, to tie in with the wonderful picture over the sofa. The silver sage reads as being too cool for the space on my monitor.
busybee3
13 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
on my monitor, the silver sage curtains look best in your room and the brown chair looks best with them...

on my monitor, the green chair looks best with the mineral green curtains...

hard to say what looks best in person...
charlikin
Original Author
13 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
Thank you, everyone, for your feedback!

My goal was to create a warm, inviting space with neutral walls and floor and lots of color in the accent furnishings. So I agree, akrogirl, that the silver sage curtains seem to be reading too cool for the space. Funny - the very first things I bought for the room were the colorful pillows. Then the sofa and light green chair in front of the window, then the lamp and the red end table. Once I saw them all together, I despaired that they didn't really go, that the room was turning into a hodge-podge. Then I bought the pictures, and like magic, the pictures seemed to tie it all together... (to me, anyway). From the brighter spring green of the arm chair to the cool blue-greens of the lamp and knick knacks (with enough red to tie in the end table and the pillows).

So while I agree with wendyb and busybee3 that the silver sage curtains go better in the room, maybe I need to pull in more of the brighter green to keep it from going too blue, too cool? To tie in the green arm chair and the (very warm) picture over the sofa? (Not to mention htnspz's comment about there being enough brown in the room - which is actually part of the reason I decided on a glass top dining table instead a wood top table, though I guess seeing brown chairs through the glass would kind of defeat the purpose!)

Actually, htnspz - you mention that I should consider a warmer color for the drapes... not a green? Is there another color you think would work??

So no one has a problem with the wood legs on the green chairs being quite a bit darker than the table? Or with the bright green chairs competing with the red end table (visible on the last two pictures)?

Thanks!!!
dianalo
13 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
I think the mineral green drapes work better.
I am afraid that neither chair works in your room to my eyes. Both are nice, but just don't fit with the other elements.
The parrot green is off compared to your other greens. The brown may not work with the other browns you already have.
I'd keep looking for chairs.
I'd even consider a red tone upholstery because your end table sticks out a little now visually.
charlikin
Original Author
13 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
Considered the idea of red chairs, in fabric or leather, and decided it was too jarring. The red table was intended to give a pop of color, which it does, but I feel adding red chairs would actually diminish that. Plus matching up reds would be even harder than matching up greens. ;-)

One problem I'm having in choosing chairs is finding smaller-scale ones. The table is small (42"), so I kind of need "apartment-size" chairs to fit around and under it. I also didn't want to get wood-back chairs since I already have a lot of wood in the room. (Brown leather seemed like a softer look than brown wood.)

Sigh.

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