Thank you! I love that idea...especially as the rug and large floral piece are our more valuable items as well. Agreed on the light art change...as well as any/all Wall decor in more contemporary and substantial frames!

I like the look with the glass table top--but the chrome legs throw me. Wonder if they can be darkened/antiqued?

Nice room ..don't think the glass table goes with the rest !

The traditional chairs aren't quite old enough to work. If you had chairs more along the lines of the sideboard, maybe. But these look too modern-and-generic-Queen-Anne.

You are right about the Ghost Chairs. They aren't really comfortable for adults.

I would go with a chair that worked with the table:

I saw these and I thought they were great. They are Dutch baroque and I thought the price was $2379 for all four. But it's "per item" which is sneaky :(

I like the glass, but the chrome squared legs clash with the rest.
Can you cover them with something dark and see how it looks?

Silvery brocade or damask on the chair covers would make a transition to the glass for you

I think it is the juxtaposition of the unornamented chrome to the highboy that gives this the potential to work. If you make the table less modern somehow you might as well get rid of it and get a traditional table.

And honestly the traditional chairs you have don't really stand up to the sideboard. The sideboard is head and shoulders over those chairs.

The seats on the chairs also throw everything off, too traditional. If you keep the chairs I would choose a fabric with fairly wide stripes using the blue and cream colors taken from the rug. The chairs will look more "youthful" and be friendlier with the table. The art over the sideboard should be hung lower and you really need a horizontal piece. Another idea would be a gallery wall with contemporary art, perhaps even drawings, something a little more daring and offbeat to go with the table.

You could go in a totally different direction by painting your chairs a color - I can remember seeing decor in books/magazines from the 60's & 70's when a chrome table was used it would surrounded by traditional chairs that were painted

It help bridge the trad and modern styles

One of my faves was the chairs had a tortoiseshell finish

An example - this chair finish could work with multiple looks/styles

Consider a plain linen chair seat, close to the color of your curtains or one of the colors in the rug. (I had to remove the orange from this room. It's just wrong.)

I'm with pal and chijim. For the chairs, you need to go much older or much newer than what you have now. And I might choose an updated, bold floral, like Josef Frank, for either.

Or paint the chairs, as chijim suggests, several shades darker than the wall color in a glossy finish.

I think more uniform frames for the artwork in the room would help. I'd go with a more modern, simple frame, maybe dark wood or black. But no chrome accents on the frames.

There seem to be a lot of smaller accents, and a lot of holiday/seasonal items on the various surfaces in the room, which I would remove/streamline. Consider something like a Dorothy Thorpe piece for the Dutch hutch, like this sterling rimmed cocktail set,

I appreciate all of these great ideas and advice! Considering everything said and opting to keep the chairs...thoughts on moving rug into another room and replacing with a beige & light grey option, painting chairs silver or a shade of blue with a new beige fabric to pull together wall paint and blue in large floral print, hanging our series of 6 large vintage Vanity Fair Spy prints in a matching wood above the Dutch sideboard, hanging a framed mirror above the chrome parsons table and finishing the dining table with a sleek and modern tray of some sort with our vintage sterling rimmed cocktail set I’ll pull from storage. Thoughts!???

Lighter looks better but you could also paint the table base so it is the same color as the chair wood. I quite like the look/mix either way.

Please don't paint those chairs.

I think the room looks cold and unwelcome without the original rug. I really like the mock-up with the light beige chair upholstery or even the bluish one with the larger painting. The other art is simply too small. The two rows of prints overwhelm the room.

I do like the table with the chairs and rest of the furniture. I prefer the original rug and like the change of upholstery fabric to solid. If you use a beige make sure it relates to the rug. It looks like the rug has a pale yellow color. If the undertone is yellow I'd make sure the beige is a yellow beige. For art scale I like the larger single piece (first one I think looks a little small by itself) and I also like the set.

I do like the last mock up in general but prefer the warmth the original rug adds.

I like the table in the room and also agree to keep the original rug and to cover the seat cushions the blue from your walls and rug. I love that large art.