My daughter bought these a couple of weeks ago and she is pleased with them. She is using a plainer table with them and for the price she thinks they are great.

I am not sure why a print would not work; it would just be more difficult for matching, require more fabric for drop-match and more time consumption of button-covering. Houndstooth or any small print/check, etc., should be very easy to work with.

When someone else posted a picture of this chair a while ago, my first thought was "eew, that looks horribly uncomfortable". Its seems many others had the same thought. I can't honestly imagine how anything that looked so uncomfortable could add much to a room, even if it didn't feel so bad (and I can't imagine that it could feel good). I think furniture should look inviting. I suspect that it was not on of Chris Madden's better design ideas, and that's why it's still available on clearance. I do love the fabric though, and the feet are great. But that's not enough to compensate for the total design, IMHO.

I agree that the stickley chair needs to move out of that room. I like the turquoise chair, but would not do a leather chair with the leather you already have. You need an upholstered chair and IMHO, a patterned chair. I don't really see the two patterned chairs for your room. I would wait till the right thing came along. That said, if you like the $50 chair, it's only $50 and you could still wait for just the right chair and then either use that elsewhere, or sell.