I want to also thank everyone as we have been running around like chickens without heads trying to find bar stools for our redo. similar problems too as our cabs are cherry, floors are dark (ipe) counters are typhoon bordeaux, dining table and chairs are all cherry and LR couches are off whie leather. all three rooms open to one another and I realized if I just realized if I went with wood, it would be wood heaven in there. we also just decided we didn't want backs on the stools. we also want our stools to swivel, otherwise I'd have gone with the matching stools. Here is a link that might be useful: our dining chairs

You can mix more than one color of metal, but I wouldn't mix three in a very visible location, and mixing metals look better in matt and not in shiny metal which brings out the color ( ignore the floor lamp). I've attached a few photos of chandeliers that are designed in a combination of silver & gold and it looks gorgeous, but in the right tones and amount. If you are looking for modern dining chandelier, in Galilee lighting we offer unique lighting made of hand blown glass in any size or length. We invite you to visit our website to view our unique lighting collections. If you would like to receive our catalog by email and get more ideas, contact Sales@GalileeLighting.com or visit www.GalileeLighting.com We offer free design consultation, to design the perfect size of chandelier for your space. Call us at 305-807-8711

Do come back and let us know what you find out? Perhaps send your pics to the company that distributed it, and maybe someone there can tell you when it was made. When I saw mine on Craigslist, I HAD to have it, after I researched it. I don't have gout, but thought it was just so unusual. Mine was used by the elderly seller's great grandfather. I bought it last year, and it's a great conversation piece. Most people today haven't heard of them. I pulled the info just below from this - FURNISHINGS : History’s Been Putting Up With Footstools The article is from the LA Times, written in May 1994. "By the 17th Century, the footstool concept had trickled down to the common everyday rich folk in the form of a “gout stool.” Then, gout was considered a rich man’s ailment. The gout stool was a means of elevating throbbing feet for relief and protection." I just found this, which is VERY close to mine, although not in great shape. I don't have a Worthpoint account to see what it sold for - https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-gout-stool-rocking-chair-rare-1800-wood Here's a video on one - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LAum-_bbGQ

Hi Megan- You have some lovely furniture besides the Noguchi cocktail table and the Eames chair and ottoman. And it does not matter if they are the real McCoy, either. If you like them and they are sturdy, keep them and go with that genre. For example, the side table to the right is Stickley-ish. And the round side able to the left is good too. I like the little short spool-type round table that is incorrectly placed, but is very nice and would make a great stand for a plant somewhere in a corner. Your lamps are great too. I do think the furniture might need some rearranging, too. I don't like the way the sofa is stuck back in that alcove as if it has been a bad boy. Also, all your family photos have to be removed, sorry. Personal family photos do not belong in a living room. Please put them in a stairway leading up to the bedrooms or a hallway or maybe a den for the family. One of the advantages of a tuxedo sofa is that it comes in different sizes and it doesn't have oversized, overstuffed arms, and it is a neutral style and will go with anything. Before you purchase any more furniture, I would draw a to-scale drawing of your living room and your dining room (to get an idea of the opening between the rooms. You may find that you just don't have the space for all those chairs. The Nogughi table for sure can't serve the sofa and all those chairs. It is for the sofa and should be 18 inches from it. The chairs need their own end tables. Perhaps your sofa could face the fireplace, the Eames chair could face the window, and any chair could have its back to the window with space between it and the window. Upholstered chairs are fine, do your current chairs fit where your sofa is now but not squeezed into the alcove? I do like their color. If you have to purchase 2 new chairs, I would get ones with less bulky arms, and ones that fit well on the window side of the room. Look at the chairs in this picture of a mid-century modern licing room, these are classic chairs whose design has stood the test of time, and I used to have them, they are so, so comfortable (assuming you get ones that are well-made.) I would also not get a blue sofa, that might be too dark in that small of a room with the black chair. You could get the chair cushion cover in a color if you really wanted to. I still like the idea of a cream/off white color sofa. You can get throw pillows that coordinate well with the black/tan/cream color scheme. You don't want a lot of small bric-a brac and photos. That is just not the mid-century modern and craftsman ethos your furniture is evoking. I would remove the bric-a brac shelves on the wall to the left of the floor lamp. You could get a sizeable art piece for over the mantle, and a three-dimensional fiber art wall hanging. You could have a significant piece of pottery, either contemporary or ethnic somewhere. I strongly suggest you do an internet search for Mid-Century Modern living rooms to get a sense of how they are decorated, also search living rooms with Noguchi furniture, with Eames chair, etc. That will give you some idea of what directions the room can go with the furniture you have, and what will look appropriate with it. My guess is, and please correct me if I am wrong, you don't have $10,000 to sink into an antique or very valuable Oriental rug right now, so that should not be something you purchase first and decorate the room around. I am an Oriental rug person for sure, and yes, you can have them with dogs. I despise those modern machine-made copies with artificial dyes and glues that fall apart lickety-split. Buy quality and it will last you a long time. And yes, you can buy a quality Oriental (either hand-knotted or woven that doesn't cost you a fortune. Just buy your furniture first and decide your colorway. The rugs come in many colorways that will go with however you decorate and the rugs become "neutrals." You can purchase a very valuable rug with some wear or abrash or other minor defects, but if they are located where your furniture would be placed, no one will ever see these "defects" or even know they are there except for you, and you will be getting a beautiful quality "second" for a song! For example, if the previous owner always walked on part of one edge, but in your home the placement of the rug is such that it would be right under your sofa, well, that's perfect! So you see, save the rug for last. Meanwhile, educate yourself on rugs so you know how to buy.