I love Farrow & Ball's grey/brown tones. For subtle shades, they really have a wonderful selection I like London Stone, which is pretty much my favorite paper bag brown. Get the swatch chart, and have your local paint store match it in whatever base you like. Having said that, I think that a dining room is the least interesting place for a great rug. You don't look at it while you're in the room, chairs and feet scrape back and forth on it, and it's a pain to move everything to vacuum all the dropped crumbs. Here is a link that might be useful: Farrow & Ball

Hi Tina, no, I wish I was leaning towards the cottage style but our house is saying no. With it's oak kitchen cabinets (that DH won't let me touch grrr) and colonial style, it's screaming more traditional, rustic or even a little bit country (hopefully french). The problem I'm having is I fully intended to go with the off white look cause that's what we've always had and are used to. However when I started looking for new chairs, the majority of what I like is in black or wood only. I prefer to avoid going with wood because between the floors and cabinets I'm afraid it will just be too much. And I don't want to try to match any paint treatment the off white chairs may have on the table. Black is basically the easiest way to go or have a white farm table with wood chairs with the hopes it will be enough white to tone down all the wood? I'm in a quandary with it, can you tell? LOL Your chairs and table idea sounds lovely. With as long as you've been wanting them, I'm sure they will make your heart sing after you have them in place. You are so lucky that you KNEW what you wanted and what your space needed!!! In addition to the table and chairs we too need a second piece in our little dining area. I've been looking for a hutch I can spruce up for months now. Sometimes the process can be so dragged out, it seems like it will never come together huh? I think the black will actually work better in our space than the off white because we have dark counters and black trim on our SSL appliances. I just can't seem to visualize this room as finished the way I could other rooms in our house. :c(

look at Article. Sven sofa. they have a blue, green, black, or even white, both in velvet and in leather, that would look great. I have their black leather sofa, the bench and a walnut chair w/light gray material. https://www.article.com/browse/12/sofas-sofas

Perhaps if you layer rugs you can end up with the size you want. Isn't there a way to avoid the rug being in a high traffic area? It looks like there is some bare floor to use as a passage around the rug and seating. I think a sagey green in your colors and in a geometric is something that would work.