I'm going to disagree with advice to paint first and hold off on reupholstering the chairs. You say you've been waiting three years to do this. Selecting fabric can take a lot of time--esp. when working with an open floorplan where you want the colors/fabrics to flow from room to room. You have some lovely fabrics to choose from that can be incorporated into your space in a variety of ways--or even into the adjacent rooms. I recovered my DR chairs last year and am so glad that I did. Mine also were hard and uncomfortable--which you said yours are as well. One thing that was important to me was the fabric not only coordinate with my DR, but my LR since I planned to occasionally move the DR chairs into the LR if I needed extra seating for a party. Personally I found a stripe to be the most versatile choice. I do also agree that you are more likely to tire of a floral or find it more limiting as time goes on. To me, your ivory will always read more formal due to the sheen of the present fabric--not so much the color. If you still like the floral, I would again consider using two complimentary fabrics and use the floral in smaller doses. For instance, you could do the host chairs in floral and others in stripe or solid, or do different backs/fronts as I suggested earlier. Or bring in your floral fabric in a less permanent way via a table or buffet runner. Calico Corners is also really good with suggesting complimentary fabrics. It may be worthwhile to bring in a swatch of the valance fabric and ask for advice on complementary fabrics.

@yourchigirl, while I would like nothing more than to rip out the built in pantry, there is ducting and electrical running in the partition wall by the mud room door and electrical in the wall by the stove. I am capable of tearing those out, but it is not in the budget for this project. I could hold off on the entire project and save money to be able to include it in the budget, but then I would want to install a 48" built-in fridge along that wall, which adds another $11K to the project. I have no doubt it would look amazing but that is more project creep than I want to deal with. On another front, I've pretty much convinced myself that an induction cooktop is going to replace the electric cooktop instead of propane. I am still considering the placement of the cooktop along the wall vs. the island. I know the prevailing sentiment by the KD pros here is that a cooktop does not belong on the island and every time I am using it I am conscious of their advice. However, I'm not yet convinced that the way we use the kitchen island and cooktop works for us and the extra time and $$ required to relocate the cooktop is worth it. I would like to focus more on having the right storage for the appropriate tools in the best locations. I am working on defining my task areas based on a couple layouts and will walk through them with the Minister of War and Finance (Wife) when I'm done with them.

@carolae: I did miss her later mention of the tile continuing in other rooms. If all Design Dilemma posters would post all four sides of a space, that would help Commentors who do consider adjoining spaces from the get-go. The OP did have good photos but not of adjoining spaces. I think I'm going to bump up a recent Design Dilemma I originated asking for comprehensive photos, limitations, etc. It's a good exercise for posters to get in the habit of taking into account how any problem affects other areas.

Hi - don’t despair! Just give yourself a little time. Warmer bulbs won’t help here as they are likely to enhance any yellow/orange warm tones in the space. The point about Barren Plain and Calm looking a little pink is important. See on the colour wheels above, how close they sit to the Yellow-Red Hue Family? Their proximity to that neighbourhood is where the pinky/peach warmth comes from. It depends upon the quality of available light, just how pronounced those overtones will be. To help mitigate that, choose a colour from further clockwise, away from this region. So that info will help too. If you do decide to repaint, try large swatches or painted boards in your space before finalising. That way you can move them around in both sunlight & shadow to see how they will behave.