Help me pick a fabric for my dining room chair re-cover please!

musicalsilver · September 2014

So we got a set of dining room chairs and a table from DH's grandmother when we moved into this house. They're definitely not my style, and also not really the style of our old dining room china cabinet. We're keeping them for a while though, because well, they're free!

I do want to re-cover them though, because the fabric is killing me. Suggestions? DH wants to go for something with a geometric pattern - he likes this ...

But that really doesn't go with the light color of the chairs, and the other color choices aren't great.

(https://www.fabric.com/SearchResults2.aspx?Source=Header&SearchText=premier+prints+shakes&CategoryID=1d5f47dc-9991-4088-93f3-26a376046a5e)

Anywho - I'm going to edit this post with some pictures of our chairs/dining room, since I couldn't start this post on mobile. Stupid new mobile interface.

Thanks ladies!

musicalsilver · September 2014

First picture is just of the current chair. Th e next are just a couple views of the dining room
The last shows our "formal" living room that is open to the dining room just for context.

Mufflerlove · September 2014

I agree. Staining it darker or painting it white with that fabric. I do like that fabric though! Maybe that fabric in a different colour with that colour wood? Like a light teal or something I don't know.

Cricket81 · September 2014

What about a similar geometric but in navy or dark blue?

musicalsilver · September 2014

I definitely agree the grey doesn't go at all - and restaining is not really something we want to do right now.

The closest they have to yellow is "corn yellow ". Thoughts? DH likes it but I'm really not sure.

And he vetoed teal. We might order swatches of this one and navy to look at in the room.

numbersgirl08 · September 2014

Paint it white then use that fabric! I love the pattern and color of the fabric, but not feeling the wood of the table as-is.

ASmallWonder · September 2014

I vote painting them as well. My FIL repainted a changing table for us and it was easy and looks awesome. I love gray so hard but like everyone else said, not with the color of the chairs.

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