Chair envy

I feel I must tell you that I want to divorce my kitchen table chairs.

I began the whole affair 10 years ago, when cash was slim. They were heavy, vintage cherry chairs from a church probably. The yard sale had 10, I bought 4 but quickly regretted my slim purchase and they were gone when I went back for more.

I painted them, had cushions made and they are so 10 years ago.

Enough about them.

I think about new chairs more often than I should. My table is a farm table and it stays, for sentimental reasons.

The idea of mixing it up with something modern is very tempting.

Here are a few choices that I have considered.

The toile is the linen fabric on the large curtain covering a sliding glass door in the breakfast area.

If I had to choose today, I would choose the Eames chair although not in pink.

The trouble is that five years ago I would have said, "Over my dead body" to those chairs. As a child of the '70s I have a love/hate thing with mid-century pieces and my fear is that I would tire of them.

I have thought of taking a cue from the toile.

 

 I love, love, love Chinese Chippendale chairs.

 The thing is that the scale could be a problem. 

Have you ever been seated at a table where there was barely an inch between the chairs and even though they fit were just too tight? I don't want that.

I think my best choice at the moment is something from Louis land.

The oval backed Louis XV chairs are my first choice at the moment.

I have gone over and over different sassy color choices in my head but keep returning to this idea.

I really want to use my silhouette fabric with impact (i.e. not another pillow) in my house.

I can't stop thinking about this combination of classic chair with unique fabric.

Now I just need a money tree to make it happen.