Bamboo Chairs.... The Project, Part One!

As you'll recall, this summer I found a screamin' deal on a set of faux bamboo chairs with a matching dining table.

I've been putting off deciding what to do with them, because I want them to be absolutely perfect. 

Well, this Sunday morning, the man-friend and I got started on the chair re-do project!

The original chairs at the Fort Worth Flea!

They were originally a natural wood finish with leopard upholstery.

I'm using the four matching dining chairs for the dining room and the hostess chair for a new desk chair.

For the dining chairs, I decided on a gloss navy wood with the cushion upholstery in Trina Turk for Schumacher Peacock in the "Pool" colorway.

Trina Turk Peacock in Pool

My desk chair is my current challenge.

Originally, I had plans to paint it gloss black and use the fun pink and white fabric below.

Then, when I was looking at paint in the store, I laid my eyes on this pretty Ballet Slipper pink!

And, as a true pink lover, I just couldn't resist!

Now, I'm faced with the dilemma of what fabric to use for the cushion.

I could go all the way with my original dark pink and white choice....

Or a little more wild with an orange velvet pattern on flax linen.

I'm also loving these options.....

The next issue is, the rug I currently have in my dining room. 

It's a very traditional oriental style.

Hand-me-down from Mom. 

And, yuck.

Sorry, But I can't stand oriental rugs.

I need something much more modern.

I need something to add a little punch under what I'm planning to use---which is the Ikea Docksta Table.

images via pinterest.com, apartmenttherapy.com, quadrillefabrics.com, fschumacher.com

Which these folks have styled so well!

Thoughts? Questions? Concerns?

I need your help, readers!

Thoughts on a Dining Room Situation....

image via La Dolce Vita Blog

Ok, so I'm majorly jonesing for a dining room redo at the moment.

This photo that Paloma posted on La Dolce Vita the other day nearly made me faint with envy.

As I said a few weeks ago, I recently purchased a set of faux bamboo chairs with a matching table

at the flea market here in Fort Worth.

I am absolutely in love with them, yet haven't the faintest idea what my real plans are for them as of yet.

I do know that I want to have a slightly smaller table, so that I can fit the faux bamboo etagere that I also purchased recently in my tiny dining room space.

While I'm wrestling with color to paint my new etagere and chairs,

I'm also thinking hard about the kind of dining table I want....

A cool saarien tulip table like in this Mid-Century Mod Jonathan Adler space?

A table with a glossy merrisier finish?

Gloss white?

Traditional Farmhouse (basically what I already have now)

image via Coco Cozy Blog

 A nod to the sixites with vintage brass and a glass top?

Or a more mod version from CB2?

Or maybe a gloss black tulip version?

And now for my inspiration board.

I know that I'm planning to re-do my living room in the near future and since it sits right off of the

dining room, I think it's probably smart to have one cohesive color scheme.

And right now I'm thinking robin's egg blue mixed with orange....

Thoughts? Our walls are a pretty dark mocha color(which I do not plan to change)

I'm thinking about painting the chairs a gloss robin's egg blue like this desk.

And upholstering them in a fun ikat fabric like (my fave!!) Kazak from Quadrille.

Now, here's the challenge....

Do I white lacquer the etagere? That seems like the most sensible choice.

I certainely don't think I sould do a matchy-matchy look with the chairs.

I'd like to finish off the room with a fun chandelier and a Hollywood Regency Style Rug.

Whatdoya think?

Stayed tuned for my living room plans!