mixing styles: duncan phyfe table with more modern chairs?
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OP if you want a modern art gallery feel, I definitely wouldn't go with the Parsons chair. It looks way too Pottery Barn. I personally love the Chippendale chair pp posted but it is not modern at all. If you don't like the ghost chair, which would give that truly modern/gallery vibe, take a look at any of the chairs at CB2 (except for the Louis chairs). Some examples:
http://www.cb2.com/roya-chair/s573788 http://www.cb2.com/phoenix-ivory-chair/s271806 http://www.cb2.com/alpha-brass-chair/s562204 |
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Also, for a really cool vibe you could lacquer it in your choice of color. I would do, and have seen, white, but here's a bold one:
[/url]https://www.pinterest.com/pin/111745634476234515/[url] |
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Does anyone know the style of the Ikea chairs in the second photo? |
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http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S99848706/ |
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Wow! Looks interesting. |
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OP here. I like all these chairs. Really love the ones in the first 2 links. I'm just having a hard time imagining them looking good with my heavy, dark, antique table. I might just need to be willing to bring some really modern chairs home and try them out. My feeling is that it will look wrong. I'll take your suggestions as a vote of confidence to be bold with the mixing of styles. Also, as I'm looking at the dining area now and envisioning it with parsons chairs, it feels like there would be no "air" in the area. Those chairs take up all the space and make the table area kind of a monolith. |
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If you look in the high end design mags, like Architectural Digest or Luxe you'll see more of this kind of edginess than in Better Homes and Garden, or Traditional Home. I think you need to go with what you love and don't automatically assume "it will look wrong." Of course, you want to pick something that you'll like for a while, but chairs are pretty easy to swap out. You should have fun decorating your house and I was just going off what you said you wanted, though I understand it can be difficult to make the leap. To get a feel for a room, you can easily make a mood board like you see the bloggers do in a word document. Copy a picture of your table, preferably with a white background and paste it in a Word document. Then take a chair you like from the links above, copy it and paste it onto the same document. You can move the layer the pictures by using *control* and *left click* to get you to the picture menu. Go to *format picture*. From there go to *layout* and then choose *in front of text*. Click *ok* and then when you click on the picture, you can move it right next to the table. You can also lay in paint colors or artwork, etc to get the mood before you commit. Of course, you can always buy one chair and try it out. Have fun OP! |
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Here's a bit of inspiration OP. Tables with contrasting style chairs:
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/180777372519337547/ http://www.redcanary-austin.com/2011/04/rustic-dining-table-and.html |
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| Hey OP, thanks for starting this thread--I love all the ideas! Do you have any tips (or recommended tutorials) for doing the bulletproof polyurethane finish? I've got a similar-style antique table with a worn finish and am thinking I'd love to spruce it up with something more durable . . . |
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Cool! |
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We actually had a handy-person strip and re-stain the table top. So that was the hard part. The table as a veneer top, not solid wood, so it shouldn't be sanded. Must remove old finish with a chemical stripper. When I decided to poly it later, that was easy. I just got some oil based poly and applied it. I think 2 coats. The poly builds up a plastic-y finish that has been working for us for several years now. And this is with young kids and lots of wet messes. |