Love your new table, it really deserves some new chairs to finish it off, keeping in mind budget and that the table has loop legs ie: a bar on the floor at each end, you will need to choose chairs with four legs and no bars on the floor, the black metal chairs are very affordable and have been ava

ilable from Kmart, the others will be more expensive like the lovely Wish bone chairs above that Julie H posted, just love them.

Black Thonet.

I'm actually quite liking these style of chair. thank you everyone so far for your suggestions. now just thinking which seat colour? has anyone sat in these and know if they are comfortable?

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wishbone chairs are certainly the most comfortable chairs having arms I would choose the light seat to tie back to the table and add warmth

Have you considered a classic Kartell Louis Ghost Chair? This is a truly versatile piece that works really well with traditional, contemproray and cross-over interiors. Visually they make the table the hero piece, and don't compete with it. There are reproductions available but I don't think that they are as durable as the original Kartell. In addition they can be stacked, and also taken outside. There is also an armless version available.

https://www.spacefurniture.com.au/louis-ghost.html

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I ended up buying those chairs to up cycle. going to paint black just tossing up on fabric. these two are my faves

we have this rug too

Both nice choices. the first one might be the better choice with the rug but either will work.

You've considered a mix of chairs? The wishbones you like for yourselves, plus a couple of bigger chair for visitors such as your uncle. The bigger could be pulled away from the table or stored/used somewhere else in home when big visitors are not around.

hey we are still up cycling our chairs but I've been busy sanding back some of our existing dark stained furniture then I oiled one with Boiled Linseed Oil with the intent to clear varnish but I'm not sure if it is going to tie in with the table now. any suggestions on how I can soften it with the right accessories because the grain in the wood is so gorgeous.

obviously I haven’t seen your wine rack but I do know that there is a product for prepping called ESP sanding prep. I have used it years ago to prep my kitchen Laminex to be painted.

With the wine rack, you would scrub with steel wool soaked in ESP. this will eliminate the need to sand or sugar soap.

Then maybe you could spray paint the interior rack to match your dining chairs and just sand the exterior timber.

as I said, only an idea as I am only imagining what your wine rack looks like.

Bunnings sells ESP.

ha they look a bit dusty. I had an attempt and sanding them. groan

nice shape and storage and your right a lot of work, a lot easier if you paint . Stripping all those little bits back to basic will drive you mad.

The right dining chairs are ones you sit in and are completely comfortable sitting in them for a period of time, they can be any design as your table is not one that is an exaggurated style.

progressing with these chairs just waiting on the upholstering

Melissa, if you have children forget any sheepskin throws over the bench. wood metal and vinyls are the easiest to clean/maintain. Do you have any colour?- yellow or orange would look great against the blue rug and would look good with you material piecs..

an update we just got the upholstering done just need to attach them properly to the chairs. what a difference. thanks for all the advice you gave it has really helped and so many of you have a talented eye for design.