Early Dining Room Design

After we moved into our new house just over a year ago, I knew that our old dining furniture just wasn't going to work.  As much as I loved the pieces, the antique look felt out of place in our house, not to mention the whole set didn't fit into our new dining room since it was much smaller and enclosed.  The buffet table was too long and too deep and the only place we could find for it was in the family room.  Weird, right?  Anyway, after being listed for numerous months on craigslist, a middle-aged couple contacted me and scheduled a time to come look at the set and surprisingly, they took it home that evening.  I owned the set 3 years and sold it for either the price I paid for it, or $100 less. WIN.

After the room sat empty for nearly a month, we decided to purchase this set.  I was leaning towards wanting a medium-wood "farm house" style table - something rustic and cozy, that could withstand many years of use.  Unfortunately, this wasn't C's style - he is more a fan of clean lines, dark wood and mission style pieces.

Here is our new set, which we purchased from Morris Home Furnishings in Florence, KY.  Over a year ago, we saw a dark wood set with "crackled" glass inserts which we loved, but after searching online and all local stores, it appeared it was no longer manufactured and we settled on this.

Keep in mind the room has not yet been painted, and I'm not sure I will keep orange as the primary accent color, as it's going to be prominent in other areas of our home.  I do know I want to keep the room simple and clean, with pops of color.  Also, we're debating purchasing 2 more chairs so the table seats 8.  It comes with 2 large leaves and realistically, it can seat 10 comfortably.  I don't think our dining room can handle that though!

  
Ahhhhh... I don't think orange shag ever looked so good!  It took me nearly a year to convince myself to buy THIS rug and since the room was small, an 8x10 was too large and covered nearly all the exposed carpet, so we decided to give the 5x8 a try and I think it works.  If we decide to switch things up, I know it will work well somewhere else in the house.


I know it's pretty basic, but what do you think so far?