Welcome to our eclectic eat-in kitchen update made wonderful by these lovely mismatched chairs. I very rarely buy new furniture; it just doesn’t speak to me like a collection of used pieces does. I find them everywhere, and, much to my husband’s dismay, I am not above picking up items off the side of the road. Once I found this pedestal table and cleaned it up, I knew that some mismatched kitchen chairs were just what it needed. Don’t they all look happy together? If you want that eclectic, mismatched but somehow perfect harmony look I’ll give you some of my simple tips here.

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• Jute rug (this is your base that calms it all down; I chose a 7′ round one similar to this.)
• Go with all wood furniture; if the colors don’t match exactly that’s okay
• Pick similar style chairs (my only criteria here was that they didn’t have arms)
• Go with similar style fabric (more on this in a sec)
• Add plants, a few vintage items, and a dog (optional) to top it all off!

So, how do you go about mixing and matching fabrics when you’re not professional designer? I love to browse fabrics and can seriously waste some time this way, but my go-to method is to just pick a designer I like and choose a collection of fabrics from a single designer. Even though Spoonflower fabrics can be a little pricey, they are really good quality, and there are so many good designers to choose from. But if this is overwhelming for you, just go to Holli Zollinger’s shop on Spoonflower – you can thank me later; her designs are beautiful, bold, and soft at the same time. I actually did branch out on the black and white one and choose it from a different designer (Mint Tulips who is also wonderful) because I just love this pattern (I’ll link all fabrics at the end of this post).

Now all you have to do is add some plants and some vintage touches and you’re done! You might have guessed that I love Etsy which is where I found the vintage tin I’m using as a planter, the little vintage tray, and the oh so adorable salt and pepper shakers. These are all one of a kind (which is what I love about Etsy), but here are some similar salt tins you could use as a planter and similar salt and pepper shakers. I use these wood plant hangers for my hanging plants.

Here are the fabric links. I also ended up recovering three chairs I plan to keep in my dining room for extra seating, but I wanted those fabrics to go as well in case I need a pinch hitter, so I, again, picked from the same designer for these three (Isn’t that black floral one just lovely? Somebody’s going to do something fabulous with that one; I can feel it.).

Thank you for having a look at our mismatched, eclectic little eat-in kitchen – go do something funky today!