Question by : My first dining room table, ever…what would match the best with these napkin holders?
So, I finally found a great bargain on a dining room table, and this is the first we’ve ever owned.
Long ago I bought some napkin rings to save for my first dining set.
I believe these rings are a wicker material, which is great, because the base of my table is wicker, and they are typical basket colored [very light tan in color, almost yellowish] with a Native American-esque style of weaving. There are four, and they come in varying patterns, using the colors red-orange, yellow, and dark green.
I would like to find some matching placemats that would fit any season, which could be used all year-round but not seem out of place during the holidays or summertime, at least not to Emily Post… 
I would also like to find some of those tie-on cushions used in your garden-variety dining room table chairs.
I have searched Etsy.com and have found quite a few options, but I am specifically looking for a set of four placemats/cushions/linen napkins that would fit these details, for a price of or less. I’ve searched the mall before, but I avoid that hellhole as much as I can, and of course, the items I loved were simply ridiculous as far as their prices went. I also love Pier 1, but it is also very expensive. And my favorite thrift stores are a hit or miss. I doubt I’ll find what I’m looking for when I am in search of it.
As far as the linen napkins go…I’d go with white, but that color dirties easily, and is also boring.
What is your opinion on a burgundy tint, whether it is rusty burgundy [now I may just be making up nonexistent color schemes!] or a deeper wine-colored burgundy?
The dining ensemble does not need to match any other part of the house but itself.
Thank you so much for any replies…detailed answers if possible, please, and thank you very much!
I also have coasters, which are not entirely important to me as far as matching, but they are yellow, bright orange, and dark brown. I feel like they’ll match not entirely, but just enough.
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One thought is to get the white napkins….The beauty of these is that they can be bleached! Then get some printed or colored fabric and cut desert size napkins layer the smaller napkin over the larger and then use the ring…There are many ways to fold them. The contrasting colors look great together. This allows you to alter the smaller napkin inexpensively for different occasions. You can fray the edges of the smaller napkin or sew a hemmed or rolled edge.
As far as seat cushions.. It’s bag easy to change the fabric on a standard chair and even add more padding with foam. A staple gun and some material and you get a matching look. The inexpensive seat cushions look chintzy the thicker ones look like rocker covers. They won’t hold up in the wash and simply why bother if you can easily change the material on the cushions. If the seats are solid wood make a pattern with cardboard. Then Cut 1/4 inch wood in rectangles close to the pattern size
Layer with foam top and staple the fabric to it. Glue felt on the under side so the staples don’t scratch the chairs.
Get any sturdy tight weave fabric like canvas. Use your coordinating fabric from the napkins and chairs and INTERFACING (heavy duty, fusible on one side like Pellon DuraBond) to fuse the fabric to the canvas. No sewing necessary. You can even use fabric glue to add ribbons, rienstones, beads, or any other embellishments.
So there you go under 30$ for the material and the foam and the fusable fabric and the wood.
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