Oh I have not even touched the surface of fabrics that are available and beautiful. But, best to qualify further if you are recovering or buying new chairs before we get too excited or caught up in the beauty of the products. I love fabrics and the chemistry and technology that goes into modern day fabrics would astound most people. I'm not even talking about the residential fabrics like the Robert Allen collection I showed you. I'm talking about the fabrics for the hospitality and medical care industry. Now if you are interested in MODERN look fabrics I would send you to Maharam to look at their 20th Century Modern collection. Some of those are the real deal by Eames and Girard. Anyway, when you get further along in your plans then I can give better input.

We've had berber in our last two houses and it wears like steel. The first house we sold after seven years and the carpet looked perfect. We used the same carpet in our new house. We have eight year old twins. Below is a link to what I am pretty sure is the carpet we used. You are probably going to need something a little darker than we picked to have a bit of contrast with your white flooring. There are quite a few colors to pick from. http://www.carpet-wholesale.com/item_83813/Rolls_Of_Carpet/Queen/Lucida/Pearl_Bead.php

Silver.

I was about to say grey until I read the last line. What about a light brown carpet?