Style question..debate between DH and me (with pictures)

Okay.. table wise I've been on the hunt.  I have a dining table I like fine, it seats six.. maple top, and the seats of the chairs are maple, the rest is black.  

I had a kitchen table that took some abuse over time.. craft projects, and my son broke one of the chairs by goofing around. I sold it on Craigslist for $175 a few months ago.  

I've had an idea of what I want (round table, smaller, for the kitchen, just something not huge, you know).. In fairness to DH, I mentioned more than once the idea of distressed white.  In fairness to me, I talk a lot about ideas that I would like and it doesn't mean I'll do ALL of them.  

I saw a clock table on a refinishing site here that I love a lot.  And I found a round table/chairs for $85 which, score!  Contacted the furniture refinisher, who will turn my table into the clock table for $200.  

Here's the debate.  We love the clock (that we agree on) but it's the rest.  He thinks the white distressing would look fine, and I think the way it is looks lovely.


What would you do.. clock table the way it is in the picture? Make the chairs the distressed white in the sample picture? Make the chairs a whole different color? 

Here's the unfinished "before"






This is the white/cream distressed finish DH thinks would work (mainly because he believes if I don't do it, I will regret it since I talked about that finish in the past.)




And here's the clock table. I love it.