Decisions, Decisions

Now that we found the perfect chairs, we need to decide on a color to paint them.    Right now they are natural but over time they will weather and not look so pretty.


This is what they look like now:

Should we paint them a bright color?  (It will have to be a color that won't clash with the color of my house which doesn't leave much of a choice)

Should we stain them?

Or should we paint them dark gray or black?  

Or something whimsical like this?

We are kind of leaning toward black since the awning on the house is black.  

 So what do you think?  I'm open for suggestions.