Dining room is where all the best communal bonding happens these days. It’s a space to be nurtured and revealed in with design essentials and elements that invites engaging conversations and inspire appetites. The best dining rooms don't have to be lavish, but the right paint colour, seating, and lighting can go a long way in making a space feel inviting. It should accommodate both elegant feasts and everyday meals, reflect your home's style, and fit your space.
One-design-fits-all and getting your dining space to match your sense of taste and design vision can be quite challenging. But with the right planning, knowledge, and dining room inspiration, it is easier than you think! Just be imaginative and don’t be afraid to overthink!
Here are some design tips that can help you to finesse your perfect dining room.
Table as Focal Point
First things first: start with the table and make sure it suits both your space and your needs.
A family may be small or large, a spacious dining table in the heart of the room sends a message to the universe. Make the table the centre of attention, it gives an inviting feel when the dining table is the focal point of the space.
Before choosing the table, it's important to understand the function that it will serve. Consider your room's dimensions, how many people you'll typically want to seat, and your entertaining style. Once you’ve answered these questions, you can start space planning and selecting the materials and pieces.
Opt for a table that fits comfortably within the room, meaning you’ll still have enough space to move chairs and walk around the table comfortably. Small round tables are optimal for conversation and flexibility in number of guests. Long, narrow rectangular tables maximize the number of guests along the perimeter but create a very different conversation pattern. Overall, it’s all about the type of environment you’d like to create.
Comfort Dining Chairs
When it comes to choosing seating type, focus on stylish comfort for your chairs as your guests may be spending more time in them than on the lounge. You can go for full dining room set for a sophisticated look, or mix and match styles for a collected look.
Mix-matched chairs beautifully reflect all the innovation and invention being dished up on top of the table. Latest trends in decorating modern dining rooms allow the use unique, fresh and bold combinations of textures, colours and forms. The combinations make dining room look stylish and creative, yet budget saving on home decor and personalize interiors in a unique way.
You can consider employ some brightly upholstered chairs to bring a burst of colour and texture into a white-walled dining room to liven up your dining space.
Choose a Commanding Light Fixture
Lighting is an immediate and effective zoning option and there’s more to lighting the modern dining room. Beautiful lighting fixtures can turn a typical dining room into an extraordinary one.
Think about the style of your dining room and home before you choose a light fixture. A graceful chandelier will look great in a formal dining room, while pendant lighting is more suitable for a modern dining room. The shape of your light fixture is also important that it should be complementing your dining table. For example, hang a rounded fixture above a round table and choose an oval or linear fixture to hang above longer and rectangular tables.
Also consider the size of your space. If you have a large dining room, opt for dramatic chandeliers, with geometric glass pendants that echo the shape of the room, complete the desired feeling of the space. If your space is limited, smaller hanging pendants will achieve a similar effect without taking up too much space.
Spotlights overhead is also great for highlighting food without making your guests blink in the glare. For an alternative way to employ statement lighting, layer different types of lighting, like wall sconces and flickering candles, to create an inviting atmosphere.
Natural lighting: Windows and Mirrors
Large windows with gorgeous views and light modern window treatments are modern trends in decorating dining rooms. You can install a wall of windows in your dining room and transform a cramped dining space into a light-filled dining area that feels modern. When operating in small space, natural lighting takes on a critical part. The material of the curtain must be light and airy, which will permit light to enter the space for the duration of the day.
Otherwise, basic or funky wall mirrors will bring in more lights, or be the light in a room central in the house. Mirrors are always great in small spaces because they bounce light around the room. This makes the zone feel larger and airier. Used together with the power of repetition, your dining room can become an optical illusion of endless space that’s quite breath-taking.
A portrait orientation mirror would work here, or you could try a round mirror. Also choose complementary colours and repetitive lighting to exaggerate the look for a dining area that goes on forever.
Artwork: The finishing touch
Although the table itself is the centre of attention, but the room will benefit from having a design feature that draws the eye. You can double the effect by framing the table with a large piece or art that sits behind it.
Choose art that can brighten and ground the room and offer a subtle reflection of times and places that inspire hospitality and feasting. Framed photographs of boutique cities lined up in a row are a classic choice, or hang one wall with colour and depth. But it's important to pick a piece that doesn't overwhelm the rest of the space. Artwork can establish a narrative for your dining room and yet it doesn’t need to dominate.
The art is best purchased in a portrait orientation rather than landscape. Make sure the artwork doesn’t run wider than your dining table, otherwise it just draws attention to how small the scene is. Alternatively, you could place a four grid of art, or two square pieces of art stacked on top of the other.
If your dining room joins onto a living room in an open plan layout, and you already have art on a nearby wall, art above the dining table is likely to be a bit too much.
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