The dining room is one of the most important rooms in a home because it’s where your family begins and ends the day together. It’s also the place where you entertain family and friends and celebrate exciting moments in your home! Your dining room should exude an ambiance of comfort and energy to make the mornings warm and to make the evenings full of life when the family shares their day. Here are some decorating suggestions and strategies on how you can design your dining space to fit your lifestyle.
Know The Purpose of the Space
The dining area used to be reserved only for eating meals and for a space to host guests. Today, the dining room is turning into more of an all-purpose space and needs to have lots of flexibility. It’s become a space where kids can work on their homework, explore their creativity, and parents can work on their laptops. Determine the purpose for your dining room. Will it be used for more formal occasions or as a multi-purpose room?
Start with the Basics
When designing your dining room, start with deciding the basics like the wall color, wall accents, and lighting. For the walls, a soft and warm tone can add comfort during meals. Light colors such as white or cream can make the room more welcoming, while accents like wainscoting or shiplap add texture and warmth to the room. Use chandeliers for the dining room to add a statement piece over the table. Light fixtures in the dining room needs to provide enough light that you can see your food, but also the flexibility of dimmers to set the mood, depending on the meal.
Pick Your Table and Chair Style
The next thing to consider for your dining room is, of course, your dining set. When choosing a dining table and chairs, think about your own style. Do you like when your furniture matches or do you prefer a more eclectic style? Is your design style more traditional or modern? For practicality, you should consider the size of your family – parents, kids, and any extended family in your home – when you choose the number of seats in your dining table. For a more eclectic style, mix and match chairs or use a more modern chair with a farmhouse style table.
Add in Color and Decor
Give your dining room a warm and welcoming vibe by adding decorations that makes the space feel like home and a room that reflects your style. Use colored napkins and placemats to change the decor our with the seasons and bring in fun bowls and glasses when creating tablescapes for hosting family and friends for holiday dinners or parties.
Incorporate a rug with various colors or a fun texture to provide a fun element to your space. Rugs are a great way to add warmth to the dining room and they also provide a base for the table. When adding a rug to your dining room, make sure that the entire table can fit on it and that the chairs are all the way on the rug when tucked in. Bring in frames and mirrors to add decor to the walls.
The other decorations
Other details to add and complete your dining room are space linens and curtains. This is where you can play a bit with the decorations and add accent to the room. It would look more chic and classy to choose tones and hues that are not too contrasting with the wall color of your dining room. Soft tones can make the room feel warm and friendly too.
Food plays a huge part in making the dining room energetic and family-oriented. Apart from that, it is all the decorations and interior design of your dining space that brings the family together. It starts from the comfort of your dining table up to the ambiance that the room gives. Make your dining room the most comfortable for your family to enjoy your meals together.
