The Sunday Mail
Modern dining room designs
FOR some of us the dining room is the most important place in the house, and its importance for family cohesion and interaction cannot be overemphasised.
To work, however, it needs to be the one room in which the entire household can chat and discuss their lives at the same level (physically and mentally), and without the added distraction of media such as television or radio. When it comes to decorating your dining room, there are four key styles on which to focus on in order to be sure to get the right feeling for such an important area of the house.
Traditional
When one thinks of traditional dining rooms, it seems that they will either imagine a farmhouse or country style area, or a slightly more formal affair.
To focus on the more modest traditional concept, I suggest that the dining room furniture should typically be of a mid-brown colour, oak for example, which can then be exemplified with the inclusion of glass cabinets to present your finest china.
A more formal traditional dining room would benefit from a darker, mahogany, style furniture and more subtle decoration.
Modern
Modern dining rooms tend to take simplicity to the next level. Neutral tones such as white and cream are well offset from lighter coloured furniture, such as whites and pine if opting for wood.
Keeping a modern dining room free of clutter is of the utmost importance, however, you are then at liberty to use bold primary colours such as red and blue to split the room up. Modern materials such as plastic, leather, glass and metal can all be used to great effect.
Glamorous
If you are lucky enough to live in a glamorous house, then your dining room should arguably be the centre point. Why not go all out with marble table tops and a gold chandelier?
Again, glass is great if you are lucky to have big windows and a twinkling view. Accentuate this by incorporating a mirror and shiny surfaces.
Ornate padded chairs will add further comfort and style, and replace the traditional style display plates with bigger pieces, that is, vases and silverware.
Romantic
If you have a smaller household (or live alone and have the luxury of a dining area), it is possible to make your dining room incredibly romantic purely by interior decoration. Deep reds and whites are symbolic of romance.
Smaller wall pieces (compared to those that are glamorous and oversized) will create more intimacy in the room and again, if you have the view, flaunt it. – tuitionplace.xtremehardcore.com
