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Designer Dining: 6 pro tips to turn your dining room into your favorite room
From holidays to birthday parties to family dinners, dining rooms are host to many of life's most special memories. They're also one of the least-utilized rooms in the home. Show your dining room some love with these six creative design strategies.
1. Get Inspired
Imagine your dining room as a fresh white canvas and don't get bogged down in how it currently looks. Clip, pin, and bookmark your favorite inspiration photos and narrow in on your dream visual direction and must-have elements. Then, break that vision down into manageable elements — dining table and chair style, furniture finishes, lighting, wall color, fabrics, rug, accents and accessories. Once you have your aesthetic curated, it's easier to avoid getting overwhelmed by focusing on one design element at a time.
2. Pay Attention to Proportion
To maximize the visual impact of a small dining space, look for smaller-scale dining room tables with clean lines and built-in storage. Be prepared when you shop by bringing your measurements and a simple sketch of your dining room layout.
3. Get Seat Smart
Choose dining room chairs that are comfortable and encourage people to sit and linger after a meal — that's when many of the best conversations happen. From simple styles to more sleek silhouettes, there's a dining chair to suit any dining table. Pick from our selection of dining room sets, or mix-and-match for an eclectic look. When choosing a fabric for the seat of an upholstered chair, consider its wood finish. Match a light wood with light-colored fabric for a traditional feel, or add contrast with a darker fabric for a more modern look; the reverse works as well.
4. Seek Out Storage
With limited space for furnishings, dining rooms need multifunctional solutions. Look for china cabinets, buffets and consoles that can store serving items while helping you keep clutter out of sight.
5. Look Down
To finish your dining room's look, add a colorful or intriguing area rug. Make sure it's sized to extend far enough beyond the dining room set that it doesn't get caught when your dining room chairs are moved. For an eclectic look, pair a traditional dining room table with a contemporary rug or ground a modern dining set with a solid or subtle tone-on-tone rug.
6. It's OK to Start Small
You don't have to totally remodel your dining room to make a dramatic impact. You can achieve big results in just a weekend with small projects like updating your wall color, installing a fabulous pendant light or chandelier, updating your table linens or replacing your dining table and/or chairs.
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