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Dining Room
Dining Room Design - The ideal dining room design must prove to be dynamic enough to satisfy the role of a functional feasting ground in addition to providing an intimate setting for a social gathering among friends and family. One of the great benefits a dining room offers is being able to implement themes into the dining room. Restaurants are great examples of this technique as most restaurants typically develop a design to match the foods that they prepare. A dining room design has no real limitations so long as its two function roles remain intact.
Feng Shui Dining Room
Like the living room, a dining room serves as a social gathering place for friends and families. The difference being that in a dining room setting the social experience is far more intimate. Secluding the dining room from the rest of the home provides a comfortable location for personal communication among family members. Provide an environment free of distraction and you will strengthen aspects of your life including family and health. The dining room is a middle ground where Yin personalities must interact with Yang persona. The two types must balance in order to raise the comfort level of the room and promote quality conversation. A dining room in perfect harmony is functional, free of distraction, and welcoming to all personalities of the household including close family friends and relatives. Since the majority of your guests will never spend more than a glance inside this space, feel free to implement decorations that appeal to you and your family's taste.
The Formal Dining Room
At some point in a lifetime, the dining room will be the spot where a formal event may transpire. The occasional formal episode does not warrant the need to implement a permanent formal dining room design. An alternative option is to plan in advance for these occasions by having spare luxury decor on hand for such an occasion. Linens such as window shears, table cloths, and floor rugs have the greatest impact on the atmosphere of the dining room. Next in line on the formal dining room design are dishes and table settings, china and cloth napkins are generally sufficient to host most formal banquets. A formal dining room is less intimate and more business oriented; simple, elegant designs should blanket the room with formal ambience.
Kitchen Dining Room
Kitchen/Dining room combinations prove to be a much harder design time and time again. Being combined with the kitchen, the dining room table may see an increase flow of foot traffic making it prone to collect clutter. It is an awful habit to set mail, newspapers, school work, car keys, and the like on the table top as we march into the bathroom or as we stagger toward the living room sofa. Finding the way temporarily limit access to the table or provide an additional side table top might be a great solution to prevent these
happenings. Install a temporary screen to seclude the dining area from the kitchen area, this may also prove to limit the foot traffic passing by the empty dining room table. Another challenge that combo rooms face is insufficient space. Consider down-sizing the table or a slight remodel of the kitchen may be in order. Mirrors open up space a great deal, often tiny, "hole in the wall" restaurants might employ large mirrors that span the entire distance across a wall surface. This opens up the space a great deal seeming to nearly double the size of the room. Playing the part of entertainer as well as loyal servant, the dining room table is always willing to host a family feast or a round of cards. The table accompanied by a well-suited centerpiece decoration will provide a main focal point to this room. The dining room design should evolve from the dining room table and everything inside of this room should really amplify, almost worship the dining table.
The Dining Room Table Centerpiece
The table itself is really the focal point to this room, however, no dining table is complete without a centerpiece! The elegance of the table centerpiece greatly relies on the amount of space readily available. A showpiece that consumes too much table space is likely to prove to be a greater nuisance than novelty. The greatest attractions utilize surrounding decorations and amplify the theme present inside of the dining room. The centerpiece serves as the main topic of conversation and should be the most visually stimulating of all your decor. This piece should represent you as a person or your family. Incorporate mirrors and candles into your centerpiece to stimulate conversation. Be mindful of the size of your centerpiece in relation to your table. Tall centerpieces act as a barrier and can create distance among guests. Guests at the dining room table should have the ability to make eye contact with everyone at the table.
Use Feng Shui to Select the Perfect Table
It is important to select a table that really fits inside of the dining space. Ensure that the table you choose will provide plenty of room for family and friends to navigate all sides of the table while simultaneously offering adequate amounts of table space for each dining participant. Replacing a dining room table often requires a complete dining room make-over as it can be very difficult to find a dining table that compliments both size constraints and the decorations that already lay in place.
The Round Dining Room Table
A round table is perhaps the most dynamic of table shapes. By design the circular shape places people face to face encouraging each of them to interact with those sitting directly across from one another. In addition there is no distinct "head of the table" since the design is even throughout the perimeter, this removes hierarchy from this space as well. A round table is also easily molded to fit any occasion both formal and informal events.
The Square Dining Room Table
Simple square shaped dining tables offer elegant dining arrangements best fit for an intimate couple and small families. A family of 3-4 would be perfectly accommodated with a square table keeping the dining occasions personal and sometimes intimate. Choosing to incorporate a square table into your dining room regime is the perfect solution when space is a limitation. Lighting candles atop a square table reaches an intimacy level that is unmatched by any other shape. Rectangular tables offer a more casual setting for dining. Tables of rectangular design are generally larger than most square tables and provide six or more seats. Rectangles are not as elegant by nature as circles and oval shapes, and therefore a rectangular table may not reach the same level of formalities as an elliptical table setting. Rectangular tables are ideal in casual dining surroundings such as combination kitchen and dining rooms. Deciding how formal or informal you would like to dining experience to be is one of many preparations you can take to ready yourself for hands on decoration. A house equipped with a kitchen/dining room combo simplifies this step as most combination rooms are informal by design. Sketching a quick floor plan and taking room measurements are great ways to prepare yourself to redecorate the dining room of your home. At this point it would also be a good idea to remind yourself that dining can be an informal or formal experience. Holiday dinners like Thanksgiving and Christmas may require some fine tuning decorations that would be out of place the next week when the family falls back into the normal morning routine and you find yourself eating Corn Flakes while starring at a Pilgrim and Turkey napkin holder. The point is that sometimes a home needs a formal dining room to fit the occasion and sometimes a bare bones dining room will do the job - be prepared to slightly redecorate this room accordingly. For smaller dining room spaces use an open floor plan, and limit the amount of dining room furniture that this room must hold. Consider replacing window sheers with a blackout shade or blinds to further open up space. Mirrors are also terrific "space openers", small restaurants are very aware of this technique and employ it often. Think vertically in your design and conserve as much precious floor space as you can manage, this will help preserve the functionality of the dining room.
Dining Room Decor
The dining room is a place for framed art, especially landscapes and still frame pieces. The bright, smiling faces of your family are better suited for a living room, entry way, or family room setting. Framed photographs of nature that integrate with dining room decorations are also welcome candidates inside the dining room. Hanging framed artworks higher (more formal) or lower (more homely) alters the atmosphere inside the dining room as well. Wall color should remain fairly neutral being that this room needs to provide both a formal or informal setting from time to time. The style of the dining room is entirely up to the homeowner. Incorporate an assortment of 3-5 of the Feng Shui elements along with a harmonious collection of Yin and Yang decorations paying special attention to how open the room feels. Populate the room with furniture but definitely do it with a conservative conscience.
The dining room rug falls under our radar the majority of the time. No single decoration accessory has more impact on the nature of the dining room experience than the rug but because it tends to fall under our visual radar, we seldom notice its significance. Use a rug as a mechanism to frame the dining room table and bring the colors of the dining room together. Doing so will allow your dining participants to feel closeness and comfortable while enjoying a hearty, home-cooked meal.
Dining Room Lighting
Lighting is an area in the dining room that rarely requires much modification. Overhead lighting and windows provide ample amounts of lighting for stuffing our faces. Dimming switches are a romantic's best friend but they are also great in the morning if your job requires you to be up before the sunshine. A dimming switch in the morning can help you gradually transition and prepare for the daylight. Candles offer a similar alternative. Soft candlelight provides the ultimate setting for a romantic experience between two intimate lovers. Color can be incorporated into the dining room by means of paint, tile, furniture, or decoration. Warm pastels like pink, peach, yellow, or green are great colors for the dining room. Wall color should remain fairly neutral and fade into the background of the room. Save darker tones to compliment brighter shades, and splash lighter colors onto the walls themselves. Let the colors of table cloths, photograph frames, window sheers, furniture, and other decorations contrast wall color and implement your bolder tones through decor rather than wall paint or trim. A typical color scheme might include two complimenting colors for the dining room walls and trim, and then matching 2-3 more shades of decoration with the wall and trim colors. Finding the perfect color of the dining room has a lot to do with personal preference. Remember that the color of a room sets the mood or "feel" of the room and the goal of the dining room is to send a warm message to eager, food-gorging enthusiasts. Specific colors that work well in the dining room include any color commonly seen in nature. Commonly is the key word to that statement, being that just about every color can be seen in nature if you dig deep enough. Stick to an array of earthy, natural tones like sky blue, evergreen, peach, yellow, and creams. If you are struggling with making a decision I suggest taking a look at some soft, off-white tones and then mix and match additional decor colors.
Dining Room Design - The ideal dining room design must prove to be dynamic enough to satisfy the role of a functional feasting ground in addition to providing an intimate setting for a social gathering among friends and family. One of the great benefits a dining room offers is being able to implement themes into the dining room. Restaurants are great examples of this technique as most restaurants typically develop a design to match the foods that they prepare. A dining room design has no real limitations so long as its two function roles remain intact.
Feng Shui Dining Room
Like the living room, a dining room serves as a social gathering place for friends and families. The difference being that in a dining room setting the social experience is far more intimate. Secluding the dining room from the rest of the home provides a comfortable location for personal communication among family members. Provide an environment free of distraction and you will strengthen aspects of your life including family and health. The dining room is a middle ground where Yin personalities must interact with Yang persona. The two types must balance in order to raise the comfort level of the room and promote quality conversation. A dining room in perfect harmony is functional, free of distraction, and welcoming to all personalities of the household including close family friends and relatives. Since the majority of your guests will never spend more than a glance inside this space, feel free to implement decorations that appeal to you and your family's taste.
The Formal Dining Room
At some point in a lifetime, the dining room will be the spot where a formal event may transpire. The occasional formal episode does not warrant the need to implement a permanent formal dining room design. An alternative option is to plan in advance for these occasions by having spare luxury decor on hand for such an occasion. Linens such as window shears, table cloths, and floor rugs have the greatest impact on the atmosphere of the dining room. Next in line on the formal dining room design are dishes and table settings, china and cloth napkins are generally sufficient to host most formal banquets. A formal dining room is less intimate and more business oriented; simple, elegant designs should blanket the room with formal ambience.
Kitchen Dining Room
Kitchen/Dining room combinations prove to be a much harder design time and time again. Being combined with the kitchen, the dining room table may see an increase flow of foot traffic making it prone to collect clutter. It is an awful habit to set mail, newspapers, school work, car keys, and the like on the table top as we march into the bathroom or as we stagger toward the living room sofa. Finding the way temporarily limit access to the table or provide an additional side table top might be a great solution to prevent these
happenings. Install a temporary screen to seclude the dining area from the kitchen area, this may also prove to limit the foot traffic passing by the empty dining room table. Another challenge that combo rooms face is insufficient space. Consider down-sizing the table or a slight remodel of the kitchen may be in order. Mirrors open up space a great deal, often tiny, "hole in the wall" restaurants might employ large mirrors that span the entire distance across a wall surface. This opens up the space a great deal seeming to nearly double the size of the room. Playing the part of entertainer as well as loyal servant, the dining room table is always willing to host a family feast or a round of cards. The table accompanied by a well-suited centerpiece decoration will provide a main focal point to this room. The dining room design should evolve from the dining room table and everything inside of this room should really amplify, almost worship the dining table.
The Dining Room Table Centerpiece
The table itself is really the focal point to this room, however, no dining table is complete without a centerpiece! The elegance of the table centerpiece greatly relies on the amount of space readily available. A showpiece that consumes too much table space is likely to prove to be a greater nuisance than novelty. The greatest attractions utilize surrounding decorations and amplify the theme present inside of the dining room. The centerpiece serves as the main topic of conversation and should be the most visually stimulating of all your decor. This piece should represent you as a person or your family. Incorporate mirrors and candles into your centerpiece to stimulate conversation. Be mindful of the size of your centerpiece in relation to your table. Tall centerpieces act as a barrier and can create distance among guests. Guests at the dining room table should have the ability to make eye contact with everyone at the table.
Use Feng Shui to Select the Perfect Table
It is important to select a table that really fits inside of the dining space. Ensure that the table you choose will provide plenty of room for family and friends to navigate all sides of the table while simultaneously offering adequate amounts of table space for each dining participant. Replacing a dining room table often requires a complete dining room make-over as it can be very difficult to find a dining table that compliments both size constraints and the decorations that already lay in place.
The Round Dining Room Table
A round table is perhaps the most dynamic of table shapes. By design the circular shape places people face to face encouraging each of them to interact with those sitting directly across from one another. In addition there is no distinct "head of the table" since the design is even throughout the perimeter, this removes hierarchy from this space as well. A round table is also easily molded to fit any occasion both formal and informal events.
The Square Dining Room Table
Simple square shaped dining tables offer elegant dining arrangements best fit for an intimate couple and small families. A family of 3-4 would be perfectly accommodated with a square table keeping the dining occasions personal and sometimes intimate. Choosing to incorporate a square table into your dining room regime is the perfect solution when space is a limitation. Lighting candles atop a square table reaches an intimacy level that is unmatched by any other shape. Rectangular tables offer a more casual setting for dining. Tables of rectangular design are generally larger than most square tables and provide six or more seats. Rectangles are not as elegant by nature as circles and oval shapes, and therefore a rectangular table may not reach the same level of formalities as an elliptical table setting. Rectangular tables are ideal in casual dining surroundings such as combination kitchen and dining rooms. Deciding how formal or informal you would like to dining experience to be is one of many preparations you can take to ready yourself for hands on decoration. A house equipped with a kitchen/dining room combo simplifies this step as most combination rooms are informal by design. Sketching a quick floor plan and taking room measurements are great ways to prepare yourself to redecorate the dining room of your home. At this point it would also be a good idea to remind yourself that dining can be an informal or formal experience. Holiday dinners like Thanksgiving and Christmas may require some fine tuning decorations that would be out of place the next week when the family falls back into the normal morning routine and you find yourself eating Corn Flakes while starring at a Pilgrim and Turkey napkin holder. The point is that sometimes a home needs a formal dining room to fit the occasion and sometimes a bare bones dining room will do the job - be prepared to slightly redecorate this room accordingly. For smaller dining room spaces use an open floor plan, and limit the amount of dining room furniture that this room must hold. Consider replacing window sheers with a blackout shade or blinds to further open up space. Mirrors are also terrific "space openers", small restaurants are very aware of this technique and employ it often. Think vertically in your design and conserve as much precious floor space as you can manage, this will help preserve the functionality of the dining room.
Dining Room Decor
The dining room is a place for framed art, especially landscapes and still frame pieces. The bright, smiling faces of your family are better suited for a living room, entry way, or family room setting. Framed photographs of nature that integrate with dining room decorations are also welcome candidates inside the dining room. Hanging framed artworks higher (more formal) or lower (more homely) alters the atmosphere inside the dining room as well. Wall color should remain fairly neutral being that this room needs to provide both a formal or informal setting from time to time. The style of the dining room is entirely up to the homeowner. Incorporate an assortment of 3-5 of the Feng Shui elements along with a harmonious collection of Yin and Yang decorations paying special attention to how open the room feels. Populate the room with furniture but definitely do it with a conservative conscience.
The dining room rug falls under our radar the majority of the time. No single decoration accessory has more impact on the nature of the dining room experience than the rug but because it tends to fall under our visual radar, we seldom notice its significance. Use a rug as a mechanism to frame the dining room table and bring the colors of the dining room together. Doing so will allow your dining participants to feel closeness and comfortable while enjoying a hearty, home-cooked meal.
Dining Room Lighting
Lighting is an area in the dining room that rarely requires much modification. Overhead lighting and windows provide ample amounts of lighting for stuffing our faces. Dimming switches are a romantic's best friend but they are also great in the morning if your job requires you to be up before the sunshine. A dimming switch in the morning can help you gradually transition and prepare for the daylight. Candles offer a similar alternative. Soft candlelight provides the ultimate setting for a romantic experience between two intimate lovers. Color can be incorporated into the dining room by means of paint, tile, furniture, or decoration. Warm pastels like pink, peach, yellow, or green are great colors for the dining room. Wall color should remain fairly neutral and fade into the background of the room. Save darker tones to compliment brighter shades, and splash lighter colors onto the walls themselves. Let the colors of table cloths, photograph frames, window sheers, furniture, and other decorations contrast wall color and implement your bolder tones through decor rather than wall paint or trim. A typical color scheme might include two complimenting colors for the dining room walls and trim, and then matching 2-3 more shades of decoration with the wall and trim colors. Finding the perfect color of the dining room has a lot to do with personal preference. Remember that the color of a room sets the mood or "feel" of the room and the goal of the dining room is to send a warm message to eager, food-gorging enthusiasts. Specific colors that work well in the dining room include any color commonly seen in nature. Commonly is the key word to that statement, being that just about every color can be seen in nature if you dig deep enough. Stick to an array of earthy, natural tones like sky blue, evergreen, peach, yellow, and creams. If you are struggling with making a decision I suggest taking a look at some soft, off-white tones and then mix and match additional decor colors.
