Dining design is about making the right balance between functionality and style, and it is not always as easy as it seems. Too often dining rooms can be flat, unbound or impractical due to poor design decisions.
According to interior designers, the five most important design errors are that you often see in dining rooms.
Meet the expert
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Tehilla Bennett Is the owner and main designer of Teela Bennett Design, an interior design with full-service interior fittings based in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Rachel Blindauer is the founder and main native architect at Rachel Blindauer Designs, an indoor and furniture design studio based in Sarasota, Florida.
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Melanie Bryant is the founder and main designer of Melanie Bryant Interiors, a leading interior design in Boutique that serves customers in Mississippi and beyond.
Excessively matching furniture sets
Consistent eating sets are not as common as before, and designers agree that they can feel a room predictable, flat and too cataloged or staged.
Complete suitable sets such as table, chairs, buffet and China cabinet are the greatest guilty, although designers say that suitable tables and chairs can still have the same effect.
Instead, go for a lived and more collected look by mixing different materials, textures and tones throughout the room.
“Mixing a wooden or metal table with padded chairs adds texture and personality, and I like to use a different style or another fabric for the chairs at every end of the table to create subtle contrast,” says Tehilla Bennett, owner and main designer of Teela Bennett Design. “A buffet in a different wood tone or design can really round off the room without having it adapted.”
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Under -sized or outdated lights
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When asked about design shameful fruits in the dining room, the lighting problems were the most common answer among the designers. This included outdated or excessive generic devices or fittings that are not the right size for the room.
“Any too small or generic lamp can drop the balance of the entire room,” says Bennett. “The lighting should always feel intended. A bold chandelier or trailer that fits the scale of your table can really help define the room.”
For longer tables, Bennett recommends installing a number of smaller hanging lights to add functions and at the same time keep the space in balance.
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“Kronleuchter styles from a past era – think of heavy, golden or excessive complicated designs – can quickly meet a room,” she says. “Instead of lighting up the space, these devices can dominate the room, which imposes a formality that often feels separated from the heat that we are looking for in eating areas.”
Instead, look for modern, sculptural lights that create a feeling of drama without overwhelming the room.
Bad lighting
Similarly, poor lighting was a common topic among the designers. Here they refer to the actual level of light rather than the devices.
Excessive light, white lighting is a large design no-no. It can leave a room sterile and unhappy, which is the last thing you want to have for dinner with the host of guests.
“I have the feeling that I am interrogated in a dining room with excessively light lighting and without dimmers,” says Melanie Bryant by Melanie Bryant Interiors. “I'm ready to eat and get out immediately.”
Instead, dining rooms should contain a soft, layered lighting for comfortable and inviting atmosphere. Think of soft white light bulbs, several light sources and do not forget that these dimmer switches.
The individual painted accent wall
Accent walls can be a great way to give a space of interest, texture and color. However, it is important to do it right so that they look intentionally and well thought out.
If you simply select a contrasting color and painting or add to the wall without coordinating it with the rest of the room, a dining room can be separated, especially in a space intended for the assembly, says Bennett.
“In my experience, an immersive approach works best,” she says. “The wrapping of the entire room in wallpaper or activities into a coherent, finished feeling and helps the dining room more like a goal than a subsequent thought.”
When you carry out a dining room accent wall, you will find ways to compensate for the room so that the wall does not dominate the attention of the room. Also remember that accent walls generally work best in large, open rooms than in small rooms.
Carpets that are too small
Rooms with underlying carpets are among the most universal design peeves of the interior designers, and the dining room is no exception.
A small carpet not only creates a visual imbalance, but can also make the appearance of the room balanced, no matter how fabulous the rest of the design is. However, the selection of the carpet for your dining room for your dining room is more than just aesthetics. It can make the room or break.
“An too small dining carpet makes the entire room feel first,” says Bryant. “Even worse, if you put your chair on the edge of the carpet, there is a bad stumbling block. Add a full plate there and dinner is on the floor.”
In general, your dining carpet should easily fit your dining table with at least 24 inch space on all sides. As a result, enough space for the chairs should be pulled out without legs hit the floor.
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