Welcoming Dining Room Design Ideas

If there is one place in the house meant for animated conversations over some heart-warming food, it is no doubt the dining room. Once treated as a simple place hurriedly put together with a table and a few chairs for the family to share a meal together, the dining room has now come into its own as a place for bonding with family and friends while enjoying long conversations over a leisurely dinner. Formal and cold furniture has given way to warm and welcoming dining room designs for this very reason; you don’t want the rigid formality of the room to stamp out conversation leading to uncomfortable silences and hushed dinners. Instead, most of us prefer family members and guests to feel welcome in our dining rooms, and free to indulge in long animated conversations that keep everyone around entertained.

As the focal point of dining room decoration, the dining table should provide seating that allows for easy conversations. As compared to a long rectangular model, a round table provides for better conversation- besides being a huge space saver. If you are fortunate enough to have a window supplying natural light to the dining room, use the spot below the window to provide banquette seating that keeps the dining area well lit up and allows for cosy lunch conversations.

Lighting is an important element of dining room design and can transform formal furniture into a welcoming area. Large chandeliers are great for large dining spaces, but for smaller areas, we suggest choosing modern pendant overhead lights with adjustable lighting in order to make it possible to change the light according to the need of the hour. Use candles to create a more intimate and romantic setting, or simply dim the lights.

Rugs can impart warmth to any area, and the dining room is no exception. Use rugs with bright patterns that go with the dining room decoration to create both a focal point as well as to make the area more warm and welcoming.