

‘Pale shades have light, airy qualities which feel uplifting, neutrals are earthy and help you to feel grounded, whereas deep hues can evoke drama, creativity and confidence,’ says Shaw.
DINING ROOM WALL DECOR HOW TO
If you want your dining room to work for both day and night, you’ll need to think carefully about how to balance a color scheme that works for both. ‘Small and large dining rooms can both be equally sexy in a dark color,’ adds Rinfret. ‘I always use dark colours in darker rooms and light colours in well lit ones.’ ‘Dining rooms often suit dramatic colour and decorative schemes,’ says Fortescue. This means that your deepest, darkest, wackiest interior design dreams can be explored here more comfortably than in any other room of the house. Combine with a well chosen statement mirror or even mirrored panels for lots of interest and personality.’ How do I decorate my dining room?ĭining rooms are a space ready and waiting to display the most bacchanalian corners of your personality. ‘Series’ of works can be very effective, or pieces selected within a theme. ‘Art is so often an afterthought in dining rooms and in my opinion there’s no excuse for filling every wall with gloomy family portraits!’ says Fortescue. The first thing you can consider is making the wall itself visually interesting – choosing an asymmetrical wallpaper or a mural is an excellent way to transform it into an accent wall.Īlternatively, fill the wall with art – choosing not one piece, but several, and teaming it with light fittings and mirrors. Usually one of the larger rooms of the house and largely populated by low-level furniture, filling the long wall of a dining room can be a daunting task. What do you do with a blank wall in a dining room? A pale rug underfoot keeps the room feeling light and airy, as do the slim lines and sleek proportions of the dining chairs and table legs. With plenty of white space around the design, this Edo Springs Chinoserie pattern from Studio by Fromental feels particularly modern, especially in these charming teal and coral tones.ĭark charcoal paintwork and dark wooden, metal and leather furniture add heft to the scheme, a pleasing contrast to the gentle decorative lines of the wallcovering. This dining room wall idea is a gentle interpretation of the design classic characterized by exuberant decoration. (Image credit: Polly Wreford / Claudia Bryant)
