Dining room – Larson Interior Designs

Fine dining

Lean — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 19:25:37 +0000

Even in a formal dining room you don’t want to be ponderous or gloomy. Eating is really one of your indoor sports. You play three times a day, and it’s well worthwhile to make the game as pleasant as possible.” – Dorothy Draper, Decorating is Fun

Dining rooms are one of those very important rooms in the house that are often overlooked. It is a place to sit and relax and have your meal. That being said, whether your dining room is being used for formal dinners or for family dinners, you should make the dining room comfortable.

Dining chairs can so easily be very hard and ill-formed for your body. It is essential to be able to sit and enjoy your meal rather than wanting to finish as soon as possible to get off the chair.

Dining rooms are also frequently where we continue sitting after a meal as it is a place to have a good chat with friends; some people almost never move to the lounge after a meal.

Dining rooms are also the easiest rooms to decorate, nice table, chairs, end chairs and a carpet and you’re set.

To create interest in your dining room it is always quite striking to have different chairs as your end chairs. They can be much bigger, with a different design and completely contrasting fabric to the rest of the dining chairs. To look at an example of these chairs click HERE and the link will take you to the dining room of one of my recent clients.

So when it comes to your dining room, don’t let it be the last room you look at, make it comfortable and eye-catching and you will be amazed at how much time you spend there.

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Oppulently occasional

Lean — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 19:24:06 +0000

Occasional chairs can be stunning pieces of furniture that can bring a whole room together. Often when you have a sofa, two chairs, an ottoman and end tables the room still looks like it needs something. Just adding one occasional chair to the setup can finish off the room beautifully.

You can also accentuate colour with an occasional chair. For example, if your furniture is covered in neutral colours and the scatters on your sofa are in different shades of blue, upholster the occasional chair in a toned-down blue.

Another stunning look with an occasional chair covered in a neutral fabric, is simply placing a folded throw, vertically underneath the seat cushion and over the back part of the seat.

It also works quite well to have two occasional chairs in your dining room, that, when looked at, is a nice little seating area, but functions as extra seating if needed. This little seating area can also be used by you and your partner for having coffee or a glass of wine after dinner. Small seating areas also work beautifully if you have a symmetrical room, where you can then have a seating area at both ends of your dining table, for example.

There are hundreds of different designs of occasional chairs, which makes it ideal for any themed interior. And by upholstering an occasional chair in your choice of fabric, also makes it a very personal and unique piece.

So if you have a problem with a room that does not feel finished, add an occasional chair and see the magnificent difference it will make.

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