Spring is the perfect time to think about upcoming family celebrations, like Mother’s Day and Easter, and how you can make them extra special at home.
The dining room, as the heart of the home, is the perfect space for connecting with loved ones and creating lasting memories around the dinner table.
Unlike the living room, the dining room offers a space for socialising without distractions – no television or screens – and, with the right styling, can feel just as inviting as a soft, cosy sofa. The first step is choosing a comfortable table and chairs, adding cushions for extra comfort, and dressing the table to reflect the occasion or feeling you want to create.
As most dining tables are part of the kitchen, an easy and affordable way to make the room inviting is to focus on the wall behind the table, adding interesting artwork, decorative panelling, or taking full advantage of the warm spring sunshine by placing your table near a sun-filled window.
Styling Ideas for a Dining Room
Biophilic design is a style that takes inspiration from nature, incorporating natural textures and materials. In architecture, it’s often seen through features like living walls and greenery, and inspiring people to bring similar elements into their homes.
Maintaining a living plant wall can be challenging and costly, but the same biophilic style can be replicated at a much lower cost by combining green accents with wood-like and natural textures. This can be done through furnishings that give a nod to nature, styling specific corners that retain a lot of natural sunlight, adding plants, or incorporating floral arrangements.
Home and DIY influencer Louise James has created a dining room that truly embodies biophilic design.
By installing curved slat panels in an open-plan space, she has effectively defined the area as its own distinct zone. The use of the panels has not only created a backdrop for the dinner table, but the natural oak colour complements the other styling choices in the room; the rattan placemats, bamboo plant pot and plant, and wooden furniture.
As well as hosting events, the dining room is an opportunity to make at least one mealtime special, or even just have a cup of tea to catch up.
By reimagining your dining room or dining table through thoughtful design and a change in mindset, your space can once again become a place for connection, celebration, and lasting memories.
