Decor Ideas For Dining Room

Dining room is a place where after a long tiring day you meet with your family, eat food together, converse and also entertain your guests.

 So this room should be decorated in a pleasing and inviting way, after all your home speaks about you !! So let me share some quick and easy ideas to give a new look to your dining room. 

Walls in dining room can suddenly change the look of room .....Agree!! So it should be done very carefully. First determine the color scheme. Creating a focal point is in trend so go for it, you can do so by creating a textured wall. Paint one wall in bright and bold color and rest of the three walls in lighter and similar shade. Wallpaper is an another good idea to spice up the wall. Just check out the bold colour used on walls in below picture. 

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Add height to dining room by hanging plush curtains just near the ceiling. Choose color and pattern of curtains according to theme.

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Paintings on wall either single or in cluster is always a best option to add instant drama. Relaxing and calming paintings will do a wonder.

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One large mirror or cluster of small mirrors can not only adds the beauty to space but also creates an illusion of bigger space. 

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Hang a pendent light over the dining table for contemporary look or chandelier for traditional look and light will reflect from mirror hung on the wall to make space look even more brighter.

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Placing a glass top dining table near windows has its own advantage. Glass windows invite sunshine into the space, and are echoed in the glass-topped table to make your dining room look magnetic. Round dining table is a best option for small spaces. It encourages conversation and gives a cozy feel. 

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Keep a shelve or a cabinet to store  accessories, crockery, napkins etc. This way you can not only organize stuff but also can enhance the beauty of dining room by putting lamps and flower vase on this cabinet/shelve or you can display your beautiful collection of crockery. To add drama paint the wall of cabinet in some bright colour. 

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Make most of the material spill proof in the dining room to keep it neat and clean. Accessorize dining table with candles, vases or basket full of fruits for touch of elegance and to keep 

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These are the few simple tips though it doesn't stop here use your creativity, go beyond imagination and achieve the desired look for your dining room. Happy decorating!!! In case you have missed earlier posts on decorating your home find them by clicking here. 

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Vastu Gyan: Dining Room Vastu

Dining room is a place where you have food with your family members and chat with them. This is the place where you entertain your guests also. So this place should be as pleasant as any other room in your house.
Dining room can be located in the east, south or west in the house but it should be close to the kitchen or in continuation with the kitchen. It will be easy to serve hot food if dining room is close to the kitchen.
Color of the dining room's wall can be orange, pink, green, cream, saffron or yellow as these colors are considered as appetite stimulator. Light colors can make place look brighter and bigger.

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Furniture i.e dining table should be rectangular, square or can be round in shape but avoid irregular shapes since you need enough space to sit and have food comfortably. Table should be clutter free and beautifully decorated. Table should be placed in the center of the room for free movement.

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While eating food one should keep in mind that head of the family should face east and other members can face east, north or west but avoid facing south. It has a scientific reason that if you face south then Earth's magnetic north pole and body's magnetic north pole repel and one can feel restlessness.

Dining room should never face the entrance of the house as it distracts your mind if visitors come while having food and also some people feel uncomfortable. There should never be toilet or bathroom near dining room as bad odor can spoil your dining experience.

Lastly put up some calming paintings and portraits for stress free and pleasurable dining experience.

Hope these few tips will help you creating stress free and comfortable atmosphere for dining.

Earlier posts on vastu here

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My New Gray Dining Room

Why do I fall in love so easy? I'm talking about with decorating? Is it my calling? Or is it because it's just plain fun...and I like CHANGE! 


My sister's and I think it's because we were raised in the military and we moved around A LOT! I went to 14 different schools before I was in the 9th grade!



Back to my dining room. I am in love with the new Gray color.  It's a custom mix by

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It's a Fall Cloche Par-tay!

Happy Friday!  There are lots of Fall gatherings going on in blogland this week!  I'm joining the fun at A Stroll Thru Life, Southern in My Heart, Color Outside the Lines, Style Feature Saturday, The DIY Showoff Fall Festival, Tatertots and Jello, Funky Junk Interiors, Under the Table and Dreaming and Kozaks' Closet and It's So Very Cheri  ... I thought I'd join the fun.  Here are a few of the cloches (and other glass containers) that are scattered throughout our home, showing off the season's colors.  (Feel free to click on the pics to enlarge them).

In our breakfast area, this cloche sits on a red-tiered buffet table from Kirkland's.  The cloche actually belongs on a different, dark brown base, but I though I'd pair it with the white dessert stand instead to allow the pine cone, pear, red pomegranate, leaves and berries to pop against it: 

On the other side of the breakfast table, I placed wine corks, along with a few acorns, in this glass hurricane that is on our wine bar:

The hurricane sits on what used to be the base for a glass fruit bowl (that is, until I broke the bowl ... ooooops):

Over in our great room, the coffee table has a simple tray filled with books and this candle holder, which I chose to fill with *rustic* potpourri:

Also in the great room, these glass hurricanes are filled with all things Fall and are displayed on the mantle.

On the buffet table, I decided to pair the candle in the glass lantern with just a couple of leaves and pinecone:

In the sitting room, you'll find this cloche that I placed on a fun and fancy gold cake stand from Home Goods.  I placed folded up book pages, a pinecone, pumpkin, leaves and a little shell (from our nearby beach) inside of it.  I topped it with a raffia bow and called it a day:

I like mixing casual with fancy:

Walking across the way to the dining room, the floral centerpiece is flanked by large hurricanes (Cindy Crawford line at JCPenney's).  Like the hurricane on the coffee table in the great room, I stuck with a more muted, simple filler of acorns and pine cones (found at Pier One and Kohls).  Something is missing though.  Oh, wait, I know(!) ... it's needs some raffia!  Can you tell I'm overdosing on those bows this season?  Pretty soon, I'll be wearing one in my hair!  LOL.

Outside on the screened porch, I placed these large lanterns (from my fave Home Goods) on the fireplace mantle.  I filled them with a large candle, along with leaves, pumpkins, acorns and guords (a mix that I found at Michaels):

Lastly, I filled this votive with a few large pumpkins (from Michaels) and set it beside one of the rocking chairs on the porch as well.  I'd like to raise it up a bit though by sitting it on a few books ... that's *if* I can find them.  Hmmmm ....

Well, folks, that's all for now.  I'm off to look at everyone else's fun Fall projects! 

Thanks for stopping by!

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