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Design your dining room with these stunning ideas
The focal point for entertaining.
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Elevate your dining room, the heart of home entertaining, with these stunning design ideas. Whether in an open-plan area or a separate room, you can create a beautiful and functional space.
Key tips include:
- Using statement lighting for ambiance and visual appeal.
- Applying colour and wallpaper to define the mood.
- Choosing furniture, like a round table, to encourage conversation.
- Creating indoor-outdoor flow for summer entertaining.
- Embracing biophilic design with natural materials for a relaxed feel.
1. Statement lighting for the dining room
2. Use colour to enhance and define the dining room
This dining room in a home designed by Koia Architects combines dark tones with the tactility of timber to create an inviting space of rich layers. Image: John Williams.
3. Choosing the right furniture for your dining room
4. Bring the outdoors in
Large-scale openings create an easy flow between indoors and out in the 2021 Home of the Year, Black Quail, designed by Bergendy Cooke. Image: Simon Devitt.
5. Biophilic design for the dining room
Geode House, the 2023 Living Space of the Year, embraces natural materials to create a fitting tribute to the bush-clad site on Waiheke it inhabits.
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