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Design your dining room with these stunning ideas
The focal point for entertaining.
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Transform your dining room into a stunning focal point with these key design ideas. Create the perfect space for entertaining by focusing on a few core elements.
- Use statement lighting for ambiance and colour to define the mood.
- Select furniture thoughtfully; a round table encourages conversation.
- Create an indoor-outdoor flow to extend your living area.
- Embrace biophilic design by incorporating natural materials for a relaxed, inviting atmosphere that encourages lingering conversations.
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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