The art of creating a dining room

By NextHome Staff
November 06, 2018

Hosting a dinner party soon but feel like your dining space is lacking lustre? Designer Cynthia Soda inspires a dining area makeover in five steps.

Whatever your style preference, with a little bit of creativity you can create interest in your space, and your stylish dining room will become the gorgeous setting for many family gatherings for years to come.

Wall details

Instead of just painting the walls, think about applying beautiful detailing as well. With this room I applied thin flat rectangular burlap mouldings from Central Fairbank (centralfairbank.com) which allowed me to create whatever design I wanted on the walls. In this case, I used the bulkheads in the walls and ceilings to define the concentric rectangular designs for the walls. Each area was equally divided and evenly spaced out to add interest. The rhythm and repetition of the rectangles creates an architectural feeling to the space and cleverly draws the eye away from bulkheads, electrical outlets and switches on the walls.

Paint Choice

I chose to paint all the walls, ceiling and baseboards white. This shade really highlights the architecture of the room and also keeps the wall detail subtle and not overwhelming for the area.

Lighting

Lighting is a great way to introduce a different design style to a space. Case in point, this caged light fixture from Supreme Lighting (supremelighting.ca) plays on the grid theme but also adds an industrial element to the room.

Accent colour

I love this pop of green colour. The short back of the chairs keeps things casual and allows the vibrant colour to be an accent too, and not take away from, the rest of the elements in the space. Remember it’s only an accent colour!

Rug

A great rug can really anchor a space and tie in everything together. For this space, I chose a patterned black and white rug, which plays against the neutral theme of the room. It also ties in the dark millwork from the adjacent kitchen, grounding the space.

Cynthia Soda is Owner, Principal Interior Designer of Soda Pop Design Inc., a multi-disciplinary interior design firm providing complete custom renovation and design services for residential and commercial clients throughout the GTA. Soda Pop Design Inc focuses on merging the client's lifestyle, personality and architecture to create customized liveable luxury. sodapopdesign.ca

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