Need some dining room ideas? This room is all about crowding a group of friends around the table with some delicious food, good wine and plenty of conversation. But creating the right atmosphere with some clever dining room design can help. Whether you're looking for inspiration on the big decisions like dining room furniture or are in search of smaller dining room decorating ideas (like dining room wallpaper), we have all the inspiring pictures you need to ensure your stylish eaterie is the hot topic at the table.
1. DINING WITH A VIEW
In the open-plan kitchen designed by Charlotte Crosland, there is space for an oval dining table in front of the window. From here, there is a view of the tree ferns outside, bright green against the darker leaves of the substantial hedge that separates the house from the pavement.
2. GREY & PINK
Designed by Caroline Harrowby, this elegant dining room is arranged in a way that seems to accentuate the room's grand scale. The ornate dining chairs and textured grey fabric compliments the grey walls and gives the room a fresh and airy feel. The 'Pompadour' toile de Jouy from Christoper Moore used for the curtains and chair add a pop of colour.
3. HIGH EXPECTATIONS
Scott Maddux and Jo leGleud of Maddux Creative converted this West London factory into a dynamic family home, complete with original exposed beams, textured concrete walls and a 10-metre-high ceiling.
'Despite its dramatic proportions, the central zone was not being used, so we moved the dining table to under the skylight to make the most of the double-height space. Our clients had already chosen the hand-painted "Travertine" wallpaper from Fromental for the central wall, so we knew they were unafraid to experiment with colour and pattern.They owned an interesting mix of antiques with character and texture, so we used these as building blocks. We worked with a subdued palette: soft gold, greens and blues.
To occupy the space above the dining table, we've strung Emery & Cie lights on coloured cord from Urban Cottage Industries, and a spinning mirrorball from Mirror Ball Paul adds a focal point. We had a special grid made for the skylight to secure both. We were working to a budget, so a mirrorball used instead of a light feature creates dynamic impact without going crazy. The vintage gym equipment was bought in Belgium and the plaster bust from an antiques market in Antwerp.
4. YELLOW POP
Iraninan-born architect and designer, India Mahdav created this dramatic, colourful kitchen. India, being a true believer in the importance of perspective and focus believes when you enter a room, something strong should be there. In this case, it is the colourful dining chairs that add a pop of colour to the room.
5. OPEN UP
Designed by Suzy Hoodless this lower-ground-floor dining area opens out on to a large garden terrace. A custom-made brass pendant light hangs above an oak dining table paired with a set of 'Wishbone' chairs by Hans J Wegner. The wallpaper with oversized diagonal black-and-white stripes that leads down from the dining room to the basement was designed by Suzy specifically for the house.
Taken from the March 2015 issue if House & Garden.
6. PATTERNED PAINT
Inspired by the high-street our Senior Stylist Ruth Sleightholme to create this elegant dining room. She injected style and substance into the space using patterned paint rollers to give the walls a decorative effect that is more afforable than wallpaper and used a lacquered pine dining table, pine chair and bench from Ikea to bring together the red, white and blue colour scheme.
7. BLUE MOOD
This frieze inspired by Matisse's papercuts, has a playful energy and works as a framing device for the objects in the room.
WALLS
Bespoke, hand-cut frieze 'Coral Border', from £100 a square metre; background and birds in Indian tea paper (indigo), £209 a square metre. All at de Gournay. Sheer patchwork curtain in 'Topaze' (834 528), linen £24 a metre; and 'Côté Lin les Naturals' (4), linen, £31.70 a metre; both from Casamance.
FLOOR
Oak herringbone floor (natur), e143 a square metre (including delivery and installation), from Bohemian Works.
FURNITURE
Pine and canvas sideboard, by Aurélie Rimbert, 85 x 205 x 50cm, £4,000, at Mint. Rattan armchairs, 'Rossini' (antique finish), 93 x 54 x 55cm, £185 each, from Lapstone. Ash and steel dining table, 'Cranbourne', 74 x 220 x 80cm, £2,500; and bench, £895; both at Heal's.
ACCESSORIES
Cast-gesso table lamp, 'Tree Stump', by Eddy & Grice, 63.5 x 37cm, £920 (including shade), at The New Craftsmen. Embroidered wool cushion, 'Brasilia Horse', £110; and porcelain pitcher, 'Muse', £98; both at Jonathan Adler. Earthenware bowl, 'Ombre', £25; and dinner plates, 'Indigo', £8 each; all at Marks & Spencer. Gesso bird, £206 for a pair, at Julian Chichester. Earthenware tableware (on bench), 'Indigo': platter, £29.50; cereal bowls, £6 each; and jug, £19.50. All at Marks & Spencer. For suppliers' details, see Stockists page
8. NEW WAVE
The dining table of this flat in the Barbican designed by Retrouvius is made from an old laboratory worktop salvaged from a school. For a personal touch the designer Maria Speake used typographic lettering on the table's drawer handles, which spell out the owners initials and the number of the flat; these can be found at Retrouvious for £3 per character.
The dining chairs from Paere Dansk have been recovered in leather discarded by Dunhill.
Taken from the January 2013 issue of House & Garden
9. NEW GROOVE
Why do we buy poor-quality, mass-produced furniture? It is wrong in every way,' laments interior designer Patrick Williams of Berdoulat Design, who has used salvaged finds and traditional techniques to imaginatively restore his Victorian flat in east London in a sympathetic manner. Such is his despair of our flat-pack-furniture loving generation that his website features a two-part manifesto. Citing William Morris as an influence, he expounds the benefits of a more honest approach to design, with an emphasis on quality of materials, traditional techniques and good craftsmanship; interior design as a form of restoration that places 'emphasis on reinventing and recycling…bringing new life in a manner that's sympathetic and truthful.
10. OUTSIDE INTERESTS
The veranda of this holiday home in Cap Ferret was designed by its architect Jonathan Tuckey as the main dining space of the house. 'This was an ideal spot because it leads from the kitchen and has a wonderful view,' he says. Below reclaimed pendant lights fromRetrouvius, the 4.3-metre-long table is set before a built-in bench. 'Because the table is so long we wanted to avoid the clutter - both visually and physically - of having 12 chairs, which would have left little space. The owners wanted to make sure they could seat large numbers of people, and a bench allows guests to squash up to add extra places.'
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