10 Ideas Dinning Room

1. BARN DANCE

The nearby barn in Paolo Moschino's Sussex farmhouse has been renovated to accommodate guests, complete with a sweet seating area.

Taken from the March 2013 issue of House & Garden. Additional text: Tristram Holland.

2. MUTED TOILE

Pretty toile wallpaper combined with muted colours creates a fresh, relaxed country-house scheme with a hint of nostalgic charm.
Taken from the July 2012 issue of House & Garden. Styling: Gabby Deeming.

3. CREAM DREAM

Writer Lucia Van Der Post has created a calm, inviting space for dining in her Kensington house. Walls painted in Sanderson's 'Dusky White' are complemented by wooden shutters and a French, grey marble chimneypiece. The B&B Italia dining table extends to seat up to fourteen.

Taken from the February 2012 issue of House & Garden.

4. SOPHISTICATED RUSTIC

Create a simple farmhouse look with abstract prints, natural wood and an array of ceramics. Spend money on things you use all the time so they become things of beauty. A new tablecloth, wine glasses, plates. You can never go wrong by decorating with fresh flowers (or a loaf of fresh bread). 

Taken from the April 2013 issue of House & Garden. Styling: Gabby Deeming.

5. COLOUR POP

This antique drop-leaf dining table looks almost like a console when folded down. The red glass chandelier was sourced at Alfie's Antique Market. 

Taken from the February 2011 issue of House & Garden. Photograph by Alexander James.

6. NATURAL SELECTION

In the modernist LA home of interior designer Michael S Smith, a Seventies Steve Chase table is surrounded by three-legged art-deco chairs in stylistic contrast to an ornate French Boulle clock bought at Bonhams. 

From the April 2014 issue of House & Garden

7. PARIS MATCH

It seems only natural that the dining table of the founder of the PAD art fairs should be a custom-made piece by Valentin Loellmann. The warmth of the wood and the tactile shape of the table and benches balances the severity of the monochromatic colour scheme beautifully.

From the November 2013 issue of House & Garden

8. BLACK AND WHITE AND STYLISH ALL OVER

The best compliment one can give your home? 'It's so you'. If you feel at ease in your surroundings, so will others. Designer Fiona Parke added personal touches to this London home by layering rugs over carpet and displaying books on the dining room table.

Taken from the July 2013 issue of House & Garden.

9. FRENCH FANCY

The blue-and-white scheme of this dining room belonging to interior designers Philip Vergeylen and Paolo Moschino is based on the eighteenth-century painted French screen that hangs on the wall. The hand-painted blue design is 'deliberately not like wallpaper.' Philip worked closely with the artist, Dawn Reader, to create this effect. Dawn is contactable through Nicholas Haslam.

Taken from the March 2013 issue of House & Garden. Additional text: Emily Tobin.

10. MODERN MONOCHROME

Matt black walls provide a smart foil for pale wood and the warm tones of copper and leather. This paint is 'Pitch Black', £32.50 for 2.5 litres matt emulsion at Farrow & Ball.

Taken from the March 2012 issue of House & Garden. Styling: Gabby Deeming.