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Must-haves for a modern dining room

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These days, the dining room is where all the best communal bonding happens. Whether it’s the whole family sharing time on school nights, or a group of friends gathering for good food, wine and conversation, the dining room is a space to be nurtured and revelled in with design essentials and elements that foster conversation and inspire appetites. 

Historic moments happen in dining rooms, however familial or worldly those may be. And in this era of “food is everything”, the dining room has become a most essential room in the house. Be imaginative and don’t be afraid to overthink how to create the best dining room space to host all the wonderful things that you — or somebody — is creating in your kitchen. 

Must-haves for a modern dining room

Go grand

The family may be small or large and either way, a spacious dining table in the heart of the room sends a message to the universe: here is an everyday place for like-minded souls to come together. Space, and the sense of space is essential in a modern dining room and the table is the place to start. 

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It’s all about the size… and shape of your room. Round is best in a square room or when the dining room connects with the kitchen and space might be an issue. The beauty of the circle table is its iconic family shape that will inspire informal dinner parties even on a Monday. Rectangular is the more versatile choice: a finely carved wooden beauty can lay raw for most nights of the week for a family that doesn’t need to eat together every night. Yet it is easily and always transformed into a setting for casual or grand affairs.

Get luxurious with chairs

The living room no longer gets dibs on armchairs; there are designs galore of padded, armed chairs designed for cosy, supported stretches of sitting and heart bearing over platefuls of finger food. And while there’s nothing wrong with a table-and-chair set, many chairs are designed for aesthetics first, which look better than they feel. We say focus on stylish comfort for your chairs. Your guests may well be spending more time in them than on the lounge, as they savour all the family heirloom dishes or the haute experiments you are serving from the kitchen. 

Must-haves for a modern dining room

Lighting will make the party

A chandelier—vintage or modern—hanging elegantly as a centrepiece over a grand birthday spread is a classic look and there are lots of modern designs that look like artistic sculptures and provide think piece for slow moments in conversation. 

But there’s more to lighting the modern dining room: allow for variety so that lights can be adjusted for all moods and times of day. 

Mirrors and windows

Natural light and a sense of space is best achieved with the light and sparkle from a row of windows that let the sun and the moon shine in as the days and season change. Don’t feel pressured to stay with a designated living room if there’s a lighter, brighter room in the house and it makes sense—or can be made sense of—in the grand plan of your inviting home. Otherwise, basic or funky wall mirrors will bring in more light, or be the light in a room central in the house.

Be subtle, yet provocative with artwork

One bold painting or a cluster of small, framed pieces? Artwork can establish a narrative for your dining room and yet it doesn’t need to dominate — don’t want the guests to spend the time daydreaming! Choose art that can brighten and ground the room and offer a subtle reflection of times and places that inspire hospitality and feasting. Framed photographs of boutique cities lined up in a row are a classic choice, or hang one wall with colour and depth — perhaps a Jose Tence Ruiz or Ben Cab-like scene that grounds the room, and suggests endless possibilities.

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