Too often, the dining room is rather neglected. Table and
chairs must be enough. But the eye eats along and the human wants to feel
comfortable in his dining environment. Make the room modern and comfortable!
DESIGN THE DINING ROOM IN A MODERN WAY: THE TRAPPINGS MAKE THE DIFFERENCE
Surely you and your family need a table and chairs to take
their meals. But that's not all, because who wants to feel good when eating,
also needs a pleasant environment. This in turn is achieved by the lighting and
a beautiful wall decoration. The food tastes much better and the dining room
becomes a meeting place. This is where the family meets to talk about the day
and eat.
However, friends meet here too and have more or less
profound conversations about the world or current problems. It is therefore
important to give the dining room an ambience in which you and the family feel
comfortable, but in which guests also feel that they are welcome. By the way,
this does not necessarily require designer chairs and the latest table from
designer xy, it needs creativity and a sense of design subtleties.
MODERNIZE THE WALLS IN THE DINING ROOM
Not everyone has their own dining room, often the dining
area is only part of the large kitchen. It is still worthwhile, however, to
make out a defined area here, which is very simple about the wall design. The
walls should be kept modern and above all be bright. Dark colors would favor a
depressed mood and nobody wants to eat! To make everything comfortable and
pleasant, wall colors and wallpapers should be coordinated, yet provide a
contrast to the rest of the room. If the dining room is a separate room, it is
even easier to work with colors.
When designing the wall, keep in mind whether the table will
stand in the middle of the room or whether it is a seating group that should
find its place in the corner. Tip: If there are still small children in the
house, the wallpaper or paint on the walls, at least in the immediate area
around the dining table should be washable or at least wet wipeable. Otherwise,
flying yoghurts, cups full of tea and cocoa, or spinach escaped from the fork
make the effort to quickly destroy a great dining room.
MODERN DESIGN: BRIGHTNESS IN THE DINING ROOM
With a bit of luck, your dining room is right next to a
window or maybe even integrated into the conservatory. For all people who are
less fortunate and whose dining room is rather dark, it is important that they
help out with artificial light. Decorate the walls with bright colors that make
the room look bigger and friendlier. Make sure you use the natural light and
place sideboards or shelves so that the light hits. Bright furniture reflects
the incoming rays of light and it seems to get brighter in the room.
Directly above the table should be a chandelier or a lamp
that gives soft light, yet provides sufficient brightness. Particularly popular
are pendant lights, which can be adjusted in height. The dimmability is not to
be underestimated: Who sits at the table in the evening and reminisce about the
day, it would certainly have brighter than the couple who still sits together
on a glass of red wine. If your dining room is very large, you can make it
modern, but use as contrast to an opulent chandelier. However, this does not
stand out in small rooms and is therefore only an option for "dining
rooms". Additional floor lamps provide the necessary light and cosiness.
DESIGN THE DINING ROOM IN A MODERN WAY: IT DEPENDS ON THE FURNITURE
Some will ask themselves, which furniture should still be in
the dining room: Table and chairs in reasonable numbers are enough! Depending
on the size of the room and available space but a sideboard and a display
cabinet are useful. Here, the required dishes can be accommodated and is thus
always from the same room at hand. The showcase serves as decoration and picks
up collecting objects, for example.
They give the dining room a very special charm, if you set
up an old buffet (or one that is kept in this style). If it is closed at the
bottom, it offers wonderful the possibility to stack the dishes. The upper area
is usually behind glass and thus combines the advantages of the showcase and
the sideboard.
Old and new furniture can be combined with each other, but
you should not juxtapose them indiscriminately. The furniture should follow a
style or include a deliberate style break. You can also take different shapes
and colors from each other, but it should always be clear that this combination
of furniture was deliberately chosen.
Let's take a look at the individual pieces of furniture,
which may give you some ideas for the dining room :
THE DINING TABLE
If you want to make the dining room modern, you should sit
on a round table. However, this needs more footprint than a rectangular or
square table. The advantage of a round table: everyone sits equidistant from
each other and can talk well. No one has to move to talk to another person at
the table. A table with a diameter of one meter is enough for four people. If
the family is larger and there are six people to find room, the diameter should
be around 1.20 m.
For large groups rectangular tables are the better choice,
especially as such tables can usually be extended with extensions. Square
tables need a lot of space, because they seem very powerful and make the room
visually.
Wood is the classic material for a table in the dining room
and is as modern as it used to be. The reason: it looks warm and comfortable,
while a plastic table reminds a bit of the canteen in the hospital. When
choosing the wooden table, make sure that it is made of solid wood and
especially hard wood.
Soft wood species such as alder are not particularly
suitable in children's households, because here you can impress wonderful
patterns with the fork. Whether you want it that way is doubtful. Better is
therefore ash or oak, both are hard woods and therefore extremely robust. If
the surface is not painted, even small damaged areas can be improved. A solid
wood panel can even be abraded and renewed, but must be cared for with wax or oil.
Important to know: Even glass can be damaged, although much
heavier than wood. For a glass table is extremely sensitive, as far as the
intensive contact with heavy objects. In addition, grease stains can be seen on
it quickly.
Depending on the number of people at the dining table you
need different sizes of the table:
• one
person: 70 cm
• two
persons: 140 cm long, 40 cm deep
• 100 cm
for a rectangular dining table for two to four people
When choosing the table, keep in mind that bowls and
terrines should also be left in the middle. All too often there are tables that
are completely crowded and where the occupants only have as much space as their
plates are wide.
You have no room for a large table, but want to host guests?
Then choose a table that can be extended. In most cases, the tables are
provided with a mechanism that allows the extension ("undressing") of
the table.
For wooden tables, it is important that the extension plates
are stored in the table, because they can not be different than the rest of the
table warped. This is a common problem with wooden furniture, but is considered
here at least uniformly.
THE CHAIRS
If you want to make the dining room modern, you should also
consider the choice of chairs considered. These must fit the table and the
style of your dining room, should be comfortable and even prolonged sitting
over several hours can not be torture. On some models, the seat and backrest
can be adjusted so that the seating can be moved into new positions. Choose for
yourself whether you want to sit on classic wooden chairs with a seat cover or
on a cantilever chair that can relieve the back by rocking. Should the chairs
even have armrests? When designing the dining room, no limits are set, at least
by the furniture designers, and you can design the dining room as the center of
your home or apartment.
How to find the right chair? You have to sit him trial,
because only then do you notice whether the advertised comfort is actually such
or is it just an advertising fake.
Consider also your family situation: If there are children
in the house, stains can be expected. Therefore, do not invest in the good
upholstered chairs, which will soon show the first signs of mistreatment.
Wooden chairs are a better choice because their paint can easily wipe away
spilled food. Stackable chairs are modern and also a good idea, because they
can be put aside to save space and wait for guests there.
It does not always have to be chairs: a dining bench can
also look modern and help you to customize the dining room. You can combine
such benches wonderfully with chairs, cushions with cushions and make a
comfortable seating. Many such benches have storage space inside and
accommodate pillows or blankets. Very practical in a room that should always
appear tidy and tidy at best!
GREAT DECORATION IN THE DINING ROOM: MAKE THE ROOM MODERN AND PERSONAL
If you want to make the dining room modern, that does not
mean that you have to do without decoration. The only thing that really matters
is the amount of deco items. Under no circumstances should it be too many, so
the room seems overloaded. This would destroy the entire effect and there can
be no talk of well-being.
Decorate modern with murals and flower vases, with unusual
objects or with a small carpet. Of course, it should not be under the table for
cleaning reasons.
You can also decorate and design the table yourself, which
is easily possible with damask or linen tablecloths. These are more for guests.
In everyday life, cotton tablecloths are completely sufficient and easier to
clean.
Decorate with candlesticks and flowers that you put directly
on the table. Especially with flowers is important that they are always fresh,
because who likes to look at the meal on a depressing bouquet of faded flowers?
In spite of the extra effort, choose real flowers rather than artificial
plants, this is more stylish and comfortable.
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