Dining rooms are stand-alone spaces, most often part of an open floor area. They are all-purpose places that accommodate all sorts of things from kid’s homework to friends and extended-family celebrations. Dining rooms should be welcoming and attractive places that correspond with your home architecture, design preferences and offer comfort and enough storage space.
Since the dining room is such a sensitive area that accommodates visitors, friends, extended family members. Your dining room décor has to be taken into great consideration. From the colour of the room and accessories including rugs, artwork and lighting.
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Dining Room decor tips
Colour scheme
For dining room décor, you choose a color scheme that can complement the design style that you have already chosen. It’s important to consider adding some rustic woodwork that can help in defining eating areas.
Available space
Before getting down to
Selecting dining room furniture
Generally a table and chairs are the aesthetic centerpiece of any dining room. Therefore, for any dining room décor, you have to consider the number of people that will sit there on a daily basis, during dinner parties and when friends gather so as to know the kind of dining room table to choose. You also need to remember that there should be at least 2 feet of table top space for each person and the dining room table should be proportional to the size of the dining room.
Small dining rooms require round tables because they work well in small spaces while rectangular, oval and pedestal tables require very large, long and narrow spaces, and they comfortably carry more diners than in round tables. Consider buying tables with removable leaves.
For a small dining area, choose a compact flip-top or tilt-top table. For this décor, surround your table with mix and match kind of chair styles making sure that the chair seats are at least 12 inches below the edge of the table top so that the guests have enough leg room.
Finishing touches
When applying finishing touches to your dining room décor, you should round out your dining room design using vibrant area rugs, good-looking fabrics, artistically arranged collections and fashionable fixtures. You should also introduce fabric lampshades, slipcovers, framed mirrors and eye-catching artworks.
Rugs
Ensure that you set your dining with a colourful area rug that harmonizes with your decorating style and colour scheme. The area rugs should be at least 2 feet away from a dining table’s sides to give room to occupied chairs. An 8 by 10-feet area rug fits well with most dining sets.
Lighting
Choose chandeliers that fits the dining room style and design. Consider pendant lights that are 6 inches narrower than the smallest width of the table and which will cast bright light across the table top.
Suspended lights should be 30 inches above the table top in rooms with 8-foot ceiling. You can choose to also install wall sconces, picture lights and down lights just to create a suitable ambiance for everything from breakfasts to late night dinners.
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261 Comments
I love the bold squares on the Lexus rug. Fab colourways, too.
Beautiful rugs from here.
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I like them all, but would probably go for CARTER RUG NATURAL STRIPE
CARTER RUG NATURAL STRIPE
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The neutral Lexus Rug would look lovely in my hallway
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I prefer the Carter rug.
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Lexus for me, many thanks….
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CARTER RUG NATURAL STRIPE
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Lexus rug.
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A lexus rug
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Carter rug
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Carter rug I think
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We have just decorated our livingroom would absolutely love The Lexus Rug.
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I’d choose the Carter. The green would really match the sitting room decor.
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Thanks for this, I would love a new rug for our living room. If I won I would like the Carter Rug please.
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I would pick the Carter style but I can’t settle on a colour!
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Lots of nice rugs! The Medallion Rug in Salt Pepper is one of my faves
I would choose a Carter rug.
The carter is my favourite, so versatile.
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I need more colour in my life so I’d opt for a Lexus rug
I prefer the Carter rugs
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A Carter Rug
Carter rug
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Would you choose a Lexus Rug or a Carter Rug?
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The Carter Rug
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The Carter rug.
Liking the Lexus rug
I’d choose the Carter, but I’m not sure which colour – I’d leave that decision to my better half.
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The Lexus rug
I would probably opt for a Lexus Rug – liked the neutral coloured one, but some great colours in Lexus and Carter rugs
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Love the brightness of the Lexus Yellow Wool Rug, great way to add a pop of colour into my sitting room!
Live the look of the Lexus rug!
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I like the carter!
Love the Lexus
carter
I would probably choose a Carter Rug (and the teal striped wool rug is the one I have in mind).
Think i’d probably go for the Lexus, they’re both really nice though.
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Lexus for me
Lexus Rug
both lovely so I be happy to win
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It’s a tough choice but I think I like the green carter rug
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The neutral Lexus Rug
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Theres soo much choice! Maybe a Carter one?
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carter
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I would choose the carter rug for the bedroom as its pretty much the same colour scheme
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Would love to win a grey Carter rug.
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think a Lexus rug would look nicer in my lounge
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Carter rug I think
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Probably the Lexus
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Tough choice – the Carter rug would be great for my living room, the Lexus would look perfect in my son’s newly decorated bedroom.
Carter rug in my living room would be perfect
The LEXUS NEUTRAL WOOL RUG is my choice.
The neutral Lexus Rug is lovely
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Carter rug
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I’d choose a Lexus rug – love the designs
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Carter Rug
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Carter, I like stripes, but I would let my daughter and her partner choose, so I wouldn’t want to choose the wrong thing.
I would choose the Lexus rug!
LEXUS NEUTRAL WOOL RUG – love the colours on this one nd it would complement our living room wonderfully
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LEXUS RUGS great looking rugs love to own one.
The Lexus rug would be my choice if I was the lucky winner
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I think I’d choose a Carter rug. I love the range of colours.
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Beautiful I love rugs
The carter rug ovule,go nice in my bedroom once redecorated
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I love them both but would probably choose the Lexus
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A Lexus rug
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carter rug
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I prefer the Lexus rug. I love the grey coloured one.
I don’t know!!! I can see both fitting in beautifully. I think probably I’d choose the Lexus, but tomorrow it might be Carter!
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I would choose a carter rug
I love the Carter rug
I love the Lexus rug in red
Carter Rug …. I think. I love both
I would probably go for a Carter rug, with a Natural Stripe.
I would choose the Lexus Rug in the neutral colourway.
A Lexus rug because they look so stylish!
I’d choose the Carter one it’s really funky.
carter rug , not keen on distracting blocks of colour
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Fabulous rugs love the carter
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ohh i love them both but if i had to choose one o think lexus in neutral for me
i love the CARTER RUG NATURAL STRIPE
A carter rug in red for my morrocan theme living room 🙂
I’d choose the Lexus rug.
I would choose a Carter rug if I was the winner
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Lexus please
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The Carter Rug
I would love the Carter Rug in the natural stripe. Fabulous designs
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love the Lexus Rug x
The Lexus rug
I would choose the carter rug
I would choose carter rug if won