The Best Dining Room Trends for Excellent Style
My original plan was to share the best dining room trends during last year’s holiday season since we were all gathering with family and friends. But I’m more than a day late and a dollar short. Still, there’s no reason why we can’t talk about inspiring dining rooms as we continue nesting during winter. I’ve collected some of the most popular dining styles to share with you today.
Classic Country
This style is timeless with elements that have survived over the years – like Windsor chairs that never grow old or tiring. Add a beautiful wooden hutch and table, along with a chandelier with mini lampshades and you’ve got the basics for a beautiful dining space.
Photo by Archer & Buchanan Architecture, Ltd.
What I love about the country look is that it can incorporate a variety of styles to look fresh and appealing. Here, a worn wooden table pairs with an elegant, white chandelier and rattan chairs for a textured and comfortable vibe. The painted hutch and wooden ceiling beams add the room’s overall appeal.
Traditional Dining
I’m noticing that one of the growing dining room trends is to get away from farmhouse style back to traditional styling. Colors are replacing black and white interiors while mass-produced word art and trinkets are making way for collected heirlooms. Oriental rugs are back in vogue while graphic prints tend to be fading. Traditional style is a little more refined than farmhouse but still provides a comfortable living space.
Modern Rustic
Is that even a thing? Modern rustic? It sounds like a contradiction of terms but this dining room shows how the two can be played against each other. A modern Scandinavian table and dining chairs are surprisingly placed in a post and beam dining room and it works, thanks to the hue of the wood. A contemporary globe pendant light finishes the look.
Photo by Garrison Foundry Architecture + Decor
French Country
French country decorating is another style that isn’t going away anytime soon. It has an organic vibe with rustic and textured elements like metal, wood, and rattan. French country can be rustic or elegant, depending on your mood and preference.
Elegant Glamour
Another popular dining room trend incorporates a bit of bling, typically in the way of an impressive, crystal chandelier. Gold accents, fine China at the table, soft drapery, and even wallpaper can create a glamourous dining experience.
Photo by Charmean Neithart Interiors
Color Trends
Move over gray and make way for soft beiges and pastels. Designers are pretty united in their opinion that 2024 will see the exit of gray as a neutral, to be replaced by creams and beiges. Whether you agree with trends or not, you should always decorate your home the way you like it. So if you like your gray dining room, keep it!
Photo by Mark D. Williams Custom Homes, Inc.
Black is slowly creeping into the design world as a bold color choice for those who desire drama as one of the dining room trends. Black Ink paint by Benjamin Moore adorns the ceiling and walls of this stunning room, with Chantilly Lace on the trim work. I’ll bet this room looks spectacular at night with the candles lit.
Pretty Patterns
Wallpaper, rugs, curtains, and wall art can all be used as surfaces for adding pattern to a dining room – but don’t forget the chairs. They provide additional opportunity for fun and color. If you don’t have upholstered chairs, you can always add seat cushions. I love these charming cushions from Green Row, but they’re expensive so I’ll probably end up making my own.
Photo by Westbrook Interiors
Do you have a favorite from today’s collection of dining room trends?
I’d be happy to dine at any of theses beautiful tables.
Some charming dining room decorating ideas, all except the dining room with the very dark walls and ceiling. I don’t want to sound both mean and critical, so I’ll stop with the remaining comments I have about that room.
All are welcoming except the last with black walls. Too large of an area for that much black and contrasting white wood work.
I loved the first two the best. How do you clean a chandelier like the one in the glamorous dining room, that would not be a fun project.
Pretty rooms.
Beautiful rooms!
I got something, idea wise, from all the dining rooms you shared. I didn’t reply right away, because sometimes it takes me a while to digest and consider- of course, lots of times I have an immediate gut instinct thing, too.
Lately I have been re-thinking my dining space…mostly used for holidays, the grand meal with family and friends, which I no longer actually have- as I age- very happy going to the kids’ homes. A smaller table,
library bookshelves and a comfy reading chair and ottoman? Or the room re-purposed for what fits someone’s life now? Just my random thoughts.