Bonjour and welcome to our photo gallery of amazing dining room designs. And as always, sharing “The Little Plus” (“Le Petit Plus”), hope you enjoy…
Dining rooms can be used every day or on special occasions and when entertaining. The design features and furniture you select to dress up your dining room will definitely depend on how you use it. It will also depend on where you are in life but whatever its purpose, a dining room must be inviting and promote the sharing of delicious food and meaningful conversation. The meals served in the dining room certainly don’t have to be gastronomic meals but regardless of what you serve, your dining room should be designed so you and your family (or guests) can slow down and enjoy every bite. In France for example, meals can last a very long time, so comfort and coziness are a strong consideration when designing a dining room — which can be achieved in the most luxurious design, no need to settle!
Depending on your floor plan, you may be looking for ideas for more formal or lived in dining room designs. If you have an open floor plan, for example, it is important to pick dining room designs where the living room, kitchen, and dining room share the family joy in harmony. And how about style? Dining rooms can have a distinct personality and even when they are lived in, can express their innate sophistication with small accents. So feel free to play your dining room up with small touches…in comfort and style.
Now join us and let’s visit these beautiful homes…you are sure to find some inspiration with our photo gallery of dining room designs below. We hand-picked 17 designs for you in different styles and color schemes — we hope it helps spark a few ideas to make dinner time as beautiful as it is delicious. Enjoy and beautiful day to you!
1. Welcoming Spring…
The Little Plus: the upholstered ecru dining room chairs are so elegant and beautiful. The matte gold frame is a perfect complement to the twin 3 candle antique chandeliers on the glass-faced server. And of course, bringing flowers to tie in the color palette of the room is always a great natural touch in any dining room!
2. Arched Entrance…
The Little Plus: the shades on the intricate crystal chandelier and the linen partitions on the wall. With its arched entrance from the large luxury kitchen with tiles, these two design elements soften up the atmosphere of this elegant dining room. And did you notice how the entire floor is made travertine for a flow-less transition between kitchen and dining room?
3. Fireplace Dining…
The Little Plus: the stone fireplace adds warmth (literally…) and comfort to this formal dining room. The rustic chandelier is a nice touch to complement the fireplace and the shades add just the right touch of elegance to this dining room. Also, the nail design on the back of the formal cream dining room chairs completes the elegant rustic feel of the room.
4. Mahogany Travels…
The Little Plus: the wall size mirror makes this dining room look larger. Custom made baseboard heater radiator cover can double as a seating bench for casual conversation.
5. Dining with Lady and the Tramp…
The Little Plus: the custom-made mirror of the dining room armoire makes the room seem larger and reflects the crystal chandelier lights and earth tones warmth throughout this dining room. The elegant choice of wallpaper and the crown molding offers a luxurious transition to the taupe painted ceiling.
6. Dinner Time Says Grandpa’s Clock…
The Little Plus: the French style dining room table with cabriole legs and scalloped apron and the Provincial ladderback straw chairs are a perfect a marriage. The owner chose a gold finish chandelier — a wrought iron one would have looked really nice as well and be a great companion to the wrought iron candle sconce above the buffet.
7. Country Lunch in the Conservatory…
The Little Plus: the rectangular saltillo tiles are gorgeous and a great match to the provincial dining table and chairs. The half-moon transom windows are both functional and beautiful.
8. Modern lights…
The Little Plus: the skylight above the ceiling lights must give each guest an amazing light show, different depending on the time of the day and the weather. Imagine dining under the rainbow – how cool is that!
9. King Chairs for Royal Games…
The Little Plus: the paneled vaulted ceiling with full length stone wall fireplace. Love the warmth of the pale yellow walls and the golden wood stains of these gorgeous extra large French doors.
10. Cleopatra Looking Over Us…
The Little Plus: the tray ceiling with egg-and-dart molding (Louis XVI style) and art ceiling medallion. Love the charming cane back chairs and oak hardwood floors for a down to earth feel.
11. Sunshine Bliss…
The Little Plus: the Provence oak hardwood floor and creamy white chairs. And how about these gorgeous hydrangeas — always a plus in any décor!
12. The More The Merrier…
The Little Plus: the farmhouse trestle dining room table adds a dash of country feel to this traditional dining room area. This is counterbalanced by the more formal look of the high back dark chocolate leather chairs. Perfect yin and yang! And notice the matching bench tucked against the white wainscoting ready to join the fun if needed — perfect for Thanksgiving gathering!
13. Bon Appétit…!
The Little Plus: the stonework is magnificent! And how practical and beautiful is the handmade stone built-in to display decorative accents, or to place extra serving platters during a dinner party. Also, love the simple provincial straw chairs painted in antique white for a breath of fresh air and to recall the virgin white walls of the room
14. Marble Luxury…
The Little Plus: the floral silky accent wall provides a subtle dash of earth tone to this white dining room. Love the thin marble top and leg design of the dining room table — simple luxury. And what’s great about this types of table is that they are very versatile. Change the chairs and you transform your dining room into a different style and era.
15. Under the Projectors…
The Little Plus: the art deco modern feel of this dining room with two styles of high-end polished chrome hanging spotlights. Love that the solid maple top dining room table can extend when extra guests show up — the more the merrier!
16. Ocean View Dining…
The Little Plus: the stunning rustic oil rubbed bronze 6 candle chandelier. The design and intricate motifs steal the show (ok the ocean view is first…).
17. Entertaining in Earth Tones…
The Little Plus: the traditional dining room has a convenient dry bar for flawless entertaining. And, notice how the high back dining room chairs are upholstered with an earth tone color pattern that calls back the light pine wood finish of the cabinets.