The Dining Table…
Welcome back to our One Piece Makeover Series, where we focus on one, singular piece that doesn’t break the budget like a complete room re-do. Our One Piece Makeover is about finding something you love to place in your room, and that gives you in a single view, immediate gratification and style! We previously touched on The Living Room and Wall Art, and now we’ll highlight the Dining Room Table…
You maybe haven’t thought of your dining table as a place to decorate, but it can offer such a variety of styles and looks, and what’s even better, is that you can change these quite often with the different seasons or whenever you’d like a little room view lift.
You might be like I am, and love to collect dishes, or you might just have a basic white set, or something handed down through the family. They usually sit tucked away in the cupboard or cabinet, right? Well, why not bring them out, to set your table where you can view and enjoy them! After all, it is a dining table for eating, and the setting alone is home decor at its finest. Here is one of my favorite settings from Elle Decor magazine, and isn’t it an absolutely gorgeous room!…
All you had to do is set the table.
Are all of you dying for pink dishes now?
This setting is a very simple combination of pink dishes, yellow roses and silver accents, and you could do this with any color dishes. If your dining room is in view from another room, you just tied in the pinks and yellows across the room, or any color you’d like to blend and tie together in a space.
A very simple piece to update or change the look of your dining room is just a table cloth. There are many you can buy already made, but you can also make one yourself with fabric you love. A basic hem is all you need if you can sew, or try some easy non sewing hemming tape for your edges.
Look at the variety of looks you can create with just a set of white dishes on gorgeous table cloth fabric…
I selected a variety of fabric patterns I liked as swatches, but you can see that your table cloth looks are endless.
The centerpiece for the dining table is another singular decorating item that can be easily changed to suit your needs and style, whenever you want. Here is Kelly Wearstler’s fantastically sublime dining room from an old House & Garden Magazine issue, with an older set of china(your handed down set), mixed with an unusual centerpiece view…
What a delicious combination of modern art in the form of a cherry tree branch, paired with a set of traditional china. Think of the centerpieces that you might already have in your backyard, and just never knew it. You could also place any of your favorite art sculptures on their own on your table view.
Really, your dining table is a blank canvas for any of the things you love. Do you have a collection of vases, vessels or pottery?…make them your centerpiece!…
Fill them with flowers or plants or fruit, or just group them on their own as your collection sculpture view. A group of different vessels, in the same color have such an impact, but are subtle at the same time. The placement of each vessel can be your own little art project, varying the heights and shapes, to achieve that perfect look and balance in your room.
Do you have plants or herbs you like to grow, and is your dining table near a window view? Why not make your dining table centerpiece accessorize and function at the same time…
These rustic vessels of pottery are sitting outside, but you could place a collection of pots with your plants and herbs just so on your dining table too. You just need an attractive tray to catch any water excess. Even without the plants or herbs, this threesome would be handsome and unexpected in the middle of your table view.
I always like to find unique items to display, and these A. Speer Studio handmade stoneware clay animal bowls are just that, plus really fun!…
These are food safe too, and would make quite the collection on your dining table with some flowers in them, or use them individually or as party servers for your nuts and dips.
Multi function from a room defining singular piece…even better!
So, get into your cupboards, and take a look in your backyard…you might already have your dining table one piece makeover right under your nose.
~Courtney