Help redecorating my dinning room!!

10 years ago

So far we have ordered a new dinning room table (pictured below) and have painted the walls in farrow and ball welvet (above dado) and Cornforth White (below dado). These are all greys. So all I have left to do is pick a wallpaper for the chimney breast and cabinets for alcoves.
I have added some pics of the wallpaper that I like ( Anna French, Abington grey) and the cabinets that I quite like. But I am wondering if it will all match? Especially the cabinets with the dinning room table. Will they look ok together? But I think I quite like the idea of them not matching.
Your thoughts would be most appreciated. Thanks ( I have added more pic in the 2nd comment)

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Gerry Rust

10 years ago

last modified: 10 years ago

Trust your judgement! If you love the table and the cabinets I see no reason not to combine them. I have space in a shop where I sell furniture I refurbish and accessories etc and I have spent hours advising/discussing design decisions with customers. As a general rule I tell them that if they are living with hand me downs or emergency budget buys that they would ideally like to replace eventually, there is no point buying items to go with them! If however, like you, they have chosen furniture they love and they also love the piece they are looking at, then go for it. There is no rule that says everything has to 'match' and if in doubt choose things that make you happy. For what it's worth I love the new dining table, the top is gorgeous, and I think the design of the wallpaper mirrors the scrolling on the cabinets, so it works for me :)

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Helen
Original Author
10 years ago
More pics!!
Helen
Original Author
10 years ago
Sorry this a pic of the cabinet I have seen for the both alcoves!
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Helen
Original Author
10 years ago
Day time picture.
User
10 years ago
not a very helpful comment but I like to your original table and the door :}x
Shelly Anne
10 years ago
I think your new Dining room table will look just fine with your decor. I personally would change the lights as I think that grey (I've got a grey front room) definitely needs something to warm it up and if you're not going to introduce an accent colour then you need to make sure you have sufficient lighting to create that warm, cozy feel
Dee at the Carlton
10 years ago
I love your cupboards & the detail on them as well as the wallpaper pattern. It looks very calming. Our dining room is quite neutral too because I like doing interesting table settings.
ali270
10 years ago
I like your colour scheme , very elegant for a dining room and the wallpaper is subtle , a good combination . Your new table has surface texture , which I like , but I don't think your choice of cabinets will fit in with the overall style . They are quite dominating and two will overpower everything in the room . You may wish to consider whether you want a cabinet on both sides . I also agree that lighting a grey toned room is key to it's eventual ambience.
Dasha Douglas
10 years ago
I love all your items they go really well together. are you going to have a statement light fitting over the dining table? that would be fab and just replace those wall lights they are too boring. other than that well done love it
marivon1
10 years ago
I agree with the above comment; once all together, I think the mirrored units will look great in the recesses and will add a little "sparkle" to the room when the wall lights are replaced!! Pictures of the finished room please!
marivon1
10 years ago
Also, sorry!, have you chosen the fabric dining chairs or the painted ones? Or a mixture of both? Personally I think the fabric chairs alone will compliment rather than fight - which with the painted chairs, cabinets and wall paper mix I fear they may!
Helen
Original Author
10 years ago
Thanks so much for all your comments. The lights are definitely going. I think I'll leave choosing them until last tho!!. I have spot lights on the ceiling so unfortunately I can't have a hanging light.
I am getting the fabric chairs, but I have actually, since changed my mind about the wallpaper
Helen
Original Author
10 years ago
Sorry only seems to have sent half my reply!! Yes so I hadn't seen these comments, so I went to look for more wallpaper and I like the above two. The first is a indigo colour and is fab and the second is off white with silver. But I don't know if I Should go back to my original choice. I know that the mirrored cabinets won't go, so I'll be back to square one, but I don't mind as I want to get everything
right
Helen
Original Author
10 years ago
So sorry my phones keeps freezing!Thanks so much for your advice I really appreciate it.
Helen
Original Author
10 years ago
Oh sorry just wanted to add, I need to decided on wallpaper by tomorrow as decorator is coming Friday to finish glossing and put paper up!!! So order paper!! I didn't think choosing wallpaper would be so hard.
Gerry Rust
10 years ago
I love that first wallpaper it looks like an Indian block print!
belsize
10 years ago
I love the indigo wallpaper too - much better to my eye than the grey! I think it would look good with the cabinets and your other choices.
Helen
Original Author
10 years ago
So you think I should stick with indigo coloured paper and not go back to the Anna French paper in my very first pics!! Thanks so much for your advice tho I really do love the indigo/ Indian style paper.
Helen
Original Author
10 years ago
So now that I've seen all the wallpapers in a different light, I am going to go with this trellis one for the chimney breast. I hope I have picked the right one!!
Helen
Original Author
10 years ago
Another pic!!
Gerry Rust
10 years ago
I'm sure it will look lovely, like I said it's your room and if you choose what appeals to you, you can't go too far wrong! Even if you did change your mind at a later date it's only a small area to redo. Be sure and post pictures of the finished room :)
Helen Jones
10 years ago
Sorry not being helpful at all, but where's the new table from? It's lovely!
Charles Buckley
10 years ago
Hi, what period is the property?
I would be tempted in see what's behind the plastered chimney breast where the fireplace used to be. Where the fire opening is. You may discover that theres some nice bare brick that just needs rendering or the original fire back. Get a period cast iron fire surround off Ebay (very affordable) that will fit the opening and place a couple of candles in there. it would add more character to the room than a blocked off fireplace / lifeless chimney breast.
Helen
Original Author
10 years ago
Hi Helen, the table and chairs are from furniture village. They are lovely aren't they. I can wait for them to get delivered.
Thanks for your reply Charles, but we have just taken our old fire place out as we wanted to free up more space for table and chairs and we never used that fire in the dinning room anyway. The house was built in the 60's so I don't think much could of been done. Thanks anyway