Small Dining room decoration help!

7 years ago

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Hi there, I'm part way through buying a (very) small Georgian cottage and need some decorating inspiration for the dining room. The room is in the middle of the house so doesn't directly get any window light, there is a door way and a window archway through to the kitchen which itself is south facing. The blue aga style cooker you see if redundant but I quite like the style so would like it to stay as a feature...the kitchen will have white cupboards and the adjoining lounge will have pale neutral colours. What colour would suit the walls in here?? I love greys and scandanivan modern country style. I'd like to keep it as bright as possible but stay away from white! The dining table I have my eye on is below - it's extendable so won't take up a huge amount of space in the room daily. I don't like the floor but don't have the budget to replace is at the moment! Oh and the wall to the rear of the photo is exposed painted white brickwork. Thanks :)

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boundsgreener
7 years ago
Congratulations!

If you like Scandinavian style, I wouldn't jump in and buy that dining table just yet - I think the cream legs make it too farmhouse/country... Do a search on Houzz for Dining Rooms/Scandinavian/compact and loads of lovely rooms pop up that might give you some inspiration and direction.

Good luck!
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Dulux Amazing Space
7 years ago
Hi Eilidhmca,

Congratulations on your new home!

Trying to choose colours when you have a
period property as well as limited natural light, can be quite a challenge. For
an elegant and timeless shade, use Dulux Steel Symphony 4 from our colour
mixing range. This calming muted blue tone works beautifully on the walls and
echoes the Scandinavian style, which will work perfectly with your classic blue
Aga. To ensure that your scheme will look great for longer, use our Endurance+
finish paint. Specially formulated with Diamond Technology, it is 20x tougher
than our conventional matt paint.

As for your chosen dining table, it will work
effortlessly within your dining room. For a complete Rustic-Scandi inspired
dining area, use a mix of bench and dining chair seating. We love how these different
chair styles in white and statement lighting create a fabulous characteristic
dining table layout.

[https://www.houzz.co.uk/photos/scandinavian-renovation-scandinavian-dining-room-london-phvw-vp~4250962[(https://www.houzz.co.uk/photos/scandinavian-renovation-scandinavian-dining-room-london-phvw-vp~4250962)

We wish you all the best of luck with your
new home, and if you need any further tips and advice check out our blog page.
- https://duluxamazingspace.wordpress.com/

Happy
Decorating!

Marianna – Colour
& Design Consultant

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minnie101
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Little Greene Clay pale is a lovely warm neutral that would work with the cream table. If you want grey then I'd look at greige to go with the cream. I think the clay pale should work with their fescue for the living room (I don't have their neutral paint chart just grey which fescue is and I find the colours are a bit off online!). Is the floor wood or laminate? Just wondering if you could lighten it. I would in any case paint the beading to match the skirting boards. I think the table will look great with a bench against the wall, a couple of mid century modern chairs on the side and perhaps farmhouse at the end. I'd also hang a pendant over the table, using a hook if budget is an issue. Also add a mirror to bounce a bit more light. Good luck on the purchase!
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Rabbit and other stories
7 years ago
Beautiful space. Love the blue aga. I would toy with decorating the chimney breast section in a darker tone or colour - Farrow and Ball do some gorgeous historical tones. Then I would reflect that colour into your picture frames and soft furnishings. This will mean that you retain the bright features, but you get a pop of interest at all levels.

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eilidhmca
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7 years ago
Thanks for all your ideas! They're really helpful :)

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