Hi Nicola you have a lovely room. you can give it a really luxury look by stretching curtains from wall to wal and grazing the floor. ikeas kvartal track system is great for that. i have same lay out and small window like you,so i used a double track and used identical designlcurtains in complimenting shades (latte and cream). my cream part stretches from one wall to next and the latte frames the edges. each latte side is a third of the width. so i can have many beutiful options. either have cream fully closed, latte framing on each side, or have latte gathered with tie back for this type of look, but because the cream hangs right under the latte you cannot see the wall and looks very finished. this looks particularly good in the evening, the window is dressed and pretty but noone can see thru. when the cream is open its also very nice, you see nice contrast betweenthe two. i also want to hang net curtains full width and length as cream and add one more rack (its very easy to add, but you can buy triple one too), just not done that yet. my curtains are 270 cm long. i also bought ikea hanging hooks and created beautiful even pleats it my originally pencil pleat curtains. looks like i paid a fortune to get them made. the hooks only cost £3 a pack. i dont have a pic to post but the curtain is a lined voile, its very airy and light. bought on amazon, its called rimini by curtina. but im sure you can do same with ikea curtains by pairing two shades. they have some lovely light grays and whites in few diff options!lightweight curtains dont stop the heat fromentering the room and the track is very easy to fit. it also has an option of rounded end rail for a real luxe look! worth looking into and ill try post a pic. rebecca

Hi Chris. I went for a very similar dark grey in my dining room too and opted for pale ivory damask curtains. Only reason I went for ivory is that the white gloss on the architraves and dado rail has yellowed over the years so they matched quite well...and they were a sales bargain:) To be fair I only did a quick tart up hence not refreshing the woodwork. Your dining room gets a lot more light than mine and there’s a lot of green reflected from the plants outside so considering your furniture I might opt for a very pale washed linen for a natural soft look or if you want to be brave with colour I think a dupion silk or velvet can look very opulent. I think there are lots of colours that could work well. I like the jewel colours like teal or emerald green, fuschia pink or burnt orange, perhaps yellow even. I opted for a natural green as an accent colour in our dining room, seemed to work well with the charcoal grey and ivory. Here’s some more inspo pics:

I prefer the yellow chair. The only thing I would be wary of if you need 2 chairs Is that it often works better if there’s a proportional split of colour. There‘s a design rule which states 60% primary colour , 30 % secondary and 10% accent. There are variations to that but my point is I’m not sure 2 chairs would work as well with the sofa. Is there a chair that matches your sofa or perhaps show more of the room?

Tamp75 glad to hear you feel it works in your room. I'd be really interested to see a picture if you didn't mind sharing? Thanks for the colour suggestion Daisy. It's a nice colour but I'm quite keen to go dark if i can because the other rooms are all light and feel quite airy which is lovely but I'm really hoping to go a bit more dramatic in this one. Out of interest was your suggestion because you felt a dark colour wouldn't work or because it's quite a popular/trending colour at the moment?