BENTWOOD BEAUTS
In this rooftop dining space in a Manhattan home designed by Ashe Leandro, inky hues and industrial touches are the backdrop to a group of five vintage Gijs Bakker bentwood chairs around a custom table. The plant and artful vessels on the shelves add just the right touch.
GOLDEN TOUCH
A good as gold dining room idea? A neutral room amped up with Midas-touched velvet seating, like this one, courtesy of designer Martha Mulholland.
PANEL DISCUSSION
To add a sense of history to this Sonoma, California, estate, designer Ken Fulk covered the dining room walls in ornate timber paneling and set a large 19th-century French table in the middle. To keep the look from getting too heavy, the wood features a silvery finish, and the table is topped by feathery fronds.
SPARE AND SERENE
Can’t decide between a banquette and a traditional table? Incorporate both, as Ishka Designs did in this recent Brooklyn project.
PASTEL PERFECTION
We also love this hybrid table-banquette look from New York design firm Husband Wife. The 1940s Venini pendants elevate the everyday.
TABLE’S ALL SET
When in doubt, rely on family treasures to make your supper space sing. Here, all-star Mexican chef Elena Reygadas dressed her table in an antique lace tablecloth that belonged to her grandmother.
BLUE CRUSH
“We were both aware that, inherently, dining rooms are really traditional,” says designer Alec Holland of this recent Hamptons project. “Yet we knew we wanted to make this one fun.”
OFF THE WALL
If you’ve got it, flaunt it! Such was the case for designer Natalia Miyar, who collaborated with Fromental on a wallpaper line. Naturally, it is the joyous backdrop for her dining room. “If I could wallpaper every room, I probably would!” she tells us.
TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT
Dining should be a transportive experience, and we can’t think of a better backdrop for epicurean excursion than this luscious wallpaper from Calico in the Future Perfect’s Los Angeles outpost.
SUNSHINE STATE
If you’re blessed with ample sunshine and airy ceilings, consider painting your walls in a pale lemon hue to accentuate the light, as Brockschmidt & Coleman did in this stunning New Orleans residence.
BREAK OUT OF THE SHELL
Victorian seashell grottos (who knew?) are an aesthetic touchpoint for this perfectly charming vignette in a Chicagoland Tudor reimagined by Elizabeth Mollen. The light blue walls accentuate the cheerful vibes.
MIDCENTURY COOL
Modern lines meet punchy colors in Frances Merrill’s overhaul of a Silicon Valley cottage. Pro tip: Accessorize with bright blooms, vintage salt-and-pepper shakers, and taper candles in an unexpected hue.
THOUGHT BUBBLE
Even if you have a petit dining space (like this breakfast nook by Katch Interiors), it can still be made special via sweeping drapery and a fun light fixture, like this effervescent bubble chandelier from Pelle.
HOLLYWOOD GLAM
If you live in Hollywood like writer and director Mara Brock Akil, your home will doubtlessly have more than its fair share of glamour. In her dining room, a vintage conference room table was repurposed for mealtime and surrounded by light-as-air vintage chairs and topped off with a celestial Murano chandelier. The artwork is by Elon Brasil.
SHELF LIFE
Books might be mental sustenance, but they make for damn great dining room decor too. Here, in the Milan home of textile maven Caterina Fabrizio, a covetable Gabriella Crespi table is surrounded by IKEA chairs.
ROOM WITH A VIEW
Who needs desserts when the views are this delectable? Aside from a minimal dining table and chairs, you need little else to drink in the Mediterranean Sea at this Lebanon compound.
COZY COVE
Everyday’s a picnic in this mealtime niche in a Brooklyn home designed by Office of Tangible Space. Lime-washed walls accentuate the coziness.
NATURAL BEAUTY
Neutral dining rooms are the perfect backdrop for a tempting feast, especially when it’s as effortless as this one designed by Augusta Hoffman. She surrounded the Sun at Six table with a set of six vintage Paul McCobb dining chairs. The floating console acts as a handy serving area during dinner parties.
GUSTAVIAN GLAMOUR
On the menu? Elegance. And we wouldn’t expect anything less from Lauren Buxbaum Gordon, Nate Berkus’s design partner. For this recent New York project, she surrounded an antique Gustavian dining table with a set of French Louis XVI–style dining chairs and topped the look off with a pendant by Rose Uniacke.
HOLIER THAN THOU
Have the luxury of a lengthy dining table? Complement it with an artwork of the same length. We love this spooky-chic Last Supper look in the home of Brazilian architect and designer Juliana Lima Vasconcellos.
PATTERN RECOGNITION
Dior executive Mathilde Favier’s Paris dining room is proof that pattern makes perfect. Here, she sheathed the walls in Indian panels by Simrane and surrounded the dining table in marigold-colored chairs sourced (of course) from the Paris flea market.
GROUND CONTROL
A 1920s light fixture by O.C. White Co. hangs above a George II mahogany table with custom-made chairs in the dining room. The console is from the 19th century, the 1897 seascape is by Paul Kuhstohs, and the portrait was found at a Paris flea market.
SETTING A SCENE
In a home designed by Ken Fulk, the gateleg table and English chairs are from the 19th century, the billiard light fixture is antique, and the mural of Provincetown Harbor was painted by Rafael Arana.
CURVE APPEAL
An antique opaline-glass pendant light hangs above the marble dining table, which is surrounded by vintage chairs. The 19th-century gilt sunburst mirror is French, the Oushak rug is antique, the walls and ceiling are Venetian plaster, and the custom-made kitchen cabinets are cypress.
REFLECTION TIME
A set of chairs by Carlo di Carli surrounds a dining table by Gio Ponti, and a painting by Jonathan Saiz hangs above a 1950s rosewood console by Ico Parisi. The lamp is by Les Dalo, and the walls are painted in a pale gray by Guittet.