Matching furniture in dining room
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PROBeverlyFLADeziner
10 years agoFirst, if your room isn't massive in size, (no less than 15'+ in width if your table is 42" wide) I wouldn't consider adding an additional piece of furniture to the room. What is the purpose of the sideboard? To serve or to store?
If you are fortunate enough to have a very large dining room, you can mix and match furnishings 'carefully'.
Here is an English style dining table and chairs with a gessoed & painted chest that complement one another in a room I worked on. English and French styles combined. It would not have been as successful if every thing was in mahogany.
Sally Dean
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Comments (29)I have passed your ideas about the built-ins to DH. I think this WOULD be the most attractive yet efficient use of space . . .and I've always wanted a window seat!!! We'll see what DH says. He is pretty handy, but he's never done anything like that at ALL. Too bad I don't have more $, because I do know a reasonably-priced, perfectionist carpenter! I am glad that you have pointed out that there wouldn't be much space to store things in the corner units, esp. the bookcase. I had wondered about that, but you've confirmed it. Maybe that bookcase was meant more to display things other than books? I like the idea of storing books behind the doors of a cabinet because it would mean I wouldn't have to search for a bookcase, but I am not sure how practical it would be . . .I find older pieces harder to open/close so I wouldn't want the kids to that regularly. Also, if the books are put away, they probably won't use them, since they'd be out of sight/out of mind. The binders in that room will be moved elsewhere, however! Some of you suggested painting that gold mirror . . .maybe I should. I don't know what to do with it! I bought it "custom" because it went with some other frames I had, but I am not in love with it. I'd rather go for something with more curves, etc.-- old! Ah, so many decorating mistakes I've made! Anyway, this thread has been so helpful! I cannot tell you how much it has helped me!!!!...See MoreLiving room/dining room furniture placement help.
Comments (12)I moved some things around and I think I like it better. I know the rug is too small and it shouldn't be "floating" but I don't want a new one until we get the other changes done. I moved the dresser into the dining room and hung (probably too high but couldn't convince 6'3" hubby to lower it and he had a point about being out of reach of the tornado. haha) the sign and pictures that had been on the mantle in the dining room. We also took off the ridiculous trim board they had up because we will be replacing the slider soon. So many things in this house like that silliness. I organized most of the books and moved the bookshelf. And grabbed a few canvases (I know they are small but can't remember where we left my big one) I did the flower, my dad painted the one on the right in Vietnam in '68. We need to fix the coffee table my dad built that's in the garage, I'll put it in front of the sofa, it's a little under 6'long, so it might be technically too big but, again, it's what I have. How'd I do?...See MoreOpen concept living room + dining room - furniture advice needed
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Comments (2)I need to see the space but usually a great room includes a DR so some pictures for sure .I have a DR table that seats 10 , we have a space that is quite open so whan we have a big crowd I move some furniture in my LR and our baby grand down and then add the other table base that we keep outside and put a piece of plywood on top and use white tablecloths to cover bot I have squeezed in 25 . I would need to see your to scale floor plan to really help....See More- PRO
BeverlyFLADeziner
10 years agosallyd1120,
Still missing some numbers here to layout the room for you. You can see below what I have so far, and what I'm guessing at.
What is the length of the table that is 40" deep, the china hutch, the sideboard. Is the window a picture window like I have displayed in the layout? Any other elements in the room that would effect the layout? How big are the chairs? Is there electric in the ceiling centered for a light fixture? All these elements go into determining what will fit in the room. A picture would help
Sally Dean
10 years agoThe window is 2 windows side by side, so what you have is fine. The opening is correct. In the bottom right of your diagram there needs to be an opening to the kitchen. It's 33" wide and it's all the way to the corner (maybe 3" of wall, then opening, then rest of wall).
The table is 40 x 70. It does have a leaf that can make is 88, but that will only be used for holidays when the whole family is in town, so I'm not worried about that.
The chairs are 24" d x 19,75" w. We have 6 of them.
The china hutch is 18" d x 54.5" w (57.63" at top).
The sideboard is 18"d x 52" w.Please ignore the mess in the photo. We are in the middle of going through some things and have temporarily placed stuff on the table. Also there is a table in the right far corner that will most likely be moved and another piece that you can barely see on the right that will also be moved out of that room. We still need to hang the chandelier and buy some curtains. I could really use a suggestion for a curtain color. The walls are Benjamin Moore Hush and Benjamin Moore Lodge. I had thought something gold/orange would be nice and found some called Gold Imperial Striped at World Market (http://www.worldmarket.com/product/gold-imperial-stripe-grommet-curtain.do), but they looked so dull in the room. So, I need something else. I want something to pop! The plan was to put the sideboard on the wall opposite the china hutch and put a nice painting over it with colors that match with the curtains.
Thanks!!!
Here is a link that might be useful: Gold Imperial Striped Curtain
Sally Dean
10 years agoHere's the wall with the china hutch (which also needs to be cleaned out). I feel like we will never be done getting things in order! Ahhhh!!!
BeverlyFLADeziner