Please Help - Designing Dinning Room Decors and Furniture...
Hi All - please help me to decide the dinning table, chairs and rug for my dinning room.. We recently moved to our first house and are decorating the space....We have a 10x11 rectangular dinning space for which we are thinking to buy round 48'' dinning table with chairs and rug to define the space..
We are struggling to build the space and hence need experts advice...Below are some dinning tables and chairs we picked.. please help to find any other as well.. we are looking to give modern look to the space..
We are fully open for any other options as well...but round table with 4 nice chairs is what we are looking.. the budget over all is 700$ for both table and chairs...
Suggestions on rug and wall art are also appreciated.... If it is of any help we have got a grey couch and multicolor rug as in picture below.
Comments (33)
alexamorrie
8 years agoI like the idea of a round table and all the ones you choose are attractive........but I don't think they will be comfortable to use. You have to consider the knee room under that table and most of those bases look like people sitting at the table will be knocking their knees into the base.
I'm going to put links to types of tables that may be more comfortable to sit - for example this round table with 4 legs Tables like this also have the advantage of being able to extend them when you have guests. And this round pedestal table which helps make a room look and less cluttered because of the single pedestal - however they can have one problem if not well made - if you lean on one side or put something very heavy, they can tip. But they also have the advantage you can squeeze another chair around the table since there is no leg to get in the way.I don't know if this fits in your budget, but I like this one. What I like is not only the interesting architectural base but also you can buy the glass top in frosted glass so you get the lightness, but at the same time no one can see through the table top to their knees. I have their Portica table in my kitchen for 17 years with frosted glass and it still looks brand new - it was a great investment. If you go this route and put your money into the table, you can skimp with chairs, or make due with what you have because the table is so neutral almost anything will work with it.
I love your chair choices - but I feel the Birch Sapling Plastic Accent chairs look to me as if they belong outside on a patio or deck.
Malika Gupta
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Comments (30)Can your desk go to the left of the fridge where dining table is now? If it’s just you and your son maybe replace current DR table with a smaller and standard height (29”) and round dining room table? If you replaced your current table with a smaller round one, say 30-32” diameter, it could “float” in the space behind the desk (if desk is against wall, left of fridge). Though somewhat unconventional many kitchens do have a built in desk, (this would mimic that) and with small apartments creativity is essential to use space efficiently. If this worked you’d have more breathing room around sofa and could keep fish tank in LR. If replacing DR chairs as small scale as you can that’s still comfortable for adult you....See Morealexamorrie
8 years ago
PROBeverlyFLADeziner
8 years agoHere are options from Pier 1 & Overstock. I really like the wood cross base from Pier 1
Malika Gupta thanked BeverlyFLADezinerMalika Gupta
8 years agonosoccermom
8 years agoI second looking at IKEA's table and chairs. The table is nice because you can expand it and therefore seat more people if necessary.
A classic is also the IKEA Docksta
jakabedy
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoWe were in a similar predicament, with a small dining area that called for a round table. We also didn't want to break the bank with the purchase. I remember considering all the choices you posted. In the end we decided against the glam and the industrial. We went with the round MCM dining table from West Elm $599, but we got it on sale for probably 15% off of that price. I also looked at what must have been hundreds of chairs. We wound up with the Reidar chair from IKEA, which is technically an outdoor chair. Stylish, sturdy, light (aluminum), and only $49 each. So, we were all in for right at your $700 budget.
Malika Gupta
8 years agoMalika Gupta
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agonosoccermom
8 years agoCraigslist? You mentioned the zip code for Hoboken, NJ
https://newyork.craigslist.org/jsy/fuo/5033884717.html
180.00 with the chairs. New chairs and you're set! Or paint them and put new fabric on them.
Or this, also available from IKEAhttp://newjersey.craigslist.org/fuo/5023339226.html
80.00 with four chairs
http://newjersey.craigslist.org/fuo/4980176349.html
150 incl. chairs
Malika Gupta
8 years agoMalika Gupta
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoalexamorrie - thanks for your inputs.. i did some more search on the table lines u put on above post and below is something similar in my price range from CB2 for 299$. Can you confirm how does it look?
silverado round dining table · More Info
Yayagal
8 years agoYayagal
8 years agoMalika Gupta
8 years agoOkay so here is a new idea of what we roughly found yesterday... Please let us know if the chair and table combination look good? and which colors we can mix match?
Yayagal, alexamorrie , nosoccermom , jakabedy, jlc712 - Thoughts?
Pic 1 -
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nosoccermom
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoHM, I don't know. I like the chairs a lot and also the tables, but somehow I don't see the chairs with a glass table. I've been unable to find any pictures of that combination online.
I like them with a wood table or even a tulip table.
For comparison with another table with metal legs, it just seems too leggy and see through, IMO.
And even more see through with a glass table.
Maybe with wooden legs for the chairs
Malika Gupta
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoHi nosoccermom - thanks for the inputs i will check out the wooden leg options as well. but something like below were we have glass table with metal legs, metal legs in chair with area rug to anchor the space. I think above don't look good because of missing rug..
jlc712
8 years agoUser
8 years agoI like a pedestal type table also with most of the chairs you posted, also because of the overly leggy appearance---- which a rug will not diminish. It is a proportional problem as well.
I like the chrome base cb table you pictured above but not with those chairs. The orange ones are too neon. What about that table with the previous orange chairs? This table (not the chairs)
With these chairs
Also I think the solid white tulip,table would look best with these orange chairs as well,User
8 years agoGreat pillows from etsy for a gray/white/turquoise/orange color scheme:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/190466976/mix-match-any-size-pattern-outdoor?ref=market
User
8 years agoAlso from Home Dec Collection, this one is an indoor outdoor rug with very good reviews. I kind of like the global look of this one, especially with the light:
User
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoI think this is my favorite but don't know if it is still available from Home Dec, you might be able to find something similar:
Okay, really stopping now:-)Malika Gupta
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoUser
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoRug with circles is from home decorators (not sure it is still available now but perhaps on overstock or ebay).
Curtains: googled (image search): white curtains orange stripe. I think those are white and someone painted the stripes, but there are plenty of horizontal stripe curtains out there. Will use your rug and floor and post picture back here.
Rug looks a little washed out in this context, I'm afraid:
another look:
This one relates the floor color to the others:
nosoccermom
8 years agoI think with the zigzag rug, you need to go more with a mustard or darker blue. Is there purple in the rug? Have you seen it in real life?
User
8 years agoI think the only jarring note in the picture above is the too light rug. I used a seagrass rug under the dining table. See how the room changes when the light colored rug is replaced by seagrass and a couple of gray / yellow / orangish pillows are put in the sofa:
Malika Gupta
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agokswl2 - u have been very helpful.. we just realized we should go for a solid or imprinted rug for living room so that the accent could be printed or patterns.
Could you please confirm hows does below combination look for dinning? We are thinking of adding two colors in chairs.. Also the lights in our house are all day lights..rug and wall art we will decide once other decors are finalized.. Please forgive me on the terrible photo...
All available color in chairs and table are below - http://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/48793283
Lights - http://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/49523808/thumbs/pendants
Malika Gupta
8 years agokswl2 - now putting the living dinning room together.. below is what i have for living room .. Could you suggest some rug and accesories?
Sectional Sofas and Rugs · More Info
Media wall idea if to put 60inch wall mount tv with wallpaper and faux fire place.
Moda Flame Houston 50" Electric Wall Mounted Fireplace Black · More Info
Printable wallpaper - may be metallic grey color or something to compliment the grey walls. we are still looking to build this area..
Large Squares Wallpaper · More Info
Our kitchen is recently rebuilt and below is the pic... any comments?
User
8 years agolast modified: 8 years ago
jlc712