Ideas for desaturating/ toning down dining room furniture
Hi all.
I am moving to a new home soon and cannot decide on a paint color for my dining room.
I have very color heavy dining room furniture that I'd like to tone down. I don't like the furnitre anymore, but cannot afford to replace/ reupholster at the time.
I'll take ideas for wall paint color, window treatments, rug, and any other artwork/ decor that can help make the space feel friendlier and more warm toned...
I have high gloss ebony color wood table with chrome leg caps, same color buffet and curio. The chairs are a navy/ blue velvet with ebony wood legs. Parson style chairs.
The floor is red oak hardwood: see image below.
I am uploading images of:
- My table and chairs (the lighting makes the chairs look very blue, it's more navy)
- The buffet
- The hardwood floors in my new home.
The room dimensions are: 21' x 13'-6"
with large windows facing south: 121" wide by 55" height
Any and all advice will be appreciated.
Thank you.
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Slipcovers are a great idea, that way you wouldn't be constrained by the navy. See below what someone else did with dark blue chairs. There is a lot going on in this room so you don't think about the chairs too much. There is a ceiling treatment, luxurious drapes, wallpaper, artwork, a rug and an interesting chandelier. If your dining room is open to another room this should also influence what you do in this room. They should be the same style and the colors should be complementary if not the same.
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You're not showing what the rest of the room or house decor is, and whether this dining room is in open view of other rooms. But one other dramatic change-up you could try is to be super-friendly and warm is to get a flamboyantly old fashioned table cloth, a lace runner for the buffet and vintage soup tureen, ice bucket, drop crystal buffet candlesticks and chandelier, the works.
This is velvet from Etsy and you could even use something like this with your navy chairs
https://www.chairish.com/product/10636555/1980s-large-majolica-asparagus-soup-tureen-with-ladleHowever, if your soul has moved onto hygge and Skandi, stick with the slipcover experiment.
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I kind of like the blue and I think if you play it up it will work. A piece of art with that blue in it somewhere and a rug with a bit of that blue . IMo the blue is a lot more fun than beige for the chairs.. You will have great light so I think the space can handle the darker tones .I do think it is too early to decide wall color. I would need to see the furniture in the space before even guessing wall color.
Something like this for a rug could be pretty cool. Some nice lamps on the buffet a beautiful vase filled with fresh flowers and IMO an interesting space not boring at all. A fabulous chandeier of course and some nice silk drapes . I think DRs can handle some drama
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