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The importance of dining rooms cannot be understated: it is where the dwellers of a home sit together and share a meal. It is where after-work conversations happen, where a loved one will opt to share about their day or how your housemate will tell you all about the activity they enjoyed doing earlier.
Wouldn’t it be a great idea of this area in your home is as eclectic and quirky as you are? Read below for some ideas on how you can have the most creative dining room possible!
Mix and match your dining set.
The dining set is the centerpiece of any dining room, and if you’d like to go for a fun and creative feel, then why not mix and match tables and chairs? The size of the table is important: make sure there is enough space for everyone to eat in.
Then the fun starts with the chairs: you can have a monochrome one, a foamed bench type and even add in a wooden one for a touch of a rustic feel. The best part? All of these can be found in Mandaue foam!
Choose lighting that is minimalist yet functional.
Ditch the chandeliers and big light fixtures — minimalist yet functional is the way to go.
Especially with most people opting to live in condominiums, it would be good to choose lighting that would give your dining room an airy feel. But it’s important to ensure that it will still give ample lighting to the area because of course, no one likes to dine in the dark.
It would also be great if you can have those with adjustable brightness, so you can easily switch between having it turned all the way up for parties and get-togethers and dimly-lit for those romantic dinners you can have at the comfort of your own home.
Yes, you can put in your plants.
“Plant parenting” is a thing nowadays and why not make it a part of your dining room? A touch of natural green is never a bad thing — you just need to make sure that it’s in an ideal part of the room.
Because dining rooms will always involve serving food, it would be perfect to have a semi-tall indoor plant in one corner where it can accentuate your wall display. It will give your dining room a homey feel, and it will brighten up the overall look and aesthetic.
Consider DIY wall display.
You know the running joke that Filipino homes would always have an image of The Last Supper in their dining rooms? While there’s some truth to it, the wall displays of your dining room can easily be something that reflects the daily activities of your household!
You can opt for frames wherein you can choose to put in whatever it is that you want — recipes, cocktails that you want to make on your own, pastries that you want to bake by yourself. These are also conversation starters when you have guests over, and they can easily see for themselves the kind of quirky, fun and creative household they are visiting.
Bring out the kitchen trolley!
A kitchen trolley is one of the most useful things you can have in your dining room. It could have the condiments you use daily or be utilized to serve the wine during dinner parties or even put in extra bowls and saucers you might need during a meal.
Having those things nearby is not only convenient, but it also gives your dining room a very genuine look that tells people hey, this is how we like eating and what we like using. It’s akin to having a mini-pantry a foot away from your dining table, and that could be life-changing for you and the people you dine with.
Go for unconventional yet useful pieces.
Choosing to be quirky has the advantage of being able to choose pieces that are normally not found in the dining room. Why not put in a console and ottoman?
They can be stylish and functional — you can utilize them for more table displays and accentuate your aesthetic further, plus have extra seating when you have guests over. It will give your dining room a somewhat eclectic feel while adding both to the overall look and usefulness of space.
Dining rooms tell a lot about the people that live in that house: you can opt for a relaxed feel where you can share home-cooked comfort food, or it could also have a formal look that is utilized best by having colleagues over to share gourmet food with.
But one thing’s for sure: a dining room that is thoughtfully put together will allow anyone to have an enjoyable meal, whether it’s a fast-food takeout or a five-course dinner that took painstaking effort to cook.
If you’re looking for quirky and creative ways to jazz up your dining room, you can visit the Mandaue Foam website at https://mandauefoam.ph and check out their Instagram (@mandauefoam) and YouTube account (MF Home TV).
