| Your whole family can still gather around the table | | | | space. |
| even if you have a small dining room. It's just a | | | | Another challenge of small dining rooms is creating |
| matter of picking a design style that really works | | | | a sense of flow. These rooms can be off of your |
| with your space and really maximizing your | | | | kitchen and may only be a breakfast nook. It's |
| furniture usage. Here are space ideas for a small | | | | important to incorporate the items in colors in |
| dining room. | | | | both spaces to create a sense of flow. This will |
| Small dining rooms can still have a lot of style and | | | | feel more like a great room so that you are both |
| decor in them. You might want to skip the | | | | of your spaces seems bigger than they actually |
| traditional artwork and floral arrangements. | | | | are. |
| Instead, decorate with items that you will actually | | | | Learn how to work with oddly shaped spaces. |
| be using such as dishes and plates. You can still | | | | This is very common in contemporary and |
| have a chandelier in your room; it can even be | | | | modern homes. Your dining room might not be |
| the focal point. However, you want to make sure | | | | much more than an alcove. You want to find a |
| that it is in the proper scale so that it doesn't | | | | table shape that compliments your space. Some |
| dominate your space and make the room feel | | | | contemporary tables will have chairs that push all |
| even smaller. You can even find many chandeliers | | | | the way under it so that they almost look like |
| that will cost a lot less money and are only slightly | | | | part of the table. This way you won't have a lot |
| larger than a pendant light. This will provide mood | | | | of furniture jutting out into your space and it will |
| lighting without taking up too much of your space. | | | | almost look like a sculptural element. You can also |
| Go with lighter color furniture. Dark furniture can | | | | incorporate new furniture in your room. You could |
| often seem quite heavy. This is common in | | | | have custom-made shelves to use instead of a |
| traditional dining rooms because of the formal | | | | bar or a buffet. You really want to minimize the |
| feeling to it. Instead, you could paint your old | | | | look of the furniture to make your space seem |
| dining room table a bright white. A white dining | | | | bigger and function better. Your room will feel |
| room table can feel country, shabby chic, cottage, | | | | small if people are constantly having to squish |
| or modern. It depends on how you style your | | | | past chairs. Remove any furniture in the room |
| room and what accent colors you bring into the | | | | that you don't absolutely need. |