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THE IMPORTANCE OF DESIGNING AN ELEGANT DINING ROOM

Your dining room is where your friends and guests gather to celebrate and to connect. An elegant dining room reflects your taste in the most public space inside your home.

A dining room not only welcomes and entertains, it provides an opportunity to romance and impress people you love.

Your dining room is therefore a special place, and should be treated as an ‘event’ in itself.

Reserve your boldest design choices for your dining room. Choose luxury finishes, and beautifully made tableware so you can serve dinner party guests or loved ones in style.

Here we highlight how to make your dining room an elegant space for hosting and dining.

We provide ideas for how you can create atmosphere, add colour or use feature walls, dining room furniture, lighting or even simply paint to turn a simple seating area into a great room for the ultimate dinner parties.

THE ORIGINS OF THE ELEGANT DINING ROOM

The concept of a separate room reserved for dining and entertaining is thought to have originated with the Ancient Greeks. Male members of the elite gathered to lounge on couches of stone or wood, and feast and talk in private.

For most of the Medieval period, all classes of people would eat in a drafty banqueting hall and the idea of a private room for dining would only become more common with the rise of the middle class, and was only really established as a requirement in rich households by the Victorian era.

A separate dining room was therefore for many centuries, a novelty, and always a visible sign of wealth and status.

The Victorians celebrated dining as a social event with luxurious decoration, plush dining chairs and elegant table settings. An elegant dining room was a display of social status.

As Darwin remarked “Show me the way people dine, and I will show you their rank amongst civilised beings.”

The 21st Century has seen a distinct decline in the use of the dining room, except for formal occasions. People are often understandably pressed for time, and short of space, but as we hope to illustrate, now more than ever, it is important to find time to dine together, and just as important to consider the dining room look, and design.

THE DINING TABLE: THE CENTREPIECE OF YOUR DINING ROOM

Whether you want a more formal and elegant dining room, an opulent banqueting hall or a casual dining area used more frequently for family members and friends than for special occasions, the dining table will play an essential part.

The dining table is the key piece of furniture for social entertaining, but it is also a critical platform for simply feeding your family. It must therefore be beautiful, but also well designed and functional.

This is a principle we recommend for your whole interior design philosophy. This is your home not a showroom and every room has to be lived in.

The dining room look is important, but you need to prioritise the key items of furniture as they will be the centrepiece of your room.

A well built table and comfortable chairs are essential to a dining room that fulfils its core function.

EATING AT THE DINING TABLE

A dining table literally brings people together, to eat, share and talk so it is one of the most important items of furniture in your house.

With an elegant dining room, you can create an environment that is conducive to sharing and talking in a relaxed way. A room that will help foster healthier communication and eating patterns.

Sitting down at the dining room table to eat together also makes it more likely that you’ll prioritise good food and company, focusing on what you’re eating, and making better choices at mealtimes.

HOW TO RELAX AND RESET AT THE DINING ROOM TABLE

Remove clutter, and insist on a tech free dining room table to allow yourself a window of time to reset.

Although a sit down meal might not be possible every day, try to use a weekly shared dinner as an opportunity to relax and unwind, providing important balance to a stressed and busy working week.

CHOOSING YOUR TABLE:

Think about the shape, size and layout of your room, when you purchase your dining room table.

Choose natural materials, forms and textures for a table surface that invites you to enjoy a home cooked meal.

DRESSING THE DINING ROOM TABLE

POSH has an exclusive range of tableware to elevate your dining space for every special occasion.

Position our luxury placemats and coasters around a well made flower arrangement in a statement vase, or alongside your choice of candle stands and bowls from the POSH Collection and you are ready to entertain even the most discerning of visitors.

PLACEMATS

Our stunning placemats are carefully curated to work perfectly as a set of the same colour, or with different luxury finishes paired together, making the range ultimately versatile and adaptable to your personal taste.

Choose from square placemats, or our larger serving mat/grand placemat for the centre of your table arrangement.