Live Oak Idea House: Dining Room
Adjacent to the study, this dining room is lined with tall bookshelves and can serve as extended office space. French doors give the dining room and study a separate entrance. Designer Mary Solomon chose a palette of red, black, and gold that makes these areas visually appealing. For a focal point, the built-ins are painted a rich red. 
The Color Red
This room is meant for entertaining, so we selected a dynamic red to draw people in. The round table encourages conversation. 
Newberry Park Idea House: Dining Room
Featuring the same brick paver flooring as the front hall, this dining room shimmers with gold-and-green wallpaper. As a complement, the ceiling is hand-painted with an iridescent faux finish glaze. Marking the room's center, a circular trim creates an eye-catching detail from which a wrought iron chandelier is suspended. A circular, scalloped-edge glass tabletop rests on a stone-and-iron base. Slipper chairs upholstered in alternating patterned chenille fabric surround this magnificent table. Draperies made from moss green silk are edged with a bullion fringe. 
Mirror Images
Glass surfaces and hurricane lanterns reflect light and add airiness to a room. 
A collection of palm plates emphasize a tropical theme.
Kitchen with a View
This kitchen table offers views of Good Harbor Bay and Manitou Passage on Lake Michigan. 
Honey Glow
This house exudes a honey-hued glow at dusk. (从deck看进去有点像商店橱窗）
Solid Structure
Strong architectural elements such as columns, moldings and even a door in the hallway adjacent to this dining room, serve as a backdrop for the drama of entertaining. 
Skirting the Issue
A skirted table and opulent silk curtains set off important antiques in Eric Prokesh's Dallas dining room. 
Soothing and Serene
African and Asian influences are prominent in this rectangular dining room, where large, uncomplicated, polished furnishings are ideally positioned and surrounded by a mix of earthy materials. The room's calming atmosphere results from the use of repetitive elements, such as a series of anchoring stacked-stone columns, defining high-back dining chairs, a side wall of windows, and crisscross wood beams across an off-white ceiling. (啥都不放,有点象会议室哈)
This home, meant to reflect the meditative silence of both dawn and dusk, is simply mesmerizing. Gradual hues on walls, columns, and draperies reflect the natural spectrum of subtle color seen with the rising and setting of the sun.
Natural Colors: Out of the Marshes
The lush marshes of Georgia's coast were a natural inspiration for this Sea Island home. For the dining room, the homeowner, along with interior designer Lori Cook, selected a pale green wall color with a golden undertone to complement the adjoining straw-colored foyer and living room; this creates a calming effect. This room is a good example of how to use one color throughout. What keeps it from feeling repetitive is that the shade varies in intensity. The pale green walls create a great backdrop for the stronger colors in the fabrics and accessories. 
A toile print with prominent palm trees on the host chairs and window treatment adds pattern without overwhelming the color scheme.
Cream and Green
Central to this dining room is an antique Indian table. Its cream-colored marble top blends with the soft greens above. 
Mediterranean Dining Room
Terrazzoed carrara marble floors lend a Mediterranean feel to this dining room. 
A Brand New Hue
In this dining room, a color the designer calls St. Bart's aqua provides a dramatic backdrop for a merisier table and 1940s French chairs. 
A William Webber painting of water lilies creates extra dimension in the dining room.
Shutters Provide Solutions
Instead of dividing spaces with conventional walls, this couple wanted their home's public spaces (living room, dining room, and home office) to have the flexibility of being opened or separated as needed. They accomplished this goal by installing a pair of louvered doors, which pivot by means of upper and lower pin attachments. 
This window offers visual access into a bedroom. Operable shutters enable the opening to be concealed for overnight guests.
Pure Heaven in the Highlands
French chairs, re-covered in velvet, are pulled up to an antique table in this dining room. French doors are framed in chocolate brown linen. 
Casually Elegant Dining
With a neutral foundation of creamy walls and a sea grass rug, mustard yellow-and-red toile draperies offer a punch of color in this dining room. But it's the creative iron rods that add spice to the windows. Working with a local ironsmith, this homeowner designed the finials to resemble bunches of wheat. A symbol of prosperity, wheat is often found in Country French design. Simple panels take on a fresh look with a band of coordinating red checked fabric running the length of the draperies. 
A distressed, painted console table provides a whimsical feel when paired with the French-style furniture. Sitting pretty by the painted piece, an armchair is adorned with a leopard-print pillow. Lamps are also a key element in this room. They offer a rich glow when used in combination with the chandelier.
Inspired by Color
This grape-colored dining room is set off by columns to distinguish the space. Two arched, glass-paneled doors lead to the kitchen and family room with a built-in china closet in between. 
Mixed Crowd
In this dining room, antiques and new pieces mingle as if they have known each other for years. 
Open Space
Open-back chairs help preserve the room's feeling of spaciousness. 
Marrakech Expressed
A chandelier made from old airplane engine parts hangs in this dining room. In the background, a wall mural depicts ancient desert scenery. 
