How to Make your Dining Experience a Worthwhile One


by Sarika Kabra - Date: 2007-07-04 - Word Count: 527 Share This!

The dining room is the place for relaxation after a hectic day in office. So the first requirement is that it should create positive vibes for people who come to the room to enjoy a hearty meal. You can do a number of small things to make a difference. Let us discuss a few of these things one by one to have a better understanding.

The first and foremost aspect you need to consider is the color scheme of your dining place. It is particularly relevant for people having a big dining area with dining tables and accompanying dining room chairs placed nicely.

It is worthwhile to design a color scheme, which is in line with the overall color chosen by you in the adjoining rooms. Soothing colors such as off white or light green add value to the dining experience and are most preferred. If you are having a formal dining room with separate settings and nice furnishings, you have plenty of choices. You can make your place as dashing and shiny as possible or decide to give it a subdued touch. The decision is all yours - there is nothing right or wrong. A bright shade for your room may denote energy, vibrancy, peppiness and the oomph factor. A relatively subdued shade may reflect another dimension of your personality - elegance, refinement, grace and sophistication.

In case of an informal dining room, of course your choices are limited as your place is only an extension of your living area or hall. Thus whatever color you have chosen for your living room, goes for dining room too. Does it mean that your dining place should remain only a footnote to the living room? Certainly not. You can bring so many variations and add so much value to the whole thing, that it would look totally different.

Let us see how.

First of all, you can have a nicely built and carved wooden partition that you can place to demarcate the dining area. It takes little space yet looks refreshingly different and stylish. You can even fold it and place it in the corner. Just have a look at one and you will surely love it.

You can also hang a nice chandelier just above your dining table on the ceiling and the whole atmosphere would be pleasant and romantic. No need to spend money and efforts going to expensive restaurants. Have a nice candle light dinner right there and save the money for better things. (If you are a lady - totally ignore the restaurant bit, and if you are the man of the house- don't let your wife read this!).

You can even place a fine hutch as a part of your dining room furniture. It will store your serving dishes and also save space in the most cramped kitchen. Any way, you can make your
dining room hutch big enough to work as a partition and then have sufficient space for movement.

There are enough number of ways by which you can make a difference to your dining experience. As they say, nothing matters more than a happy and peaceful meal in fine surroundings. It is all in your hands.


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According to the author it is important to maintain your dining room table in immaculate condition. Wooden dining room tables are not as difficult to maintain as thought to be. Choose from the many dining sets available.

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