Help With Color Coordinating a Dining Room

Making a room blend well and give the appearance of a polished interior includes making sure you have colors that all work well together. This is true for every room of your home, including the dining room, where the seat cushions of chairs, area rugs and even curtains should complement one another to give a pleasing effect. To get help with color coordinating a dining room, you just need to keep in mind a few key ideas and work within your budget and style preferences on each aspect of the room. Does this Spark an idea?

Instructions

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Choose a color palette of three to four colors you want in the room. Choose colors that vary in shade from light and medium to dark, such as beige, sage green and navy blue or white, gray and red. Remove items from the room that don't work with this color scheme.

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Paint your walls with one of the colors from your scheme. Using your lightest color will make the room appear open, while using a dark color will close the room for a more formal feel. Create an accent wall, if desired, by painting only one of the walls with another color from your palette. For example, three of the walls could be a vibrant yellow while one is light blue.

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Hang matching curtains along the windows in the room. While the curtains need to show the colors you have chosen, the pattern of the fabric should express how you want the room to feel, whether using lots of formal swirls, paisleys, geometric shapes or floral prints. For a more dramatic effect, use a solid-colored curtain in only one of your chosen colors.

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Find a rug that uses the three to four colors in your color scheme or a solid rug in just one color. The rug should be large enough to hold the table centered over it and the chairs all pulled out. Leave at least a foot between the rug and the walls of the dining room all around.

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Change the fabrics on chair cushions to match your curtains, if possible, or use another solid color from your color scheme. If your dining chairs are hardwood or metal, consider adding a decorative bow, cover or other accent to the chairs with fabric that matches the curtains to bring the room together.

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Pay attention to the wood tones or metal work of the furniture in the room so that it all matches. Often the color of wood or metal on furniture won't fall into your color scheme, so it must blend with itself. This means that a walnut table should feature the same brown-toned wood as the chairs and any other pieces like buffets or china cabinets.

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Add other items to the room that continue the color scheme such as vases, the pots plants are in, table runners and the light fixtures or lamp shades. Focus also on the color and pattern on your plates and bowls to continue the color scheme of the room on top of the table during meals.