A closer look into designing a dining room that once was just a style-less room to creating a dining room filled with style to the max!
This dining room is truly a visual treat. Honestly, it was quite the designer treat! This entire home is filled with so many different colors, patterns, textures and exciting elements that I could truly just go on and on about it for hours.
LGDesign was brought on to this project to re-imagine many things from the actual house floor plan, selecting all the finishes to re-design the bathrooms, kitchen and every other square inch in the house, to finally designing all the soft furnishings, drapery, wallpaper and beautiful details that give a home personality and extra love.
In case you missed it before (or if you just want to watch it again!) Here is a video tour of the property.
DINING ROOM:: BEFORE
The existing dining room was nothing really to write home about. It was dark and lackluster. You all know I am a fan of a dark wall color, however, in this space and the lifestyle we wanted to create for our client, it just wasn’t jiving. So pretty much everything, except the wainscoting had to go.
We removed the door leading into the kitchen and family room making it just a pass through, we also widened both doorways to fit the scale of the rather large dining room. The single 36” doorways felt small and not appropriate, by doing this we also gained more lighting in the space! The only natural light source before the renovation were the glass french doors leading out to the back patio. By opening up the doorways more, this allowed more natural light to trickle in from other areas of the home.
After we figured out all the construction details of the house, we got to work with the materials, that would eventually make it feel like a home…
PALETTE FOR THE DESIGN OF THE FUTURE DINING ROOM::
Lisa Gilmore Design | palette for the future dining room
I knew I wanted to deck this room out with as much color and pattern as possible. It’s rare that clients still want an actual formal dining room, so when they do, I am going in, full design speed!
I was instantly inspired by the classic chinoiserie pattern selected for the drapery. The pattern is a classic, however updated and made more modern with the color selections used. Could you imagine if this fabric were in pale blues, tans and greens? It would create a completely different feeling!
One of my favorite classic elements that never go out of style is grasscloth. Adding the texture in the beautiful blush tone to the walls would give a great warmth to the space without being over powering. Finally, I decided to take it up a notch and add the green painterly dots to the ceiling, it almost has a leopard print look to it, without being actual leopard print. When our client agreed to this idea, I was over the moon with excitement!
THE VISION::
Lisa Gilmore Design | Hand illustration of the future dining room
I feel so fortunate to have the natural ability to be able to sketch out what I see in my mind so clearly. These days, it’s very popular to do very scaled exact computer renderings - for me though, it’s a bit too precise and they often come off a little cold. I prefer to do these illustrations that help the client visualize and build their dream.
Don’t worry though, we do scaled floor plans and elevations so our client is sure that all the proposed items will fit!
THE REVEAL::
Lisa Gilmore Design | Native House Photography | Colorful traditional dining room
Every inch of this space is dripping with thought and style, it is so traditional, however, lively and has a youthful glow with our choice of colors and materials.
The vintage Italian Murano glass chandelier lets off such a beautiful soft blush glow in the space, I love how the hand blown glass reminds you of soft flower petals.
Lisa Gilmore Design | Native House Photography
Some of the pretty details to give the space extra style, especially the set of antique plates found at a local shop, they have every color we could hope for!
Quirky whimsical art adds a special layer of fun to the space.
Lisa Gilmore Design | Native House Photography
One of my favorite details about this room is how we transformed these dated less than exciting dining room chairs from our clients previous home - giving them new life with jewel tone velvet (that is actually a performance fabric!) and a fresh coat of lacquer.
Lisa Gilmore Design | Native House Photography
You can see why this space would make a designer’s heart flutter! So many beautiful details curated to create one exciting space. What are some of your favorite elements of the design?