A designed dining area creates a feeling of a well-kept home, and invites a gathering of family or friends.
Proper planning of such a corner combines a table and chairs as a base, and to complete the look and give it your personal character and taste, it is recommended to combine matching dishes and serving utensils, ornaments and accessories that enhance the hospitality rituals like tablecloths, napkin holders and decorated placemats.
But just before engaging in decoration, it is important to properly plan the dining area to suit the needs.
An entire corner is one that combines the design of our dog, meeting the needs and all of these will be at affordable, sane and grounded prices.
Here's all you need to know, and ask yourself in advance.
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Tables and chairs
The dining table and chairs form the basis for the dining area.
There are wooden, metal tables, upholstered chairs or clean-looking plastic chairs.
There are elliptical, round or rectangular tables.
Do not choose a table and chairs without stopping and ask yourself a few questions:
How many people do you have every day?
The dining area should accommodate the occupants of the house on a regular basis, without having to expand the table.
What is the age range of the occupants of the house?
In the case of small children, it is important that the dining table be made of a washable material, which can be easily cleaned, and even one that allows the use of active ingredients.
When it comes to chairs, there is no reason to choose upholstered when there are small children around.
The upholstered chair will very quickly turn into a tattered (and stained) chair.
Prefer plastic chairs or durable materials, which allow for quick and easy cleaning.
A table opens?
The folding tables are a lifesaver for those who host a lot, or for those who are known to volunteer for family holidays.
This is a more expensive table and is not always required, although in some cases it makes life very simple.
If you are a young family, for example, there is no reason to buy such a table, and if you have a large and wide space, you can combine it with long tables such as knights' tables, which allow hosting a large number of guests, without messing with opening and expanding the table.
The drop-down table is the right solution even when it comes to space constraints.
If you do not have a large area, and a large dining table can create a transition problem, you may want to consider a drop-down table.
Square or round?
The round tables have become a pretty hot trend in the last two years.
They have a great deal of family intimacy, they soften the look and contribute to a sense of home.
There is something pleasant about the concept level of sitting in a circle.
Why at the concept level?
Because when you think about it, even around a square table you can produce the same pleasant feeling.
The square or round is mostly a matter of personal taste.
Working from home?
The hybrid tables will be used by you for several functions.
There are those that function on a daily basis as a narrow entrance dresser, which with a slight pull becomes a spacious table that can be used to accommodate a large number of people or, alternatively, to be an office desk on days when you work from home.
Beige chair, NIS 299, URBAN, Photo: PR
Dining table with straight and clean lines, NIS 1,250, URBAN, Photo: PR
Round dining area with 4 upholstered chairs, NIS 2,990, Designers House, Photo: Eran Turgeman
Serving dishes
Neat serving utensils will bring an important design touch to the dining area.
True, it's possible to serve dessert on a plate you'll find in a cupboard, but how about serving it on a two-tiered serving stand, and even thinking for a moment, that you're somewhere in the British Royal Palace?
Even when it comes to a cake, a lot more style will be poured around you if you serve it on a decorated stand.
Serve the salt and pepper as in a restaurant, in two shaped dishes, which allow you to take a pinch between the two fingers and spread.
Serve the cheeses on cutting boards.
There are some today that are meant for serving cheeses or sausages.
They look like regular wooden planks, but their finish is a type of coating that allows for easy cleaning and also prevents dirt from entering the grooves.
Cake stand, NIS 53.94 (instead of NIS 89.90), CASTRO HOME, Photo: Udi Dagan
Two-story serving stand, floor, NIS 304, Golf & Co., Photo: Eran Salem
Serving utensils for pepper and salt, NIS 99.90, HM HOME, Photo: Hans and Mauritz
Dinnerware
When it comes to cutlery, you can purchase one good service once, which will stay with you for several years.
If you chose it, try to make an order, get rid of all the tails of the services you have, and use only one quality one.
If you are not going to buy or have one, all you will need is a choice of some items that have a more interesting look.
For example, if you have the most basic white plates available, you can purchase glasses decorated in a retro style or glass cups in an interesting shade.
Such an addition will bounce off your white service and place it in a designed and graceful light.
The look of the concrete gives the tool system an urban look full of style, NIS 24.90-69.90, Golf & Co., Photo: Eran Salem
For lovers of the clean look, NIS 32.90-99.90, Golf & Co., Photo: Eran Salem
Maps and placemats
The tablecloth retains the table, which is a good enough reason to use it.
Plus, no matter what map it is, it will flip your table look a few floors up.
It is recommended to be equipped with two maps: a classic brick for Fridays and holidays, and another with an interesting pattern or color combination, which can be used for slightly more everyday events.
One of the upgrading elements is the placemats.
They come in all shapes, sizes, colors and materials today.
Like the tablecloth, they function as protectors on the table, but they have great decorative significance.
You should match them to the style of the dining area, the colors of the tablecloth or the colors of other decorative items that you have chosen to combine in the environment.
It is very worthwhile to purchase a set of hugs and cloth napkins once.
This exclusive addition will be pulled out at especially festive events.
You will not believe how many compliments you will receive.
Woven mirror in black and white, NIS 14.90 per unit, the stock chain,
Braided center surrounded by a textile shell, NIS 14.90 per unit, the stock chain,
Pack of 6 napkin holders, NIS 79.90, Golf & Co., Photo: Eran Salem
A combination of shooting and fringes for a more interesting look, NIS 25 per unit, Dar Marrakech, Photo: Ron Shelef
Lighting Fixtures
The light fixture above the dining area will shed a focused beam of light on the table, and most importantly will form a kind of highlight.
Which body to choose?
It really depends on you and your personal taste.
You could say there are endless options, and so does the range of prices.
The lighting departments in the "do-it-yourself" chains offer quite a few designed lighting fixtures that are suitable for the dining area.
There are also more invested of designers, and often will also be more expensive.
It should be remembered that the lighting fixture is on a jewelry standard, and can determine the look of any dining area.
If you want to invest in one item a little more, it seems that investing in a specially designed lighting fixture will do the job.
A decorative light fixture produces a focused beam of light over the dining area.
Design: Shani Moore, Photography: Shai Gil
And vases
And this is an item that will serve you 24/7.
When guests arrive you can place it in the center of the table with a fresh bouquet, and on a daily basis it can stand with a different bouquet or no flowers at all.
Its very presence in the center of the table will create a well-designed and well-groomed look, one that will emphasize the table on which it stands.
A combination of vases in the center of the dining table reinforces the aesthetic line that rises from the corner.
Design: Shani Moore, Photography: Shai Gil
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