CONTEMPORARY DINING ROOM \/\/ THE BLUES AREN\u2019T ALWAYS SAD!<\/p>\n
It\u2019s so true what they say, \u201cWhen one door closes, another one opens,\u201d and was exactly the case when one of my previous client\u2019s sisters called me to help design her dining room.\u00a0 She path paved by another designer, but was looking for a true design soul-sister,\u00a0to really amp it up and tie it all together.\u00a0 She wanted someone to be honest with her and her style, to give her what she was looking for even if she hasn\u2019t said it.\u00a0 Someone who can speak to her without all the design-jargon confusing matters and help her find what she really needed.\u00a0 This is typical of the design process and a talent that not every designer has. \u00a0[Disclaimer to all potential clients: sometimes designers don\u2019t listen<\/em> to what you\u2019re thinking<\/em>.\u00a0 But the good ones do, and they should\u2026 it\u2019s our job!\u00a0 The key to a good designer-client relationship is transparency.\u00a0 That\u2019s it, plain and simple.\u00a0 You tell me what you need and how much you want to spend, and I\u2019ll give you what you\u2019re looking for \u2026 Ah hem \u2026 I digress.]\n Like I said, the emphasis was the dining room and the objective was to find a table large enough to seat 10 people for the infrequent holidays and frequent social gatherings of the years to come.\u00a0 She wasn\u2019t interested in a china cabinet, buffet, server, or any other piece of furniture; meaning my work was cut out for me shaped in the finishing touches and little details that would create a big impact. \u00a0The public spaces of the main level are all visible from the front door and are open to one another, completely unobstructed.\u00a0 As beautiful as they are, open concept floor plans create their own challenges when trying to devise a delineation between \u201crooms.\u201d\u00a0 The concept I conceived included two big items:<\/p>\n \/\/ A table that without any leaves sat at a proper 84\u201d wide and was able to comfortably seat 6. \u00a0But add the leaves and we\u2019re looking at a beautiful beast that\u2019s 124\u201d long and capable of seating 10 and without engaging in an elbow fight with your neighbors.<\/p>\n \/\/ \u00a0A textural wall to distinguish the dining room as its own space.\u00a0 An area rug was out of the question (the client said a hard-\u201cno\u201d to any rug under her new table), but adding a large-scale focal point -like a rough but smooth, masculine but sparkly, dark \u00a0but reflective wallcovering- accomplishes the same.<\/p>\n\n\t\t