A perfect dining room for the holidays
New England Home Magazine recently asked me “What would your perfect dining room look like for the holidays?” It got me thinking…
My perfect dining room isn’t a room at all. It’s an area on the first floor with a big old overdone mahogany table with probably one or two mismatched chairs for the big occasion. It’s near the food storage and prepare (we don’t call them “kitchens’ in our designs). It’s also near the gathering areas where there are comfortable chairs, sofas, books, family pictures and an entertainment and information center. (We used to call them family rooms, but they’re really places to hang out on the back of the house.)
The dining area has lots of windows overlooking the backyard, vanilla painted wainscoting and a high beamed ceiling. The walls are painted a very pale color, one that no one can really put their finger on. The old dining table is very long for the occasion, the family has brought out the special ‘scenes of ancient Rome’ china, and the Waterford crystal goblets to reinforce suitable behavior from the young ones.
It smells like home cooking, is warmly lit by concealed lights reflecting off the artwork and dark furniture. You know it’s perfect when the glasses are raised and everybody’s smiling.
What would your perfect dining room look like?
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