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A place at the table.

Some dining rooms come alive in daylight; others find their purpose after sunset. Explore different approaches to gathering around a table, from quiet period elegance to confident colour and contemporary shape. Each study explains the decisions behind the atmosphere, with selected pieces to explore in the Shop.

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16 room studies

Aubergine dining room at dusk with a black fluted round table, four cream chairs, brass pendant, timber sideboard and pink-and-orange Color Theory artwork.ROOM 11 · Dining Room

The jewel-box dining room

This is a dining room for the hours when the windows turn dark. Light falls on four cream chairs and the round table, leaving aubergine around the edges. Graphic pink and orange above the sideboard keep the candlelit room from taking itself too seriously.

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Classic period dining room with a rectangular walnut-toned Anbu table, six timber-backed Nidhi chairs, a six-shade brass chandelier and a narrow fluted-glass cabinet beside a sash window.ROOM 24 · Dining Room

Six places, most evenings

A table for six needn't wait for a dinner party. Striped seats and familiar timber shapes make this period dining room comfortable with an ordinary meal, while the chandelier gives the table enough light to stay at afterwards.

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Terracotta dining room in an older European home, with blue casement shutters, a round Tribesigns table, four cream Goeurvant armchairs, woven pendant and colourful bird-patterned plates.ROOM 25 · Dining Room

Blue shutters, terracotta walls

The flowers are low enough to see the person opposite. That modest decision matters in a dining room with so much else going on: terracotta walls, blue shutters and patterned plates. A round table keeps the four seats in one conversation.

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Modern glazed dining space with an oval walnut-effect storage-pedestal table, four camel MALOL chairs, a fluted glass pendant, reeded timber sideboard and pale stone floor.ROOM 26 · Dining Room

Dinner beside the garden

A table beside broad glazing will collect breakfast dishes and paperwork as readily as dinner guests. This oval one leaves a route around its ends, with four open-framed chairs keeping the garden visible. The pale floor continues through the dining area without a rug edge.

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Plum city dining room at dusk with a brown and black Tribesigns table, four tobacco WOLTU chairs, a hammered brass pendant, glass-fronted mango-wood sideboard and arched mirror.ROOM 27 · Dining Room

Plum after sunset

The city is still visible beyond the steel window, but supper has become the more interesting prospect. Plum walls gather four tobacco-coloured chairs around a straight table. The light stays close to the food and faces, with bare floor left around the group.

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Period-inspired minimalist dining room with a brown trestle table, four slim black leather chairs, a brass pendant, white place settings and a grey glass-fronted sideboard.ROOM 44 · Dining Room

The dining room that keeps its ceremony

Four people can have a proper dinner without a table for eight. A compact top and shallow serving cabinet leave space for pulled-out chairs in this period apartment.

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Saffron walls surround an oxblood dining table and rounded chairs, with black window frames cutting a strong line through the yellow. One exuberant floral artwork completes the view.ROOM 49 · Dining Room

The saffron dining room

From the table, a flower-filled head looks back across the room. Saffron walls and oxblood chairs are bold company for it, but the tall windows keep the arrangement orderly.

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Cherry-red breakfast room with a square oak table, two black velvet chairs with silver legs, a red woven pendant and Minimalist Apple artwork above a timber cabinet.ROOM 59 · Dining Room

The cherry-red breakfast room

The table can be almost bare and this breakfast room still has plenty to look at. Cherry walls, a red pendant and one apple print let two places and a morning cup be enough.

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Quiet timber dining room with a dark walnut scalloped-pedestal table, four cane-backed chairs, pale oak sideboard, circular ceiling light and large black line artwork.ROOM 70 · Dining Room

Dinner beside the courtyard

A small table can still be a substantial piece of furniture. Here its shaped walnut supports are the main event, with open-backed chairs leaving space around the meal.

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An olive Georgian dining room with an oxblood ceiling, grey-washed table, six dark timber chairs and a fluted sideboard beneath a green abstract.ROOM 80 · Dining Room

A dining room that earns its weekdays

The trouble with a formal dining room is how easily it becomes either unused or full of paperwork. This one makes space for both ordinary days and dinner, with a clear table, close storage and an oxblood ceiling worth looking up at.

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A bright aubergine dining salon with blush doors, four grey velvet chairs around a round carved-wood table, a tiered glass chandelier and the yellow Wheat artwork above a shallow sideboard.ROOM 88 · Dining Room

Purple makes room for company

A small dining room should be easy to join. Aubergine walls, a carved round table and four grey velvet chairs make this salon feel ready for company, with a clear route in and a yellow artwork worth talking about.

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A tobacco-brown dining room with a smoked-glass table, four cane-backed black leather chairs, rose patterned curtains, a small wood-and-metal pendant and pale abstract artwork.ROOM 95 · Dining Room

A dining room dressed in tobacco

Tobacco walls let the furniture stay spare. Smoked glass and cane leave the narrow room visible through the table group, while one rose-patterned curtain supplies most of the pattern.

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Periwinkle Georgian dining room after dark with walnut table, black wishbone chairs, glass pendant lights and candles.ROOM 112 · Dining Room

The periwinkle dining room after dark

Dinner changes the light in this periwinkle room. Glass pendants bring it down towards the walnut table, with candlelight below and the blue-hour windows beyond.

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Citron dining room in a 1960s house with natural timber table, grey cantilever chairs and a green-jug still-life print.ROOM 113 · Dining Room

The dining room worth keeping

The separate dining room has not run out of reasons to exist. Citron, a simple timber table and comfortable chairs give this 1960s room a purpose beyond being somewhere to store the good crockery.

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December breakfast room with an oak table, pale-blue ceramics and a brass wreath suspended from a ceiling hook.ROOM 134 · Dining Room

The December breakfast room

Christmas can begin at breakfast without taking over the table. Buttercream, ice blue and a few restrained hanging decorations make this farmhouse room feel seasonal in ordinary December daylight.

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Converted-barn dining room with a long timber table, upholstered chairs, glass pendant lighting and shared serving pieces.ROOM 135 · Dining Room

The room for long Sunday lunches

A long Sunday lunch needs room after the chairs have been pulled out. This converted barn keeps its timber structure visible and brings the scale down through a generous table, comfortable seats and low-hanging light.

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