Ditch The Chandelier: Better Dining Room Lighting For An Open Floorplan

Chandeliers are the most traditional choice for lighting a dining room. But these days, dining rooms are a far cry from traditional. At-home dining in general has a more casual feel than it did in the past. Now, cooking, eating, and socializing all happen in the same space. Add to that the fact that many […]

Introducing Pantone’s Color of the Year for 2021: Ultimate Gray…And Illuminating

Pantone’s color of the year picks are always a little symbolic. Usually, it’s a color that feels significant – one that will influence the design and fashion industries, and often has subtle political undercurrents. But it’s also always at least one part attempt at a mood ring for the population of the planet. Pantone leans […]

Get The Look: A DIY “Built-In” Banquette For Two Budgets

Diving into the design world can be discouraging. Some of the most striking interiors are the result of huge budget projects done by dedicated professionals. Trying to mimic that level of decorating work – let alone coming up with something equivalent on your own – can be incredibly daunting. But even if you’re a decorating […]

Get The Look: Six Ways To Rock A Round Dining Table

Open floorplan kitchens had such a huge impact on the design world that for a good long while there, traditional family-style kitchen tables didn’t just fall out of popularity, they disappeared from a lot of homes. After all, with island seating for quick casual meals and a full dining table to entertain, small four-to-six seat […]

Now You’re Thinking With Acrylic: Declutter With Acrylic Furniture

Acrylic furniture has always been something of a novelty. After all, there’s really no other way to get totally translucent furniture. Glass and mirrored surfaces come close, but the look of clear acrylic really is in a class all its own. But if you think clear acrylic furniture can only be used as an accent […]

Make Your Dining Room Shine with a Glass Dining Table

When shopping for a new dining table, you may be bored by the plethora of similar wood style options. To bring something beautiful and unique to the dining room, consider a glass top dining table for your dining needs. They’re a fancy alternative to the norm that elevates your space to a higher class without […]

Use a Bar Cart as Trendy Multipurpose Furniture

With the rise of multipurpose furniture, the bar cart has been getting a lot of attention. After all, they’re versatile, multi-function pieces that look great and don’t take up much space. You can use them indoors and outdoors, for parties or decoration, and arrive ready to use. It’s a small way to personalize a number […]

Use A Buffet Table to Store Everything in Your Dining Room

In planning out a dining room, the most prominent part in picking out furniture is deciding on the table and chairs. But that’s not all a dining room has to be. Including a decorative storage unit like a buffet table can enhance your dining space by adding more room for dishware, more surface space for […]

Get the Look: Creating an Eclectic Dining Room with a Solid Palette

The dining room is currently a place undergoing vast transformations as we rethink where we eat. Many homes no longer have a dedicated dining room and the ones that do are revamping the space to fit a more modern style of mealtime. Now is the time to experiment with your dining room and stray away […]

Update Your Look: Modern Acrylic Furniture From Acrila

Two big features of modern design involve playing with flattened or simplified modern silhouettes and featuring unusual materials, like plastic. Acrila is one of my favorite examples of a design company that combines these ideas and elevates them. With everything from accent furniture to lighting, Acrila produces pieces that pay homage to the classics, with […]