51 Formal Dining Room Ideas With Tips And Accessories To Help You Design Yours

Define your best features. This formal dining room draws attention to a set of elegant arched window frames using a definite black paint finish that contrasts sharply with a soft white setting.

Use screens to set the scene. These arched window frames are softened by fine grille screens that lightly shade the influx of natural sunlight to make for a gentle mood.

Eclectic glamor and golden accents. Various upholstery covers these dining chairs with a creative, eclectic style, while gold accents introduce a luxurious aesthetic.

Ensure equal distribution of light. In large spaces with long dining tables, it is important to provide good light to the diners located at each end of the table. These two elongated sputnik chandeliers scatter light far and wide.

Earth colors. Despite their formality, chic dining rooms can still feel connected to nature. Choose rich earthy colors to complete a luxurious garden view and elevate with metallic accents, like this striking golden circular chandelier.

Anchoring of light facilities. In an open plan living room, anchor a formal dining area with a command light installation like this set of unique dining hangers.

Create neat zoning with a dining room rug. Plain rugs provide an island of color and differentiating texture under an open plan dining room. Choose machine washable options for easy maintenance.

Break up stuffy looks with unexpected color. Bring formal dining rooms into the modern realm by introducing randomly interspersed accent chairs, multicolored chandeliers, and color-blocked paint effects.

Dripping with wealth. Nothing needs a more sophisticated dining room than a fabulously oversized crystal chandelier – except perhaps a classic sculpture. If you go all out, one of each makes a winning combination.

Clear foundations. Lighten the presence of your dining room in an open concept by choosing a table or chairs with a clear acrylic or glass base.

Luxurious layers. Patterned dining chairs, floor-to-ceiling display shelves, oversized chandelier, statement art and a deeply textured main wall all come together to create a feast for the eyes.

Ethereal eateries. Sharp white drapes, clean white walls and pink accents style a heavenly decoration of the dining room. A delicate dining room chandelier spreads the light like clouds across the sun.

Great place for piano. Whether it’s just to build a look of grandeur or to perform at an after-dinner evening, a piano makes an impressive and fun addition.

Living the high life. Pay attention to a high ceiling of a dining room with attractive wooden panels. Accentuate high and narrow alcoves to further extend the vertical plane.

Delicate additions. Slender cuts of white marble and metal strips are threaded between book-compatible wooden boards to create a delicate feature wall. Decorative mirrors and a flower-like chandelier add bright overlays.

Create your own architectural interest. If you want to get into the arcade trend, you don’t have to move home or rebuild. Form a partial arch with a custom-made, open-sided bookcase that can function twice as lightly as a lightweight, permeable chamber divider.

Bring balance to decorative neoclassical settings with a simple, modern meal set. The decorative intricacies of a classic boiserie should not compete with its proper lighting.

Be there or be square. A square dining table is great for holding a conversation between the whole group while sitting in pairs evenly next to each other.

Be bold in black and white. It’s simple, it’s clear, and above all it’s very effective.

The custom light plan. Mini pendant lights can be joined or aligned to make a focal lighting function that is as large or as small as you wish.

Create a court connection. Art is beautiful, but Mother Nature’s own creation is invincible.

Cure a sculptural focus with artistic dining room hangers.

When the table is not ready for diners, it should be presentable for the rest of the day. Decorative bowls and vases make simple headdresses that are easily removed when meal times roll again.

Symmetrical style. Not only do these luxurious gold wall lamps complement a stunning central chandelier, but they equally flank a fabulous feature wall and a gold decorated sideboard. Tufted accent chairs place a pop-colored mirror at both ends of the table.

Bask under roofs. This glass ceiling treatment allows sunlight to illuminate the heat of wood paneling behind an integrated bookcase.

Play with a scale. If there is only room for a small dining set, make the area into a larger statement with a spacious modern lighthouse.

Create visual stops in a centrally located dining room. Use striking storage units and mature indoor plants to slow the eye from slipping straight past.

Exaggerating a round meal set with a much larger round rug, the combination will create a visual pull to the center of the layout.

A striped rug contributes easy interest to a simple dining room decor. Choose a wire frame hanging light shade to complete the linear pattern.

Areas of attraction. It doesn’t take much to raise a small dining room; choose just one piece of 3D wall art and a striking modern fireplace to completely transform the essence of the room.

Where natural light does not reach completely from the windows to the table, install high-bright tiles to help light reflections travel.

Wonderful marble. Marble tables, art marble focus walls and marble rugs, we love them all.

Enter a majestic dining room with not just one but several exquisite chandeliers. Followed by a deep decorative crown molding, woodwork, gilded mirrors and stunning dining chairs.

Color kissed. While woodwork remains under a graceful mantle of white, upholstered dining chairs and a floral mural add just a kiss of teal.

Oppose the linearity of a paneled or wood paneled room with a round dining table and curved dining chairs. In this example, a modern buffet unit continues the curvy motif.

Be inspired by art, like this abstract, red accent dining room.

Complement your architecture. Airy, open plan arrangements and light-filled dining rooms require ample furniture, otherwise, nothing makes sense to the eye. Equip with a large rug and a large buffet to enhance the effect.

Green, golden and chic. Emerald green dining chairs set up a rich aesthetic along with gold framed mirrors and a luxurious gold-trimmed buffet.

White stone and simple lines form a formal minimalist dining room.

Where formal dining rooms are attached to the kitchen, create a coherent flow with similar materials and complementary tones.

Sapphire accents, spectacular modern chandeliers and marble flooring make striking companions for the counteractive industrial features of a crude concrete feature wall.

Extend the dining party with a double-width wooden dining table and a complimentary wooden lath ceiling.

A dining table in the shape of a runner will store your room. Accompany the trendy furniture with equally curved chairs and gently rounded alcoves.

Hitting another popular trend, rotating dining chairs aren’t just for loose boho settings. Match this earthy aesthetic with a high-quality table and design pendant lights to keep an air of elegant formality.

Wooden dishes sit well in an industrial environment, where they achieve a heating effect on cool metal elements, exposed masonry and raw concrete.

Look up. The view is getting better and better with atmospherically lit ceiling beams and a set of overlapping circular chandeliers.

Grounded in gray, this soft dining room is enhanced by decorative wall mirrors, large light fixtures and Pierre Jeanneret’s iconic Easy Chair.

Ruby accents, artwork and round motifs form a unique dining room with a deep allure.

Let amazing views speak, and keep food furniture downstairs.

Choose one outstanding piece to mold your dining room.

Choose an extraordinary shade to give your dining room individuality and fullness.