Is Thanksgiving at your house this year? What about Christmas dinner? Or maybe you just wanted to host a dinner party to see your friends or to try some new recipes. No matter the occasion, when you have people over for dinner, it’s not just your cooking that’s center stage \u2014 your dining room is, as well. Make sure your friends take notice with these tips for a tastefully bold dining room.<\/p>\n
Choose the perfect dining room set.\u00a0Yes, it’s an obvious tip if you’re designing a dining room, but it’s good to consider your dining room set as Step 1. It might be your biggest investment, so it makes sense to choose a dining room set that suits the space and matches your personality, and then choose everything else in the room to match it. Otherwise, if you’ve already bought curtains and a rug that clash with a dream dining set you find later, they’re liable to end up in the attic.<\/p>\n
Consider a bar cart.\u00a0Remember when every fancy dining room had one of\u00a0these<\/a><\/span>? Back in the day, knowing how to mix an Old Fashioned or an Alexander, and having all the ingredients on hand, was just part of being a good host. Today, it’s a very ill-mannered guest who would ask for an elaborate cocktail unprompted, but offering to\u00a0mix ap\u00e9ritifs for<\/span>\u00a0your guests will add a spark of retro interest to any dinner party.<\/p>\n Try a serving buffet. Sometimes it’s nice when you’re serving a big crowd and space is tight, not to have a half-eaten chicken and a couple of empty pans sitting on the table. Serving buffets<\/a><\/span> let you set the big dishes aside while everyone enjoys their meal. If you’re having a party and want to eat buffet-style, it’s also good to have more surfaces in the dining room area so that nobody’s contribution gets bumped to the kitchen.<\/p>\n Select the perfect rug.\u00a0A rug makes a room feel warmer, both literally and figuratively. Choose one that fits your space and coordinates with your chairs to make dinnertime feel that much cozier. Remember that rugs come in all kinds of materials, but ones made of natural fibers like wool and cotton are the\u00a0longest-lasting<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n Think about statement lighting.\u00a0The perfect\u00a0light fixture<\/a><\/span>\u00a0hanging over your dining room table can be a memorable addition to a dining room. It’s the modern equivalent of the old-fashioned grand chandelier.<\/p>\n Consider painting or papering your walls. Sometimes, when re-decorating a room, homeowners design around the color of their walls, choosing furniture that coordinates with it. Bear in mind that you can always repaint or use wallpaper for a radically new look and feel.<\/p>\n Coordinate your curtains or blinds. Make sure your window treatments match your dining room’s new look. You don’t want curtains that clash with your new color scheme, or an old set of blinds that are a dull spot in a dramatic renovation. Choose\u00a0curtains<\/a><\/span>\u00a0that add to the room’s sense of style, or for a more modern look, maybe a nice set of wooden or bamboo\u00a0blinds<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n Whatever your sense of style is, you can wow your friends with a beautiful dining room. You’ll never have to dread a dinner party again \u2014 in fact, you’ll be scrounging for excuses to invite people over! But make sure that Matter Brothers is your go-to source for dining room furniture in Naples<\/a>. Check out our blog for more design tips, visit one of our 5 convenient locations in the Southwest Florida area, browse our website, and if you have any questions, don’t hesitate to\u00a0contact us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Is Thanksgiving at your house this year? What about Christmas dinner? Or maybe you just wanted to host a dinner party to see your friends…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":301,"featured_media":470,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61,43],"tags":[88,87,19,2],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matterbrothersfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matterbrothersfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matterbrothersfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matterbrothersfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/301"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matterbrothersfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=469"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.matterbrothersfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":592,"href":"https:\/\/www.matterbrothersfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469\/revisions\/592"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matterbrothersfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matterbrothersfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matterbrothersfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matterbrothersfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=469"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matterbrothersfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Serving Buffet<\/h2>\n
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Finding Dining Room Furniture in Naples<\/h2>\n