Accessories to twist up the dining room
The easiest way to modernize your old dining room is to bet on the decor to give it a whole new personality.
Faux fur throws, green plants and a nomadic rug: this is what suddenly gives a very contemporary bohemian character to your dining room.
If your table is massive, the easiest way is to adopt an XXL tablecloth, which completely hides it. On the decorative side, we focus on lightweight materials. Fall for rattan, braided or cane, jute or wicker, very trendy.
Textiles are our main allies for completely revamping a room without breaking the bank – especially when you like to change the decor very regularly. If we play it in the bedroom or in the living room, we sometimes forget that it also works in the dining room. We love powder pink, a must-have shade this year. And we even dare to combine it with the romantic floral print and the velvet cushions, for an unexpected little boudoir spirit in the dining room.
The old dining room is often entirely made of wood: undoubtedly the most trendy material of the moment! To bring it up to date, bet on another essential trend: the minimalist style. We therefore purify the furniture as much as possible, and we focus on designer lighting and decorative accessories. The little extra detail? A touch of greenery – nestled in a beautiful piece of basketry, of course!
We revamp the furniture
This year, color is officially making a comeback in our interiors. From acid colors that flirt with neon to impactful colors such as indigo blue and timeless black or white: anything goes! To revamp the old dining room, we hasten to give it some color.
White is the ideal color to give lightness to massive furniture: it is therefore a very relevant choice for revamping an old dining room. Pure white, however, is losing ground. We therefore play on the nuances, by adopting for example a creamy white, the ecru color or the pearl gray.
Color is not always enough to modernize a dining room or to lighten the furniture. The alternative is to embark on a small DIY operation to replace the legs of the table.
To reconcile lightness and color, we simply fall for pastel shades. This type of pallet is enough to give an always very trendy Nordic character to an old dining room.
Graphic and elegant, black is an excellent choice to revamp your furniture. Add a factory pendant lamp: this is enough to create a more contemporary industrial dining room.
Are you more nomadic or Memphis inspired? In either case, you can adopt one of the trends of the season and decorate the furniture in your dining room with designer motifs.
A wind of nostalgia is blowing through our interiors, and it is full of joy! Driven by the return of the 1980s, impactful colors have become essential, and they nicely dress up an old dining room. We particularly love the cactus green, a bright shade full of freshness.
Did you decide to repaint the whole room in a trendy colour? Revamp the furniture in a contrasting color. If you fear bad taste, bet on the color complementary to that of the wall.
We freshen up the room
To modernize your old dining room, don’t be afraid to think big by revamping the walls.
Indigo blue or sage green: there are colors that we saw coming. The one that makes a more unexpected comeback this year is lilac. And if you dare in the dining room?
The monochrome decoration is not so complicated to adopt: all you have to do is arm yourself with courage and repaint the walls and furniture in the same color. Not only does this technique make it possible to give a real boost to an old dining room, but it also creates a particularly peaceful aesthetic.
To create a contemporary decor in an old dining room, there is no need to completely repaint it: a simple geometric pattern is enough to modernize it! For a really trendy decoration, we adopt the minimalist tone-on-tone shelf, on which we install a pretty decoration.
The wall motif of the moment is the arch. Just like the circle, the triangle or the square, we don’t hesitate to accessorize it, by hanging a shelf, a mirror or using it to enhance the sideboard. This simple decoration can be associated with the wall of frames: another very effective decoration for modernizing the dining room.