Gallery Dining Rooms

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Fine antiques and rich fabrics give this dining room a heightened sense of grandeur. The Louis Philippe dining chairs were upholstered in an orange-melon hue pulled from the antique Oushak rug. A gold and crystal French chandelier continues the high-minded style overhead.

Simple Design Dining

The elegantly simple design of this contemporary dining room is easy on the eye with painted walls and ebony wood floors. Gently curving lines balance the starkly linear look of the wood floor and French doors.

Simple Dining Style

Devoid of frills, this dining room adopts traditional elements displayed with an eye for contemporary simplicity. Diagonally installed wood flooring mimics an area rug, while up at the ceiling a crystal chandelier stands out against the casually rough brick fireplace.

Small but Mighty

In a small room, space planning is the key to success. To make the most of this diminutive dining room, which shares some of its 200 square feet with the front entryway, an efficient butler's pantry with a glass counter hugs the wall adjoining the kitchen.

Splashy Spot

This smart dining room is lively and current but built around pieces that will last, including sturdy dining tables and classic parsons chairs. Affordable accessories, such as the textured rug and modern artwork, add bursts of color and reflect trends but are easily replaced as the owners' tastes change.

Tailor Made

A simple palette of white, cream, and deep brown flows throughout this home, including the dining room where rich stained oak floors complement the walnut furnishings. The dining table's clean lines are accompanied by such details as angular notches on the legs.

True Blue

Though furnished with fine antiques, including a stately Federal table, and accented by old oil paintings, this room possesses a casual air thanks to smart color choices and use of texture. The lush embroidered silk that hangs in luminous panels at the room's windows sparked the room's design.

Two-Tone Banquette

Though this kitchen is fairly neutral, the banquette makes a color statement in a mix of blue vinyl (for kid-friendly clean up) and a coordinating fabric on the backrest. The view is dominant so window treatments were eliminated and the chandelier was kept out of the way.

Uniquely Refined Dining

To achieve a sense of elegance and refinement, this small dining room skips applied decorative elements -- window treatments, finials, textured walls -- in favor of simple architectural details. Flat paneling and a picture rail complement the scrubbed-oak dining table.