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Kari · Dooney & Bourke

Dining table decor

Elle · Hermes

Is this your formal dining area? I think a table runner and maybe a collection of coordinated candles & holders (all the same color but different heights and such) would look cool, or a big bowl of fruit. If you want some kind of 'flower arrangment' without the work and expense of changing it out all the time, you could do an arrangement of pretty branches - either blooming ones or some with an attractive shape (willow?).

We only have one dining area, so I keep one of our fruit bowls on it (it's a white ceramic pedestal), and another similar bowl with more fruit on the buffet table.

kmd · Kate Spade

I have an awesome dark table from pier 1 that can be dressed up or down. I put a really colorful jewel-toned runner on it with a organic looking candle holder that holds like 20 tealights. It looks really cool. Easy to keep up with, too!

pollyjean23 · Marc Jacobs

We have two handblown glass candlesticks and a wood tray that holds a cluster of candles on our table. Sometimes, we'll have a tablecloth on it.

A green plant with a bit of flair in a pretty container would be a way of providing the freshness of flowers without the work. Fresh fruit idea is nice too until it gets icky.

Suasoria · Chanel

There's a green beaded tablerunner - not a pine green, more of a grassy green. Then there's a brown iron candleabra toward one end and a Pomaireware pig toward the other. Pig not shown...

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I don't overdo the table because it's annoying to move things around and I figure there's plenty going on in this room as it is.

esquiress · Marc Jacobs

ooh, suasoria I love your dining room--but what's a pig?

itsapinkthing · Coach

I have a runner with a wrought iron bowl type thing with decorator balls in it on the table itself. We also have a wine cabinet (seen empty in the photo) that I now have some glass cyliners full or corks sitting on, a la pottery barn.

Cortney1982 · Chanel

If you want flowers, how about potted ones? I got a 6" potted azalea at the grocery store for like $5. You could set it in a nice pot before putting it on your table. I set mine on the table set in the family room and it looks pretty.

Suasoria · Chanel

esquiress wrote:

ooh, suasoria I love your dining room--but what's a pig?

http://www.delight.com/Pomaireware-SalsaCondiment-Serving-Dish

This cutie pie, only mine is a little bigger. This one is the little brother to mine.

ILoveChoo · Hermes

I keep pretty placemats out, and arrange pillar candle and fresh flowers in the center. I've founf that if you use the little food packet that comes with the flowers, they last 2-3 weeks. I usually replac those every 2 weeks and move what's left to the living room for as long as they still look good. We also use our dining room every day.

pollyjean23 · Marc Jacobs

Here's a pic of our diningroom. It's a half-done room, so there are many things that we're planning on changing. Someday, we'll get a different table, install drywall in place of the paneling, and get better table-top accessories. Now, we just have "bigger fish to fry."

Suasoria · Chanel

Wow, those chairs are really cool.

esquiress · Marc Jacobs

Suasoria wrote:

esquiress wrote:

ooh, suasoria I love your dining room--but what's a pig?

http://www.delight.com/Pomaireware-SalsaCondiment-Serving-Dish

This cutie pie, only mine is a little bigger. This one is the little brother to mine.

omg, an actual little pig! sooo cute!

pollyjean23 · Marc Jacobs

Suasoria wrote:

Wow, those chairs are really cool.

Thanks! DH is a furniture designer and loves modern design (I do too).

Suasoria · Chanel

If he could put a wheeled base on those, they'd be perfect for a mod/midcentury home office.

Take THAT, West Elm.