Red [top] stimulates activity, increases blood pressure and heart rate making it the highest energy colour. An appetite stimulator, red is a popular choice for dining rooms.
Depending upon your lifestyle, dining rooms can be formal entertaining areas or an active, everyday part of the home. The way in which your dining room functions will help to determine the style as well as décor. The use of colour can help to define the tone of the dining room.
Casual dining rooms are frequently used rooms that require a quality paint with a higher sheen for easy and regular cleaning. If the dining room is attached, or open, to the kitchen, you may wish to consider using a monochromatic colour scheme or incorporating colours that appear within the kitchen itself.
An open plan dining area should incorporate colours from adjoining areas within the setting.
The use of a complementary colour scheme would also be appropriate in this situation, to provide for a balanced combination of colour within the adjoining spaces.
Warm neutral colours, such as red-toned or yellow-toned neutrals, work especially well in dining rooms. From warm rosy taupes to golden honey beiges, these colours are calm and comforting, creating a very pleasant dining atmosphere.
A formal dining room is normally a room used for entertaining. For a more formal atmopshere in this room use warm hues that are muted or shaded -golden or creamy yellows, spiced oranges and terracottas, wines, burgundies, and dusty roses. These colours help stimulate appetite, while encouraging diners to linger at the table for pleasant conversation. Formal dining rooms are also an excellent place to try out decorative faux glazing technique and paint effects.
These paint effects can be used on wall coverings, accent walls or ceiling space to provide stimulating colour and interesting texture to the dining area.
No matter what level of formality you choose for your dining area, make sure that it is comfortable and welcoming.
Hospitality is one of the oldest of human impulses, and your goal should be to create a space where you, your family, friends and acquaintances will want to spend time, both during and after meals.
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