It’s that time of year where life begins to move at lightning pace. Once you shed your Halloween costume on October 31st, it’ll feel like a dead sprint until Thanksgiving, then Christmas, then New Years’ Eve. Because the holidays will be here before you know it, it’s best to start thinking about your dining room — where you’ll host that Thanksgiving dinner and Christmas Eve fête — long in advance. We designed this charming dining room, and added a few sprigs of greenery, to feel festive enough for the holidays but with pieces that will still feel appropriate for warmer months too.

The Dining Room Table

The table is obviously one of the most important pieces in the dining room, and in most spaces, it really sets the tone for the rest of your furnishings. We loved the washed oak of the Marais Dining Table because it brings a beautiful texture to the space. A slightly worn finish like this one is also perfect for families with kids because dings and scratches won’t ruin the piece.

To complement the rustic, yet traditional Marais Dining Table, we wanted chairs that would feature a very traditional silhouette while still having an inviting, casual feel. A great way to combine that formal dining look without creating a space that is overly stuffy is to choose chairs in more distinguished silhouettes, like a wingback, for the heads of the table, but upholstering them in a more casual floral print. By combining the formal silhouette of the Wing-Back Parsons Chair with an easy-going pattern (the Durham Copen fabric), we could create a space that felt modern, yet timeless. To finish off the seating in this space, we went with the Camel-Back Chair with Nailhead Trim in the color spearmint patriot because it brought out the soft blue-green in the wing-back chairs, without overwhelming the dining room with pattern.