How To Modernize A Traditional Dining Room Set

Lots of people of a "certain age" have all matching dining room furniture…and well, that look can just look dated. You can do subtle things to make your traditional dining room less boring…even if it is just one of the tips below.

1. Paint

Consider breaking up the set a bit by painting your chairs or china hutch. I painted my 25-year-old chairs white..which gave them a fresh look. We used General Finishes Paint in Antique White. Now our son, Tommy has these chairs.

You could paint the inside of your china hutch, too.

hutch with painted back

2. Change the Light Fixture

Updated Chandelier over a traditional dining Table

You can do this by getting a more modern one (like our new Camille chandelier), or taking the little shades off your existing candelabra bulbs for a simpler look, or perhaps spray painting the fixture.

3. Re-upholster Your Chairs

These dining chairs above were recovered in a pretty stripe (that was treated first to prevent staining).

New upholstery and lighting.

More here: Five Steps For An Updated Dining Room

4. Add Upholstered Host Chairs or a Dining Bench

I especially love the Restoration Hardware chairs in performance fabric and on casters so that they are easy to move.

Upholstered Dining Bench

I change the look on my WS Home dining bench with different throws and pillows.

5. Lighten The Table With a Runner

This is a Turkish hand towel that I am using as a runner. I also like textured table runners.

6. Put Something Fresh, Like Plants, In Your Dining Room

Ferns do well in my dining room like the one on the table.  Flowers are nice, too, especially if you have some in your garden.

7. Add Some More Modern Art

I'd really like a large abstract in my dining room like in this photo…

Studio McGee

Or a fresh landscape…

Andrew J Howard

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Tips to Refresh Your Dining Room From Mary Ann Pickett

 And that's seven "Ways To Make Your Traditional Dining Room Less Boring." Have you tried any of these?

Mary Ann


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