Bite-sized dining rooms can now find their place in the home. Even if you don’t have a dedicated dining room in your apartment, you can still find a place to eat without creating an imbalance to the rest of the space. Challenging? Heck yeah. Doable? Absolutely. Here are some savvy ways to style your petit dining room!

It’s all about making a few clever choices in regards the selection of the furniture and infuse your own style in the room. Then, the tiny dining space can match with the entire home décor quite seamlessly. That means you can easily invite friends or family and have a dinner party or enjoy a good meal!

1. Draw the eye someplace high

If you dining table is in an odd spot, hanging a light fixture right over the table is an excellent idea. If you rent a place, you can buy a slim console and place a pair of lamps. Let it sit next to or even behind your dining room and you’ll have created a lovely corner.

For a marvelous way to define the space, though, it’s suggested to install pendant lights above the table. If you can, also put them on dimmers. This will allow you to not only define the area but also control the mood!

If you don’t fancy the idea of hanging a light fixture of console with lamps, you can always opt for a hefty mirror that will be hung above the table. Alternatively, framed art work will also work beautifully.

For a more cohesive look, don’t stray from the general style you have gone for in the rest of the room.

2. Use smart furniture

Built-in benches siting nicely in the corner of the room can help make the most of your small space. After all, you know what they say, you don’t need much room to seat a crowd!

Now, if you have just a bit more space, an oval or round table can do wonders and offer you the extra space you need to seat more visitors! In any other case, better save most floor space by choosing a rectangular table.

And, don’t forget to take advantage of every corner and every bit of space. For example, the storage in the benches is ideal for your fancy dishes and favorite linens.

3. Make it Chic and Dramatic

Just because you live in a small home doesn’t mean it can’t be chic or dramatic. Bring the chicness of a Parisian café into your dining room by cozying up an airy table to a wall. Add a light fixture and art, throw in some vintage chairs and voila! Just make sure the pieces you use are of a lighter scale, so it’d be great if your table had, say, metal legs.

Now, if you want to make a loud style statement in your pint-size dining area, feel free to play with scale. This could mean having a pair of teensy chairs that flank a high-back bench!

4. Let it Blend in

It is extremely important for every piece of furniture you have in a small space to fit many bills. For example, your round table should do a double, even triple, duty. Paired with Louis-style chairs, it can be tucked against the wall for when you eat alone, want to do your homework or work on the computer. If you need to squeeze a few friends, simply pull it into the center of the room!

To give a more luxurious feel to your dining room, you can have a classic pedestal table in a sparkling dark finish. Make sure you fill your seating area with an airy chandelier, a silky-soft rug, and upholstered chairs.

5. Make it versatile

Small can be impressively versatile! For instance, a drop-leaf table is perfect for two people but can easily fit way more than two when fully extended. If there is intense need to save more space, you can push it flush against the wall and use a sideboard instead (if it has a bar tray on top, it’ll be fantastic).

For the times when you are still wondering where to put a table, consider installing one of the mounts onto a kitchen island or a wall. When you don’t use it, it will just fold down!

6. Make it Comfy

Most of the times, an upholstered bench takes as much space as a pair of chairs. Interestingly, though, it makes us feel much more comfortable when we just want to grab a bite in front of the TV or read the morning news. For the other side of the table, you can add a few smaller chairs that won’t require much of your (limited) free space.

7. Make it sleek

Keep the mood light with vibrant yellow walls (or whichever shades that make you smile), and add a tall table matched with slender chairs.

Don’t forget to also include your favorite piece of art that makes your day!
If you have high stools or are considering to buy some, make sure they come with footrests at the right height (they should be comfy for you). What you need is to be able to enjoy your meal, with or without company, without worrying about your feet falling to sleep.

8. Make it super fun

At the end of the day, it’s all about having fun and enjoying what we have. Know that it’s easier to decorate a small room in many ways mainly because the effect of the color you chose, as well as the selected style and pattern, go a long way.

That said, why not try a one-of-a-kind thrifted centerpiece, a wallpapered accent wall, colorful light fixture, graphic seat cushions, fun sculptural topiary or anything else fills you up inside and makes you feel like home?

After all, home is where the heart is and if your heart is in that tiny apartment with that petit dining room, so be it!

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