Art for Your Dining Room

When thinking about the spaces within our home that we give the most attention to, often it’s the living room or our bedrooms that get the most consideration. The area where we come together to dine often gets overlooked, but this space is where we entertain guests, so it should be one we want to spend time in, and maybe even show-off.

So, we’ve gathered some tips and tricks to help make the dining room feel like the beating heart of your art-filled home.

Define the space

Whether your home has its own dining room, an open plan design or a dining area within your kitchen: giving the dining space its own identity is a great step to separating your eating and entertaining zone from the kitchen or living area. 

Having one large statement artwork can be a great way to define your dining room. You don’t need to have a wide wall to make an impact, either. We love the work of Wioletta Gancarz, who’s dreamy pastel palette would add a calming lightness to a defined space. Abstract is always a great way to go if your space is smaller, as it creates depth with ease. Nicole Rose makes

If your home has its own dining room, a good way to make a real impact with the space can be to have a single artwork that spans the length of your dining table. Hanging one long artwork, or a series such as a triptych, is a fantastic way to complement the table as a key feature of the room as well as bringing the space together. 

We love the way these two mixed media pieces by JFK Turner would add texture to a room when hung as a diptych. The complementary shapes are both rustic and geometrical, which offers a pleasing effect to the eye. Plus, once you’ve found an artist you love, hanging more than one of their artworks is never going to seem like a bad thing. The more, the merrier!

Innovate your displays

Considering the way you display an artwork in your dining room is another way to ensure your space feels fresh. One method of doing this is to situate artworks on shelves or mantelpieces. Shelves allow you the flexibility to fill up the space with different sized artworks, or keep things minimal.

Flexible display options allow you to rotate artworks throughout your space to keep things feeling vibrant, and avoiding holes in the wall is always a good shout for renters. With new artworks on show every time you have guests over, there’ll certainly be something to talk about!

Mixing ornaments, mementos, family photographs and artworks will mean you can use your dining wall to reflect the personality of you and your family. Starting a salon hang with a piece of fine art photography gives immediate direction to a vision, and you can build on this as your collection spans.

Complement your style

When choosing a new piece for your dining area, think about the choices you have made with your interior style so far. If you’ve got a maximalist aesthetic going on, you might want to add a calming artwork to counteract to add an extra layer of intrigue. Or, if you’d rather let your existing decor do the talking, why not opt for an artwork in a monochromatic shade, such as black and white photography or a linocut print.

Walls that wow

Moving into a new home or looking to revamp your space entirely? Now is a great time to think about innovative ways to make interior choices that match your artworks.

Pairing a bright statement wall with matching artworks is an excellent way to inject colour and vibrancy into your dining space. We think this floral artwork below from Deborah Pendell would look great on any colour bright wall. And, if you want to go a step further, why not match (or deliberately clash) your artworks with a vibrant new wallpaper? 

With so many styles and techniques to choose from, you are all set to start building the dining room of your dreams ✨ Make sure to keep your eyes peeled during your next Affordable Art Fair for an artwork that could add an extraordinary flair to your dining room space.

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Main image: Wolfia Ink, ‘Keeping On’, 2022, acrylic on dibond, 140 x 110cm, After Nyne Contemporary