When it comes to decorating, a tucked-away dining room may be ... some wainscoting or trim to the walls surrounding your dining table can be a great way to add unexpected detail, and is an ...

Just tackle the trim, as designer Lauren Liess did in the 2020 Southern Living Idea House, take it to the ceiling as an unexpected detail, or wrap the walls with the hue for a moody dining room.

The dining room. “It’s the first room you see when you walk in,” she says. “I wanted it to feel soft and whimsical with a ...

“So what a dining room must have, above all, is atmosphere,” he said. Here, interiors pros detail five mood crushers in dining rooms, and palate-pleasing alternatives.