“If you like order and formality, this might not suit your style,” said New York City interior designer Billy Cotton of upholstering dining chairs in compatible but varied patterns.

Joyce Huston, lead interior designer and co-founder at Decorilla Online Interior Design, agrees. ‘I find that matching furniture really seeps the life and dimension out of a dining space,’ she ...

Interior designer Keri Petersen shares five key layers to make a truly stunning dining room. First, start with a rug. "A rug anchors the dining room and adds warmth and texture," Petersen said.

If your dining table is in a thoroughfare, such as an open plan kitchen-diner or living room, then it can be a great place to lay out any freshly baked goods you have made to snack on as you pass ...

But interior designer Kiva Brent said your rug can be just as important to the space. And according to Brent, many people's dining room rugs aren't right for their spaces.

A modern dining room screams clean lines, dark contrasting colors and trendy materials. Choosing a modern style dining room design will often steer you away from your standard center-mounted ...

Business Insider spoke to Kiva Brent, an interior stylist, about decorating a dining room. She said people often make mistakes with their table decor and buffet tables.

Derek Hoeferlin, an architect who teaches at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, has a client with a young family—and an old St. Louis house. They put a round Saarinen Tulip table in their ...

Photos by Stefan Radtke Get inspiration for your dining room ahead of the holidays with this stylish version from Hirshson Architecture + Design. The original dining room in this home was a ...