Kitchenability

02.08.2019

Stylish Kitchen and Dining Room Ideas to Impress Your Dinner Guests

Guest Contribution: Emma Joyce

Throwing dinner parties and inviting a ton of people over isn’t as popular today as it was a couple of decades ago, and people now opt for an easier solution – they order in a ton of food and let their guests choose what they like the most. Whether you’ve prepared the food on your own or have opted for a takeaway, you have to invest some time into making your home ready for all your guests. This means making the kitchen sparkle and turning the dining room into the space everyone is going to love, and these things aren’t always as easy as they sound. Therefore, here are a few tips that might help you set the right mood and give you dinner guests something to talk about.

Extra-long table

You know those old movies with people dining at tables that are two or times longer than your average dining table? Don’t those look stylish and unique? Well, you too can equip your home with such a table and turn your dining room into the most elegant room of the entire home.

These tables come in all shapes, colors and materials, so you can easily combine them with your wall colors, but an even better way to accentuate them is by using colorful runners in matching colors. This way, every part of your dining room will blend together, creating a peaceful unity that’s going to help your guests enjoy their meal even more.

Huge chandelier

This is another popular way to take your dining room elegance to a new level and even though most people aren’t fans of huge chandeliers, you can’t deny the fact that they’re really stylish and special. Such a chandelier can take you back in time to a more elegant, classy and peaceful era, and that’s the kind of atmosphere you want to create for your guests as well.

Installing a chandelier like this might not be the easiest thing in the world, especially if your home is equipped with a tiny dining room. That’s why you should ask an expert for help and rely on someone with experience to assist you. Unless you do so, you might not get all the wiring correctly, and that could turn into a disaster – just imagine the chandelier falling from the ceiling in the middle of your fancy dinner party and right into your meal!

Add wood

Installing new floors is something all homeowners hate, but it’s just one of those home improvements you simply have to do from time to time. Choosing the type of flooring you’re going to install in your kitchen and dining room strongly depends on the amount of time you spend in these areas. If you use them every day, go with tiles that are stylish and easy to maintain, but if you prefer eating in the living room and not the dining room, install hardwood floors instead.

Apart from that, many people have kitchen and dining room connected and this can be a great way to feel close to your guests. In order to keep these two rooms connected, but at the same time have the possibility to separate them, you can use functional barn doors that are also visually appealing. This will allow you to close doors during cooking and open them to expand your dining room when you have guests over.

Declutter the kitchen

To be honest, your guests shouldn’t be allowed in the kitchen at all – this is your private cooking space, and that’s how it should remain. However, if your family comes to see you, your sister, mother or aunt will certainly wish to take a peek at your kitchen and see what it looks like. Therefore, you should always keep it organized, clean and decluttered, just in case someone wishes to check it out.

Decluttering the kitchen is a chore nobody likes doing, but we still do it, albeit unwillingly. However, this doesn’t have to be too tiring, boring or time-consuming, especially if we have a tiny kitchen. All you have to do is locate the things you’re willing to throw away, and start from there. Go through your possessions one by one and see whether you’re actually using them or not. We all keep certain things in our kitchens that we don’t really need, so throw them out and your cooking space will immediately look much more elegant and welcoming.

Preparing your kitchen and dining room for a dinner party might not be your perfect way to spend the day, but once your party gets going and you notice how much your guests are impressed by your home, it will all be worth it. After all, you can’t always eat in restaurants, so asking a few friends over for a home-cooked meal could easily turn out to be the best way to socialize and spend some quality time together.