Personally I'd go with a timber mantle/shelf that matches wood of table, a mirror above it, a larger light fitting (as this room will seem much larger with the mirror) and you get to dress the mantle on a whim, season, occasion - you're not locked in to a 'look'.

The height of any mantle is determined by it's use and surrounds, commonsense dictates that the height of a mantle would be calculated in order NOT to bump your head. As this is in a dining room I never thought anyone would place it so low as to look at themselves eat, just saying.

Hi Zac,

Your home looks quite compact and I can't quite pick your theme as you have white and black going on, what looks like beige tiles and timber thrown in as well as that feature wall colour.

Personally I like the black & white in these rooms and I think the timber dining table is out of place unless you decide to gel it with a timber coffee table instead of the white one you have.

I also think your dining light isn't comanding enough and suggest you put in another of these lights or a larger single light.

Not wanting to mozz your style, as I'm certainly no expert but for me personally, there's too much going on, as I wouldn't have chosen a black & white theme with beige tiles and the wall feature has me a little stumped too.

If I had such base colours then my furniture would be a wood tone too and not black & white but this is purely my opinion however, I hope you can get some good advice from this forum.

Cheers,

Barbara

Instead of a wall art, maybe place a large horizontal mirror with a black or timber frame for the wall in the dining area & replace the pendant light with a larger, contemporary, timber (or black metal) pendant light like this:

Hi Zac, I'd go with one larger artwork with a timber frame - or love the idea of timber shelves with pictures and decor! Both would sit back nicely with the current table.

Cheers,
Danielle

Hi Zac,

If the tiles are grey then that sounds even better as I thought there was a little too much going on colour wise. It is so hard to tell by a photo sometimes.

It would be a shame to change the coffee table, perhaps something organic on it like a wooden bowl or similar would help a little. You need to tie the dining table in somehow because the two rooms for now look like two different homes.

The dining table has a country theme whilst your living area looks ultra modern. I see you have a lovely cane basket with a plant in it next to the console table, that sort of thing will help tie the rooms together.

I could be wrong but you might find it easier to get a beautiful glossy black or white dining table as it would go with the rest of your decor but then you'd have to cover or paint the bench seat.

Decisions, decisions!!!!

Love to see pictures of what you decide to do, best of luck.

Cheers,

Barbara

Hi Zac, I think you could increase the black elements to emphasise a modern black & white look with the timber as an accessory to that.

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A large print or painting with a black frame & some smaller photos or prints on the greige feature wall in a montage could tie it all together.

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Add a large retro print with more of those warm colours from the seat cushions & a black frame.

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In the lounge find another large but more monotone print with a black frame over the lounge & add some warm coloured accessories & I think you can keep what you have already.

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It would be a shame to not use these items unless you want to cull them anyway.

Art is a personal thing. Spend some time online on art sites to get an idea of what you like.

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