Dining Room Design Ideas

Design ideas for a modern dining room in Brisbane.

Situated along the coastal foreshore of Inverloch surf beach, this 7.4 star energy efficient home represents a lifestyle change for our clients. ‘’The Nest’’, derived from its nestled-among-the-trees feel, is a peaceful dwelling integrated into the beautiful surrounding landscape. Inspired by the quintessential Australian landscape, we used rustic tones of natural wood, grey brickwork and deep eucalyptus in the external palette to create a symbiotic relationship between the built form and nature. The Nest is a home designed to be multi purpose and to facilitate the expansion and contraction of a family household. It integrates users with the external environment both visually and physically, to create a space fully embracive of nature.

Heavy, textured linen curtains add drama to the formal dining room. Custom designed dining table adds an organic shaped element to soften the formality of the dining room. Sculptural wall and ceiling lights add ambience and drama.

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Weather House is a bespoke home for a young, nature-loving family on a quintessentially compact Northcote block. Our clients Claire and Brent cherished the character of their century-old worker's cottage but required more considered space and flexibility in their home. Claire and Brent are camping enthusiasts, and in response their house is a love letter to the outdoors: a rich, durable environment infused with the grounded ambience of being in nature. From the street, the dark cladding of the sensitive rear extension echoes the existing cottage!s roofline, becoming a subtle shadow of the original house in both form and tone. As you move through the home, the double-height extension invites the climate and native landscaping inside at every turn. The light-bathed lounge, dining room and kitchen are anchored around, and seamlessly connected to, a versatile outdoor living area. A double-sided fireplace embedded into the house’s rear wall brings warmth and ambience to the lounge, and inspires a campfire atmosphere in the back yard. Championing tactility and durability, the material palette features polished concrete floors, blackbutt timber joinery and concrete brick walls. Peach and sage tones are employed as accents throughout the lower level, and amplified upstairs where sage forms the tonal base for the moody main bedroom. An adjacent private deck creates an additional tether to the outdoors, and houses planters and trellises that will decorate the home’s exterior with greenery. From the tactile and textured finishes of the interior to the surrounding Australian native garden that you just want to touch, the house encapsulates the feeling of being part of the outdoors; like Claire and Brent are camping at home. It is a tribute to Mother Nature, Weather House’s muse.

Design ideas for a contemporary dining room in Sydney.

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Inspiration for a contemporary dining room in Sydney.

Inspiration for a midcentury dining room in Melbourne.

Design ideas for a mid-sized modern open plan dining in Melbourne with concrete floors, white floor and timber.

This is an example of a contemporary dining room.

Ochre lighting, dining table, dining chairs
This is an example of a beach style dining room in Sydney.

Design ideas for a contemporary dining room in Sydney.

Inspiration for a midcentury dining room in Melbourne.

Design ideas for a contemporary dining room in Melbourne.

This is an example of a contemporary dining room in Melbourne.

This is an example of a contemporary dining room in Brisbane.

This is an example of a contemporary dining room in Brisbane.

Inspiration for a contemporary dining room in Melbourne with white walls, light hardwood floors and beige floor.