Bold Colour Dining Rooms

This room plays on contrast of both form and colour. The galvanised steel café-style chairs will add an industrial-style twist to matt white and blue painted brick walls, while the low hung blue pendant light and statement white candlestick will cast an atmospheric and cosy glow over this urban space. Stick to a two coloured palette.

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All-white rooms can sometimes look sterile so don’t just keep pink for little girl’s bedrooms. Soft muted shades on walls can add a romantic touch, while the hot fuchsia chairs and colourful collection of cushions will lend warmth and character. A vase full of fresh blooms and white washed floorboards will keep the room feeling fresh too.

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Rustic hexagonal terracotta floor tiles make a delightful contrast to the perfectly painted grey walls and country-style kitchen furniture. Mixing clean lines with rustic pieces will keep dining rooms from looking cold, while opting for wooden benches is a great space saver and will complement the sturdy lines of the chunky table too.

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This grey dining room makes the perfect backdrop for a burst of yellow. An easy way to splash colour into your home (without overwhelming the space), these two hues work beautifully together.

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Bright paint colours are there to have fun with, and these bold green walls work because of the large amount of light streaming through the windows, which opens up what could feel quite an enclosed space. Set against green walls, the white fisherman lights really pop and add a fun retro feel too.

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Everyone’s favourite dark shade – grey – sets the moody scene in this club-style dining room. If you are going for a darker wall, add highlights to keep the space feeling fresh. Here, a crisp white table cloth plus Light au Lait wall sconces by Ingo Maurer do part of the job, but it’s the splash of lipstick red from the leather chairs and artwork that gives this dining room its edge. Visit Panik for the wall sconces and SCP for a similar armchair.

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Take a simple dining room with neutral walls and turn it on its head by adding bright green furniture and a bold orange, pink and red striped pendant light. On paper, this shouldn’t work, but there are clever details that tie this scheme together. Just one of the dining chairs is pink, in a nod to the light, while there’s a slender green stripe detail on the white panelled wall to echo the colour of the furniture. Visit Isabel Stanley for striped lampshades – the designer also offers a bespoke service.

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The bolt of red running through these connecting rooms enlivens the neutral palate of whites, beiges and greys on the floors and walls. Keeping to one bold colour helps retain a sense of cohesion and elegance.

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Clash hot and cold colours to create a kitsch and playful interior. Expanses of cool white and blue are hit with shots of fluorescent pink, acid yellow and burnt orange.

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Concentrating colour and pattern onto the dining table and chairs creates a warm and welcoming focal point to this otherwise plain room. For a harmonious combination of colours and patterns (in this case the checked tablecloths), change the hue but keep the same tone.

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Normally the reserve of soft, feminine decor, even pastel shades can look bold when used in bands of contrasting plain colour against a backdrop of crisp white. Try Designers Guild for a range of delectable plain pastel fabrics.

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As with clothes, navy blue is kinder than black. Teamed with warm caramels and candlelight, this dining room is smart yet intimate, masculine yet feminine. For a similar look try Hague Blue Estate Emulsion, £26.50 for 2.5 litres, by Farrow and Ball.

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A little nook is given the dark treatment to create a cosy corner. The soft matt black walls are warmed up with burnt-orange furniture. Recreate the look with Pitch Black Estate Emulsion, £26.50 for 2.5 litres, by Farrow & Ball.

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Pairing one primary colour with another, such as this blue and yellow, is a clean and confident combination. Use the same tone of each colour to ensure one doesn’t overwhelm the other.

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Whether your dining area is a separate room or a corner of a larger space, mark it off with the use of an in-your-face statement wallpaper. This over scaled Chinoiserie-influenced pattern is grounded by the slick, rubber floor.

Next, choose accessories that pick out the wallpaper’s tones: rather than going for a matchy-matchy group of chairs, mix things up by choosing a bold design, such as this Kartell Masters chair by Philippe Starck from Heal’s, and buy it in its various colour options.

Put a low-hanging pendant on a dimmer switch and hang it off-centre to allow for more intimate lighting at mealtimes.

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