dining areas

In the dining room, new bookcases designed by Charles R. Myer & Partners display the owner’s collection of Canton china. The vintage table, an estate-sale find restored by Wayne Towle Master Finishing and Restoration, is complemented by cane-back chairs from Made Goods.

A built-in bench and simple trestle table form a breakfast nook; the door leads to an outdoor deck. The leaded pattern in the transom windows reflects the design found on the house’s original front door.

One of the only pieces the couple retained from their former residence is this Rose Tarlow dining table, which is paired with chairs from Aesthetic and a light fixture from Iatesta Studio; the wallpaper is from Gracie.

The breakfast nook, which overlooks the lake, incorporates additional heating to ensure a cozy spot for enjoying morning coffee.

Midcentury modern (the rounded table and chairs are from Four Hands and the sculptural light fixture is from Visual Comfort & Co.) meets the 1980s (the chic tambour wood paneling also incorporates soundproofing) in the dining area located just off the kitchen.

A vintage farm table and Old Hickory hoop chairs with seat cushions made from bandanas are set atop new bluestone floors. The pair of oversize lanterns are from Jamb.

With its circular shape and golden tone, the showstopping light fixture from Visual Comfort & Co. plays off the Kravet dining table’s brass feet and circular cutout. The Zuber wallpaper came with the house, and Lyon and his clients wisely agreed it should stay.

The breakfast nook’s L-shaped banquette sports a family-friendly vinyl shagreen seat.

In the dining area of designer Lisa Duffy’s Maine home, the tasseled chandelier, custom made by M2C Studio, reflects her passion for African-inspired decor.

A table, chairs, and lighting all from Palecek complete the breakfast area.

Hand-cut botanical collages by Lora Avedian, Schumacher upholstery, and a scalloped Mally Skok table by Dowel Furniture cozy up the dining area. “We spent a lot of time with this idea of what was the right level of formality,” Pierce says. “How do we have these spaces reflect all occasions?”

Interior designer Laura Keeler Pierce reimagined a bland Boston brownstone into a home filled with personality and charm, as epitomized by the dining area’s formal yet playful banquette.

“The elegant and voluminous silk drapery throughout the home adds a feeling of warmth into the contemporary setting,” says interior designer Leslie Fine.

Hogarty selected the dining room’s abstract-patterned, bamboo silk Steven King rug for “an artistic moment, something modern to both elevate and ground the room.”

A seating area in the dining room features Interior Crafts lounge chairs, a Matthew Fairbank Design pendant, and a lithograph by Henri Matisse from Galerie d’Orsay.

The built-in banquette’s table and chandelier are both from Dunes and Duchess, while Wayland High-Back chairs from O&G Studio provide more seating.

Reclaimed oak details lend warmth to the dining room, which includes a custom table by Dos Gallos and a light fixture by Bocci.

An informal dining area in the great room—which is open to the kitchen—contains a custom banquette, a light fixture by Apparatus, and Serena & Lily bistro chairs.

A Rove Concepts breakfast table flanks a bank of white-oak cabinets; the wood is repeated in the fascia concealing the vent hood.

Interior designer Liz Caan turned a bay window into a dining nook that seats six.

The breakfast area, comprised of glass on three walls and the same shou sugi ban siding as the home’s exterior, personifies the indoor-outdoor connection.

The boathouse’s Dutch door wears Benjamin Moore Hamilton Blue. McBournie found a way to incorporate a few antiques, including a diorama and a ship’s wheel.

McBournie tucked a banquette into one corner and topped it with comfy cushions upholstered in a Jane Shelton fabric. “I’ve seen her host dinner parties for ten people here,” he says.

Spindle-back Windsor chairs with a black crackle finish surround a simple dining table, contrasting the busy wallpaper and draperies in this semiformal room.

A Visual Comfort & Co. light fixture helps create a moment in the dining space. The lacquer-finish Crate & Barrel table was the third one the designer tried and an instant winner. “I just loved how it was clean and sleek, and it’s kind of indestructible,” she says.

Architect Adam Titrington left the ceiling structure exposed to gain height on the open main floor, which had to be compressed due to height limitations imposed by the thick hemplime roof insulation.

The staircase is supported by steel stringers that rest on an I beam holding up the second floor. A skylight at rear illuminates a mural of sand drifts that Anthony Néron sculpted into the entry hall’s lime plaster wall.

An Articolo Studios pendant hangs above a custom table surrounded by Design Within Reach chairs in the dining area, which gives way to a covered porch through a retractable glass wall. The artwork is by Judith Linhares.

The dining room table, with its banquette made from reclaimed interior doors, seats at least sixteen. “We can squeeze a lot of people in there—and it’s really cozy after everyone has had a couple of glasses of wine,” says Paton, laughing.

White-oak beams read as ribbing in the ceiling of the hallway that leads from the front door to the dining section of the open-concept living area. Glass doors on the left frame the home office.

A custom wood dining table seats ten guests with additional space at the adjacent kitchen island. Atelier de Troupe’s Tempo chandelier, purposely selected for its slender profile, draws attention without obstructing the view to the dramatic sculptural fireplace in the double-height living room beyond.

A conversation-starting chandelier from Sean Lavin for Visual Comfort & Co. hangs in the condo’s formal dining room. The barrel chairs are from Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams, while the artwork above the fireplace is by Flora Borsi.

The designers clad the breakfast nook banquette in wipeable vinyl and outfitted its base with storage for crayons and construction paper.

The bar and leather-upholstered stools were part of the homeowners’ existing antiques collection.

A Giffin Design light fixture illuminates a Poliform table, B&B Italia chairs, and a rug from Steven King Decorative Carpets in the dining area; artwork by Lalla Essaydi hangs in a walnut niche.

Drama reigns in the dining room, where the walls wear Schumacher’s Brindille gold-accented wallpaper in a peacock-blue hue and the ceiling glows with Schumacher’s Brushed Plaid in Aged Silver. Chairs covered in sage-colored velvet encourage lingering around the Keith Fritz dining table.

The Judge oil painting sparks dinner conversation in this Greenwich dining room where two Visual Comfort & Co. chandeliers hang above a custom, polished, live-edge table.

A spot for family dining was designed around a banquette on one side of the new island; the table base is from Dunes and Duchess, and the top was custom made by builder Palette Pro Painting & Renovation.

The color scheme continues in the dining room’s willow-pattern wallpaper from the Pluma line at Romo. Sinkin paired a Worlds Away table with side chairs in light-toned wood with caned backs and seats upholstered in blue-gray fabric. The sideboard is finished in woven grasscloth. The modern chandelier from Visual Comfort & Co. resembles a mobile.

Hirsch complemented the homeowners’ own midcentury-style table and chairs in the breakfast nook with birds-eye maple pendant lighting from Allied Maker.

Hirsch pulled the lilac from the J.D. Staron rug for the glamorous high-gloss walls of the dining room. The dark wood of the chair frames and dining table keeps the room feeling grounded. Contemporary elements, like Ochre’s Gaia pendant chandelier, can be found throughout the house.

In the dining room, a Drop It Modern wallpaper makes a gestural statement, and custom chairs sit at a bespoke cerused-oak table. The chandelier is by Estiluz.

The kitchen cabinetry extends into the breakfast area, which overlooks the front terrace. The family often enjoys alfresco meals, so easy access from the kitchen to the terrace was one of the client mandates.

The dining area opens to both the kitchen and the living space; the homeowners selected all of the furnishings.

Modern chairs from The Tailored Home in Westport and a custom-designed cerused-wood table with a sculptural base create a sophisticated but “not too dressy” dining room, says the designer.

In keeping with the New Canaan home’s overall aesthetic, designer Melissa Lindsay paired a modern Saarinen table in the breakfast nook with light-wood chairs from Stowed; a piece by artist Shirley Jaffe from the owners’ collection adds a nice jolt of color.

The dining area is defined by one of two oak trusses that support the cathedral ceiling. The space is open to the kitchen to facilitate easy entertaining. The two custom pedestal tables are designed for flexibility and can be reconfigured into one table to accommodate large dinner parties.

The custom dining table and chairs are from Moore’s new furniture line, Roweam; little is known about the painting, but it serves as an ideal juxtaposition to the Croft House credenza.

Gannon used the dining table, which the wife had already purchased, as the room’s jumping-off point. She treated the Gracie wallpaper as artwork by creating panels that act as frames. The vintage chandelier is glass, crystal, and yellow-painted wood.

The dining room’s jib door opens to the condo’s elevator-level foyer; when it’s closed, the door all but disappears.

For the dining table, Silver Maple Construction built a trestle-style base that allows lots of leg room when guests are many. The wall art is a commissioned piece by Miami textile artist Ana Maria Mariani.

A handmade chandelier from Studio Bel Vetro hangs above a Century table and Artistic Frame chairs in the dining room; the wallpaper is from Dedar.

A custom table that expands to seat twelve comfortably anchors the rounded dining room. Marment chose the black wicker chairs with cushiony seats to encourage post-prandial lingering.

Daher inherited the 1970s Roche Bobois marble table in the dining area from her former Back Bay neighbors. She surrounded it with chairs from CB2. “I love the femininity of the chair backs,” she says. An Iatesta Studio chandelier adds a touch of glam.

The dining table expands to seat twelve and is paired with cane-back chairs and walls covered in a paper-backed fabric from Raoul Textiles. Architect Rob Bramhall kept the base and crown molding consistent throughout the house, then layered on other elements like the wainscoting and coffered ceiling to distinguish each room.

French-style chairs and an arts and crafts-style chest impart historical touches that give the room greater visual depth, Arnold believes, than if you’d simply “popped in all modern forms.” Floral fabric connects the fauteuils to the landscape. A cowhide rug keeps things contemporary, as does the mirror, which evokes a porthole while complementing the curves of the table and Hinkley pendant.

A comfy banquette, a custom O&G Studio table, and a statement-making pendant by California-based Ravenhill Studio make this corner of the kitchen a coveted spot for coffee and conversation.

Russell had the dining room chairs custom made by Artistic Frame to match the homeowners’ existing dining table; the window treatments, which when closed create a warm, cocoon-like feel, are from Julie Thome Draperies.

The formal dining room can only be described as tactile, from the upholstered walls and embroidered window coverings to the silk-and-wool rug and polished mahogany table, which seats twelve.

Among the contributions by local artisans is the dining table crafted by Ian Ingersoll using a walnut slab procured at Berkshire Products in Sheffield, Massachusetts.

The breakfast area combines a chair upholstered in one of the quilts Manganello designed for Garnet Hill, an antique Swedish settee, and midcentury modern-style chairs.

In the game room off the library, a custom table and Serena & Lily chairs rest on character-grade engineered oak from The Hudson Company.

Oak inserts installed in different directions animate the coffered ceiling in the dining room, where contemporary rattan-back chairs from Brooke & Lou are paired with flouncy upholstered seats under a Visual Comfort chandelier; the art consultant was Hadley Powell.

The terrace is accessed from the dining area.

The kitchen eating area blends an American primitive rack on exposed brick painted white with a pedestal table and chairs from West Barnstable Tables.

Red-and-white gingham-pattern chairbacks are a playful signal that this is a laid-back place. The scene on the canvas screen depicts the phases of the moon.

A turquoise vellum-clad buffet from Julian Chichester makes a bold statement in the dining room, while the Apparatus light fixture dangles like loose jewelry above a custom walnut table surrounded by caned chairs with angular backs that resemble sails.

Mar Silver sourced a nineteenth-century bread bowl—its contents change according to the season—as the centerpiece for the fourteen-seat dining table.

A Roche Bobois table and chairs bring haute style to this home’s dining space, where the custom cabinetry has an effervescent silver-leaf finish.

A hand-painted mural by artist Dean Barger wraps the dining room, where a Keith Fritz whitewashed dining table surrounded by cane-back chairs extends to seat eighteen.

Nantucket is all about entertaining,” says Bill Richards, a partner at Gary McBournie, Inc. The client’s own dining chairs were recovered in a Galbraith & Paul fabric, and decorative artist Deidre Mannix recolored a shell console (one of a pair). The nineteenth-century sailor-made woolie was sourced from Freeman’s auction house.

The fireplace wall in the dining room is painted a custom shade from Fine Paints of Europe; “That hydrangea blue is a color they love, and it feels so them,” says Mattison.

The couple wanted to reuse their existing dining table and chairs, so Csongor updated the latter with new fabric and paired them with a Paul Ferrante chandelier that hangs from a ceiling adorned with arches that are echoed in the transoms.

To bring the three-season porch into the fold, Banker repeated the Benjamin Moore Chili Pepper color from the living room bookcase. Jean Prouvé’s Guéridon table and chairs from Vitra were repurposed from Banker’s first New York City apartment.

Narrow-planked stained-oak floors in a herringbone pattern anchor the home with a traditional touch. The artwork on the grasscloth-covered walls is by Miya Ando.

In the adjacent dining room, antique chairs from Leonards New England surround the clients’ own table, and the rug is from Landry & Arcari.

A curtain of vertical wooden dowels separates the dining room from the entryway. A second Knotty Bubbles chandelier hangs above the table.

An America’s Cup yacht, the whaler Charles W. Morgan, and the owners’ yacht are among the vessels plying the waters of Nantucket Harbor in the dining room mural hand-painted by Segreto Finishes

Although not adjacent to the kitchen, the indoor patio is a favored dining spot for informal meals with a symphony of waves, boats, and seabirds as background.

Designer Kaitlin Smith arranges a bouquet that complements the Anna French for Thibaut Roscoe wallcovering and the dining room ceiling lacquered in Benjamin Moore Newburyport Blue.

Gold-toned nailhead trim on the dining chairs adds an extra touch of sophistication and warmth.

The homeowner’s favorite color, pink, is rendered in a chic coral in the dining room, where a glossy lacquered ceiling gleams above a playful Brunschwig & Fils wallpaper. The colors meet in the custom chairs. A breezy Aerin chandelier hangs above the custom dining table.

An eighteenth-century pattern by British architect Robert Adam inspired the breakfast area’s tent-like ceiling. Designer Barbara Elza Hirsch replaced black-and-white marmoleum flooring with a marble checkerboard and chose Artistic Frame chairs to surround a table from Angela Adams.

Spada paired the owners’ existing dining set with an eighteenth-century English pot rack from the Charles Spada Collection. Poplar millwork was applied over painted MDF walls that absorb sound and take paint better than plaster.

The dining room’s new fireplace mantel has an authentic period look.

Architectural details, such as the dining room’s coffered ceiling and wainscoting, were either restored or recreated. William Morris wallpaper with bold cobalt and lime is paired with luxurious green wool drapes. Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams chairs in green leather join host chairs outfitted in Pierre Fray fabric.

The casual dining area in the kitchen features a banquette covered in green leather.

The light-filled breakfast/dining nook takes full advantage of the home’s views and features two of Philippe Starck’s iconic Masters chairs. Orange frosted glass tops the Sovet pedestal table.

In the dining room, a pair of handblown glass pendants from Ann-Morris illuminate Rosenstein’s first purchase for the home: an oak farmhouse table. Built-in cabinetry stores chinaware.

The focus of the breakfast room is a Rose Uniacke pendant that hangs above the custom oak trestle table surrounded by chairs covered in a Perennials stripe.

The dining room protrudes out into the land further than any other space in the house, offering up unobstructed views of the mountains to the east. A trio of pendant lights casts a welcoming glow over the custom table, which comfortably seats ten.

“I don’t normally put pine and cherry together, but the old growth and cherry worked well,” Herrmann says of mixing woods in places like this breakfast room located off the kitchen.

The breakfast area’s ombré dining table and sideboard are by Aronson Woodworks, and the artwork is by Alex Katz.

In the dining room, a piece by Kehinde Wiley—now famous for painting President Barack Obama’s portrait—accompanies a sculpture by Adam Parker Smith.

The neighboring breakfast area showcases a Pierre Frey toile the owner treasured from a previous home.

Watertown, Massachusetts, cabinetmaker Erik Bistany crafted the dining table, a walnut slab atop a vintage cast-iron base. Slipcovered Verellen chairs and a sleek banquette by Partners in Design lend a modern feel.

Lucite chairs add flair and friction to the mix of modern and traditional elements in the dining room. A subtle animal theme is carried through from the chair upholstery to the horse-head sculpture sourced from Eleish Van Breems Home to the hair-on-hide rug.

In the serene dining room, the custom Dunes and Duchess table is perfectly proportioned for the space. An easy-care Bowood Tweed from Perennials covers the chairs from Eleish Van Breems Home. The drum chandelier is from Visual Comfort.

In the dining room, the Nimbus resin bubble chandelier from Oly is the star.

The open-plan dining area, which connects the kitchen and great room, is anchored by a steel-and-glass chandelier, a custom-made dining table, and a Stark rug.

A pendant from Barn Light Electric Company hangs above a vintage table and chairs in the dining area, which is painted Benjamin Moore Stone Harbor and features a mix of tall wainscoting, built-in cabinetry, and drawers. The lamp post style lights are from Hi-Lite Manufacturing Co., and the sconces are from Circa Lighting.

The dining room’s fireplace had been boarded up with plywood, which Bannon Custom Builders removed, rebricking the firebox with bricks painted black. Note the ombre hardware that transitions from brass to copper to blackened steel on the cabinetry

Architect Marcus Springer peeled back the floor between the first and second levels, creating a two-story light well that links the kitchen and living spaces above. It’s illuminated by a chandelier from Apparatus.

In the breakfast nook, a custom table and Lee Industries chairs with hair-on-hide backs sit under a Visual Comfort chandelier.

A stone hearth and mantel is a sophisticated replacement for the dining room fireplace’s old tile surround. Further ramping up the elegance factor are the Hickory Chair upholstered chairs around a gleaming Keith Fritz dining table.

There’s often a Monopoly game in progress at the skirted table between the living and dining areas, where a Global Views sideboard supports custom lamps made from a pair of ceramic vases.

The square dining room demanded a round table, which Brady illuminated with an Akari pendant designed by Isamu Noguchi.

The dining room’s window bay was transformed into a game area that doubles as overflow dinner seating. (Twelve-year-old daughter Kidder made it her “home office” during the pandemic.)

In the dining room, Rosenfeld clad the walls in a historic pattern from Brunschwig & Fils in a colorway that she describes as “paper-bag brown.”

Black metal-framed glass doors open from the living room to the dining room, where high-back chairs from Lillian August are covered in a Victoria Hagan fabric. Interior designer Nancy Galasso designed the white lacquer and black metal étagère. A chandelier from Luxe Light & Home illuminates a Bausman table.

The interior dining area features a built-in banquette and custom chairs around a BoConcept table, all underneath a modern Ochre chandelier.

The dining room gets a dose of drama from black painted walls and cabinetry, a print by Boston artist Liz Roache, and accessories like a nineteenth-century ginger jar and a block-printed table skirt from India.

The dining room gets a dose of drama from black painted walls and cabinetry, a print by Boston artist Liz Roache, and accessories like a nineteenth-century ginger jar and a block-printed table skirt from India.

A delightful vignette in the dining room comprises an antique paddle wood chair, a drop-leaf table, and artwork by noted illustrator Richard Giglio.

Just past the Dunes and Duchess table and woven-rush dining chairs by Redford House, architect Vallorie Oliver added a pair of double doors and new windows to facilitate indoor/outdoor entertaining.

The adjacent dining area includes a custom dining table and banquette, chairs from Mark Albrecht Studio for Holly Hunt, and a light fixture from Hector Finch.

A window-lined corner of the living room holds rattan chairs and a vintage McGuire game table.

The owners’ dining table, chairs, and rug took on a midcentury vibe by swathing walls in a Christopher Farr Cloth moss-colored hemp wallcovering and draping windows in a wavy print.

The old library became a homework/project room with a custom library table and chairs covered in a lively Schumacher patchwork pattern; the artwork is by the girls.

The new home office took over a room formerly used by the children for homework and play. Ricci paired a sturdy farm table with a midcentury-inspired chair from Atelier de Troupe.

Designer Elizabeth Saypol furnished the dining room with treasured vintage pieces—from the table and chairs to the chandelier that once held candles to the mercury glass collection on the mantel.

An alcove in the dining room is the perfect spot for wing chairs from Hickory Chair, custom upholstered in fabric by Kerry Joyce and adorned with Elizabeth Eakins pillows. The metal plant stand is an antique.

Artwork by Kim Romero presides over the dining area, which features a custom table, Jessica Charles chairs upholstered in a Fabricut velvet, and a chandelier from Generation Lighting.

Sayeed, a fine artist herself, rehung the homeowner’s existing artwork, including the colorful Tony Fitzpatrick piece above the buffet. The couple purchased it at their favorite coffee shop in Chicago a few years before Fitzpatrick became a museum darling.

A custom lacquered table and jet-black chairs pop against the dining room’s Gracie panels, while homeowner Mari Sugahara Lathrop designed the table runner from her collection of Japanese textiles.

“Kitchens are always sort of, I don’t know, cold,” McGee says. “I wanted the breakfast nook to have some prettiness, so we added this Pyne Hollyhock Schumacher pattern I love. It’s just so classic.” The designer commissioned the Frances Adler Elkins-style chairs.

Haines opted to skip a dining room rug, letting the homeowners’ dining table and re-covered chairs “float” on the gleaming parquet floor.

In the dining area, as in much of the residence, the walls were painted white to open up the space, while the maple floors were sanded to their natural color and given a matte finish.

The breakfast nook is grounded by modern parquet flooring by Chris Zizza of C&R Flooring.

Artwork by Lídia Masllorens presides over the dining room. Minotti chairs surround a custom dining table by Jeff Soderbergh, which is illuminated by an Ochre chandelier. Throughout the house, most of the walls, ceilings, and crown moldings are painted Benjamin Moore Oxford White. Ceiling heights that reach nearly thirteen and a half feet and multi-stepped crown moldings nod to the attention bestowed upon scale and proportion.

Designer Dee Elms replaced the half-wall and heavy columns that separated the dining and living rooms with glass panels. Says project manager Dan Stone of JW Construction, “It was a more traditional house, and she brought a lot of contemporary ideas. It was a fun project to do.”

Bright blue upholstery brings vintage chairs up to date around the family’s heirloom dining table, while a green interior adds depth to built-in cabinets. In the background is the chaise that both divides and connects the long section of the room.

Framed panels of wallpaper from The Mural Source form a lively backdrop behind a vintage dining hutch; the chandelier overhead is from Visual Comfort with shades from the Newport Lamp & Shade Company.

In the dining room, a still life by Israeli artist Ori Gersht overlooks a Dakota Jackson Macassar ebony table lit by Ralph Pucci’s Oval Cumulus fabric-and-nickel chandelier.

A painting by Sigalit Landau hangs on the dining room wall; the custom-made ebonized china chest features high-gloss ebony-veneer cabinet doors.

The kitchen’s custom-designed banquette is made of faux leather to help, as designer Carolina Tress-Balsbaugh notes, breakfasters “slide into” the space. The wood table is from Keith Fritz, and the painting is by Melanie Daniel.

The dining table, which seats twelve, is so large it requires two Visual Comfort lanterns hanging above. The iron straps on the backs of the chairs echo the lanterns.

In the dining area, light fixtures from Palecek hang above a Parish Co table; the upholstered chair and rug are from Kravet.

Rift-oak floors and creamy upholstered pieces add to the lightness of the second floor’s open plan.

Vintage hickory chairs with rope backs bring warmth to the table.

A portrait of homeowner John Lambros’s great-great-grandfather, who was a patron of sculptor Auguste Rodin, hangs in the dining room. (This one is a replica—Spain’s Museo Nacional del Prado houses the original, painted by Joaquin Sorolla.)

Kramer carried the dining room’s natural woven elements into a newly constructed breakfast porch off the kitchen. A porcelain tile floor adds to the indoor-outdoor aesthetic the designer had in mind, while a custom table and chandelier, both from Dunes and Duchess, and a built-in banquette make for the perfect casual dining spot.

Designer Katie Rosenfeld mixed materials and texture to elegant effect in the dining room, pairing luxe white leather B&B Italia chairs with a walnut table designed by Rosenfeld and crafted by Kevin Cradock Builders. A glass-and-brass cylinder light from Roll & Hill strikes a dramatic note.

In the game room, a must-have space for the homeowners, classico travertine sheaths the fireplace surround.

Artwork by Clara Blalock hangs in the breakfast area, which is outfitted with a custom table and banquette with chairs by Richard Wrightman Design.

I always like a space to have a mix of edgy and glam elements,” says designer Stephanie Rapp; in the dining lounge, she achieves this with the Belle Meade table—a modern acrylic base is offset by the masculine hardware that connects it.

A custom table in the breakfast nook features a contemporary base with a silver finish and a round white oak top in cerused gray.

The cane-back dining room chairs were Black’s first-ever eBay purchase, and the artwork is by Nancy Charak.

Modern and traditional meet in the dining room, where contemporary Jayson Home side chairs in wood and gray leather are paired with the homeowners’ own antique head chairs.

The only furnishings the family brought to their new home was this dining set, which was refinished and reupholstered with Romo fabric. It sits on a rug from Stark Carpet with a Lightmaker Studio pendant hanging above.

As in the rest of the home, the kitchen features natural materials, such as quarter-sawn oak floors and a granite island and countertop. A classic red Lacanche Citeaux range, Tabarka Studio’s Palio 1 tile backsplash, a steel-and-brass hood designed by Lisa Hilderbrand, and black-and-white photographs by Keith Dotson complete the space.

Like the house, the breakfast nook table seemed large at first but now feels just right. “We came with two kids and now there are four; we’ve definitely grown into it,” the homeowner says.

A pair of playful vintage monkeys from Trovare Home keep the formal dining room, with its Visual Comfort chandelier, from looking too serious.

The kids work on art projects at the banquette and custom SDS Design zinc-topped table that divides the kitchen and family room.

A trio of black-and-white prints featuring Elle Fanning, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Vanessa Paradis from Chanel’s Little Black Jacket exhibit bring a timeless and chic vibe to the dining room. The homeowner was happy to incorporate her fashion career into the home’s decor.

A series of molding-framed murals by Susan Harter could easily steal the scene in the dining room. Instead, Monahan selected the calming earth tones of grisaille, letting her mahogany dining table and antique chairs stand out. A chandelier from Arteriors accents a custom-finish ceiling painted by Deux Femmes Decorative Art.

Built-ins, such as the breakfast area’s banquette, give the home a ship-like quality.

The home’s modestly sized dining room doubles as a study/office with a nineteenth-century French refectory table, which is offset by a patchwork wool and silk carpet, Farrow & Ball wallpaper, and an antique Swedish Mora clock.

: Tharp chose a custom-built dining table in the shape of a surfboard. It sits near the entrance to the terrace, which is delineated by hydrangea-blue wooden doors, a backbone of the decor’s palette.

The designer sets her table with an eclectic mix of accessories from all over the globe, like this tablecloth from South Africa, her own line of ceramics, bowls filled with seashells, and a mix of glassware. “You should see the suitcases I bring back when I travel,” she says with a laugh.

Designer Liz Caan painted the original barn door in the dining area the same color as the kitchen island base (Benjamin Moore’s Mount Saint Anne) to tie together the two spaces. A heavy black trestle table contrasts nicely with lighter, more modern teak dining chairs with rattan seats.

An intimate dining area is simply furnished with a table from Noir and chairs from France & Sons.

In the library, a custom table and side chairs from Woodland Furniture are illuminated by The Urban Electric Co.’s Alexander fixture, while the bookshelves are lit by Visual Comfort picture lights.