The perfect setting

Your dining setting is one of the most social points in your home and as such deserves careful consideration. Take heart and inspiration from these settings where various design considerations played a part in their arrangement.

The dining space is at the centre of architecture, building, ceiling, coffee table, design, dining room, floor, furniture, home, house, interior design, living room, property, real estate, room, table, gray

Balancing scale, views and comfort was the biggest challenge in the design of this substantial home

The dining space is at the centre of the Y plan of this home, at which point the three glass panels of the cladding are curved – including a motorised curved glass door to...

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A soaring 2.7m tongue-and-groove ceiling sets off this timber ceiling, hardwood, home, house, interior design, living room, real estate, window, wood flooring, orange, open plan living, fowler homes

U-shaped, four-bedroom home wraps around a central courtyard

A soaring 2.7m tongue-and-groove ceiling sets off this living, dining, kitchen area in a new home by Fowler Homes Auckland South. The living area opens up to a long timber deck – one of three on the well-connected home – via ...

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This kitchen by Kitchen Architecture presents as a architecture, bar stool, building, cabinetry, ceiling, countertop, dining room, floor, flooring, furniture, hardwood, home, house, interior design, kitchen, material property, property, real estate, room, table, wood, gray

Minimalist, easy-to-clean kitchen has dedicated zones and strong material palette

This kitchen by Kitchen Architecture presents as a well-balanced abstract of black, wood, concrete and steel – even the dark appliances play their part in the composition.

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Stairs rather than walls delineate the raised kitchen architecture, dining room, interior design, dining table, furniture, timber floor, SAOTA, travertine

New family home makes the most of prized views from its bayside site without compromising privacy

Stairs rather than walls delineate the raised kitchen and family dining area from the more formal areas in this new home by SAOTA, with interiors by ARRCC. The travertine st...

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A large dining table with a distinctive wood white, black

Mixed and warm material palette leads the way

A large dining table with a distinctive wood finish was designer Mick De Giulio’s starting point for this kitchen, setting the tone for the cabinetry finishes, bronze channelling used for framing and the Quartzite countertop selection. ...

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When it's also a dining table. That was architecture, ceiling, countertop, floor, flooring, hardwood, house, interior design, interior designer, kitchen, laminate flooring, room, table, wood flooring, gray

When is an island not an island?

When it's also a dining table. That was the innovative solution architect Neal Schwartz came up with when presented with a narrow site that couldn't accommodate the usual kitchen island as well as the dining and living areas.

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This Pierre Cronje dining table, made from a architecture, backyard, building, ceiling, dining room, estate, furniture, home, house, interior design, landscaping, lighting, patio, porch, property, real estate, residential area, room, shade, table, tree, black, brown, white

Cheetah Plains – game lodge with a difference

This Pierre Cronje dining table, made from a single sheet of leadwood, establishes a central feature at Cheetah Plains game lodge.

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As with other interior elements on this renovation, architecture, dining room, furniture, house, interior design, property, real estate, table, window, white

Natural materials help this family kitchen connect with its outlooks

As with other interior elements on this renovation, the dining table top connects with the new kitchen’s oak veneer cabinetry. The choice of materials for the renovation makes it feel very connected to the natural e...

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This formal dining room steps down from the chair, curtain, floor, flooring, furniture, home, house, interior design, table, textile, white, yellow, formal dining, O'Neil Architecture, Fandango lighting pendant, Hive

Expansive, light-filled home threads elegantly between existing tall willow trees

This formal dining room steps down from the adjacent living zone. Oversized custom pieces – including a ‘Fandango’ pendant by Hive – balance the grand scale of the home.

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A curved wall of windows in this original architecture, building, ceiling, chair, daylighting, dining room, door, floor, furniture, glass, hardwood, home, house, interior design, property, room, shade, table, window, gray

New layout, materials and finishes bring dramatic changes to outdated kitchen

A curved wall of windows in this original 1993 home design were retained during renovation, and the new kitchen and breakfast setting organised to take maximum advantage of the views they offered.

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With an existing lounge window replaced with bifold timber ceiling, floor, flooring, hardwood, house, interior design, living room, dining table, wood, wood flooring, open plan living, Higham Architects

Renovation creates large open-plan living space and opens interior to the backyard

With an existing lounge window replaced with bifold doors, the entire open-plan family-entertainment volume benefits from natural light flooding in from the rear of this home.

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15 Nov, 2020

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