White Dining Spaces
I’ve been hankering after something white in our dining space (we don’t have a ROOM, just a SPACE) for a while now. At first, I wanted to paint our dining table (a Craigslist find) white and mix it up with our rosewood chairs. However, since we don’t have any outdoor space, the husband was and is very anti-sanding and anti-painting. I have a feeling, though, that he would continue to be even IF we had the space! Anyway…
We ended up trading in our oak dining table for one with a cast iron base and an unfinished plywood top. As one or two of you might know, I have a slight obsession with cast iron. I swear just the base alone weights 500 pounds! OK, not really, but it feels that way. The oak table is now my arts and crafts table living in another part of the apartment.
The table top of the new one has to be finished – it will be some kind of blue (his choice). Stain is already bought, the husband will just have to find the time and motivation to begin his project.
Along with this new table (which is only new to us because we grabbed this one off of good ole Craigslist too), we also got four solid creamy white chairs. So now I have some of my desired creamy white and he won’t have to deal with re-finishing anything. Good compromise, I think!
Looking back at all that I’ve held on to for inspiration, they reminded me of why I wanted some kind of white in the first place. It brings lightness not just in actual light, but a certain weightlessness to the space. With food filling our eyes, noses and mouths, expansive white is a wonderful backdrop for when all our other senses are in overdrive. Let the good food take over!
Here are some of my favorites…
Image above from Coastal Living.
Image from Living Etc.
Image from Country Living.
Image from Living Etc.
Image via decorpad.
Image from Home – Designing.
I agree with you about the weightlessness of white objects. I was not a fan of white furniture for a really long time (it’s an inherited prejudice–my parents owned nothing white except the Frigidaire) but when we moved to a small apartment, I realized how much I needed to lighten the visual weight of objects to make them work. I painted a dark wood desk white and was amazed at how much better it fit in the room. That said, it was a major pain and a fume hazard.