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Workshops Fundamentals of Styling: The Dining Room

Fundamentals of Styling: The Dining Room

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Learn how to sketch a basic floor plan for your dining room that reflects furniture placement, function, and flow of the space.

Fundamentals of Styling: The Dining Room

Designer and stylist Hilary Walker welcomes you to her dining room styling workshop, with a special focus on furniture, lighting, and decor.

Gathering Inspiration

Establish a design direction for your dining room by gathering inspiration, considering color, and trusting the look and feel you’re drawn to.

Crafting a Floor Plan

Learn how to sketch a basic floor plan for your dining room that reflects furniture placement, function, and flow of the space.

Placing Furniture and Lighting

Perfect the art of choosing and placing the right furniture and lighting in your dining room for an arrangement that brings your vision to life.

Adding Wall Art

Create a meaningful focal point in your dining room with a gallery wall of artwork. Hilary shares her step-by-step approach to choosing and hanging pieces that tell a layered story.

Styling and Decor

Learn how to layer your space with personality by following Hilary’s guide to styling with textiles and tabletop decor.

The Completed Room

Learn from a designer’s perspective how a completed dining room comes together using the five principles of design: scale, balance, contrast, focus, and flow.