Make a feature of the table itself. This one was transformed with a herringbone stencil using Resene Colorwood Whitewash, by paint effects expert Greer Clayton.

A delicious dining setting with a contemporary French country twist. The walls are Resene White Pointer, and the space is designed by Bridget Foley.

A rug to anchor the table and an exuberant bunch of hydrangeas gives focus to this table and the turquoise accents work well against the restful Resene Half Milk White walls.

We featured this home in habitat issue 21.

When Jessica and John Judge bought their house, all the walls were painted in Resene Thorndon Cream. They have no objection to the colour but found its sole use rather bland.

The large dining room looked empty no matter how much furniture they added, so Jessica decided to break up the expansive walls by adding a dado rail and painting the walls beneath it Resene Bokara Grey. Says Jessica: “It really anchors the room while giving it some life.”

A sophisticated look for a 1929 character apartment has walls in Resene Iron and mouldings and trims in Resene Half Alabaster.  It’s designed by James Peter. 

Liz Kite’s dining room is rich with French provincial touches from the bookcase and baskets to the wrought iron mirror. It’s all held together with walls in the muted warm neutral of Resene Quarter Tea.

Get the black-legged table look by using Resene Enamacryl tinted to Resene Nero.

Here’s one way of doing it – use a bold wallpaper on one wall as a feature. This one is from the Oxford collection from Resene.

A subtle washed-blue ombre effect is a restful backdrop for this dining space. It’s actually wallpaper (Bloom 340097) from Resene and not timber panelling.