Incorporating a modern dining room in a contemporary home is a great way to make your traditional dining room stand out. Just ensure no matter what decor you choose for your interior design that your traditional or modern dining room has a sleek, streamlined look. When selecting decor for this space, it is easy to lean toward formal, ornate appearances. However, these will detract from the overall look. We provide ideas for modern contemporary dining table decor.
Whether you are looking to host a formal dinner party or provide a more relaxed atmosphere, how the room is decorated will impact the feel. Our recommendations will guide you in choosing the best decor for your space, ranging from separate dining rooms to open plan designs to eating zones. They will stretch across different seasons as well so your home can be beautiful all year round.
Modern Contemporary Dining Table Decor Ideas
The easiest way to provide a new look to your dining room is by changing your centerpiece. Fortunately, no matter what the style is, whether it’s a round dining table for formal dining or a rectangular dining table, there are a plethora of available options to provide a new look to your room. You can choose to change them out seasonally, according to the occasion, or just for something different.
Spring Ideas
For spring, you will want to incorporate either pastel tulips or white flowers to symbolize the rebirth that comes with spring. This looks especially stunning in modern dining areas with dining furniture that is brightly colored. This design adds a playful, whimsical look to the dining table.
Woodsy Florals with an Easter Feel
This design is unusual but looks great as an Easter centerpiece. When Easter is over, some of the design elements can be removed for a more general springtime appearance.
To incorporate this contemporary design, use a circular piece of wood – or dark wood – from the stump of a tree. Then, cut branches of similar length and widths to form the vase of the design. Place and glue it in a circle, tie it with string, and glue it to the stump base.
Once the “vase” has dried, you can place light- or white-colored flowers in the centerpiece surrounded by greenery. Tulips in pastel colors tend to work well for an easter design if you want to lean more that way. However, for a more “tree-like” appearance, you will want to use a more rounded flower.
Finish the look with a small Easter bunny beside a small bowl filled with candy.
Summertime Ideas
Summer brings greens and bold colors to the dining area. For a modern design, be sure that you incorporate items with a sleek, clean design with the boldness of summertime colors.
Use Faux (or Real!) Hydrangeas to Fill a Pitcher
This is an easy way to add a pop of color to the room – especially rooms that are bright to begin with. It is a wonderful way to incorporate that summertime feel to the room by adding light greens and white flowers to a dark colored dining room table. Furthermore, this design uses items that you already own.
This piece looks especially wonderful on a round table and elevates the room in a fun yet dazzling way. However, it may get lost on a more formal, long, rectangular table, so it is best kept to smaller table sizes.
Begin with selecting your favorite pitcher, but be sure that it matches the style of the room. For a modern look, you will want something with clean lines. After you select your pitcher, fill it with hydrangeas.
Fall Ideas
Bring out the warm colors of burnt orange, fiery blazing reds, and warm yellows to decorate your dining room table. Our design ideas bring the outdoors inside to provide that perfect fall time look.
Pinecones and Pumpkins
Creating a centerpiece containing bold, bright fall colors makes a stunning decoration for fall. Placing it atop a burlap table runner can enhance the fall look depending on the type of table you own. You can add various-sized pumpkins to your table and even group it close to a centerpiece with warm, burnt red colors that will enhance the orange of the pumpkin.
Then, sprinkle pinecones of various sizes around the table to complete the look. For a more formal appearance for this dining table idea, you can add small, ball-shaped candles, or use a tall, tapered candle incorporated into the design.
Winter Ideas
Add some warmth and comfort into your dining room with these design ideas intended to bring in some yuletide cheer.
Candles in Glass Hurricanes
This style works great for both the winter season and around the holiday season. It is a unique idea since most people turn to poinsettias or red and green floral centerpieces to mark the holiday.
This design uses two thick, white candles of different sizes with two sprigs of evergreen placed in a darker colored hurricane glass vase. The look is elegant and modern. You can also add a sprig of green to the napkins on your place settings to fully incorporate the design into your look.
Only use the sprigs in the glass if the candles are LED lights. Otherwise, they may catch on fire as the candle burns.
All Seasons
If you want to change things up in terms of dining table decor but don’t want to be seasonal, then you can consider these modern designs for your table. They incorporate well into all modern contemporary designs and look dazzling.
Reclaimed Wood Bowl
A reclaimed wood bowl will create a beautiful yet minimalistic appearance any time of the year. For a minimalistic look, leave the bowl empty. If you want to elevate it, then add flowers, holiday decor, or fruit to the bowl.
Design a Planter
If you enjoy plants and want to introduce a pop of color to the room, consider doing a DIY planter from a ceramic pedestal bowl. The bowl can be filled using low-water plants (succulents). Additionally, you can use decorative rocks or pea gravel to decorate the planter. Then you can add a brand clipping in it for contrast.
Sculptural/Geometric Vase
Generate a centerpiece that is out of the ordinary with this modern idea. Adding a modern vase with clean, sleek lines or that is simple and rounded can add interest to a dining table. Ones with black finishes stand out in light-colored contemporary rooms, or you can use white to contrast darker rooms.
This style shines in minimal, modern, and mid-century spaces.
You can also play with a dark room by adding a geometric, sculptural vase. The geometric style enhances the feel of a modern contemporary dining space and provides visual interest to guests. It also enhances the “moodiness” of a dark colored area.
Candelabra
This design choice may not be what you think, in a traditional sense. A candelabra design is meant as a centerpiece and can be modified according to the table size. It incorporates several white candles encased in glass. Each candle is elevated at different levels for interest and rests on a black metal frame.
Final Words
When it comes to modern contemporary dining table decor, there are several ways you can quickly change the look and feel of your room. Adding centerpieces and incorporating different colors and themes throughout the table can change the appearance drastically with little effort. They can also be changed according to season, or you can use some of these ideas for everyday dining experiences.
