What are some tips for small dining room remodeling? You can add a higher molding to your floor in a dining room area. When his clients ask him for tips on small dining room remodeling, Jason Flippo, who...
When his clients ask him for tips on small dining room remodeling, Jason Flippo, who is the owner and president of Signature Home Improvement Inc, which is a business that concentrates on remodeling kitchens and living areas, offers these suggestions: "If your floors have tile, take that out and put hard wood floors in. Just change it around. Use taller base moldings. But you have to be careful, because once you start in one room with taller base moldings, if it is noticeable; you may end up having to do all the base moldings in the house. But it does look nice to have 4 or 5 inch tall base moldings around the floors. It just looks classier. That's what they are using in the high end homes. Builders are usually putting in taller base moldings. But it is more expensive so...don't put it in if it is not within the budget. You could do the crown molding also on the ceilings in the dining room. You can change the paint, change all the light fixtures, and things like that. You could build cabinets that are built into the wall, and you could do floor painting."
When asked specifically "What about lighting for the dining room?" Jason replies, "That makes a huge difference if you have dated light fixtures. You take those down and put something more up to date and nice. Real ornate light fixtures in the dining room look nice."
As far as your dining room furniture is concerned, he advises, "Change the furniture, if you have outdated furniture. What happens a lot of times when you remodel a room is that the furniture does not go with it any more. If you don't want to have to change your furniture, you may want to put something together on your remodel that would go along with your furniture. The problem with that is, if you try to do something to match your existing furniture, then two years later you want to change your furniture out. Then, you could be in a bind." So, in other words, only design the room around your dining room set if it is truly your style and if its not then it is better to spend the extra money on furniture to match your décor now, then having the extra expenses of remodeling all over again in the future.
When remodeling a small dining room, the most important consideration is the layout. You can have the most beautiful furniture, the best paint and prettiest fixtures, but if it's all crammed into a tiny space that no one can fit comfortably in and relax, what's the point? If the room you're remodeling is in a "starter home", which you may be leaving in a few years for a more spacious one, you can still invest in a quality dining set now, in anticipation of the future. You can always find a place for some of the pieces in other rooms of your home or simply store them away until you get your "dream dining room".
