The rug ordered for dining room

I don't understand where that mirror is in relation to your table? The pic of the table shows no walls behind the chairs, just a window at the end.

eta; oh, i guess it must be next to the footstool showing on the left? Better pics of your room would help, From other angles. And you don't show the lights.

Can we see the space from a larger view? I want to see if there’s room to turn the table and how large the rug could be. Is there a light fixture over where the dining table currently is placed?

The rug is nice but you are brave with the white and kids. Is it indoor/outdoor?

What else is in that room?

Yes! I’ll take new pictures and show you. I actually added more pictures on the initial post, but only 2 were uploaded. Weird... I’ll take some pictures after dinner

this brown and yellow buffet fits in that corner perfectly.

The plant on it was bought for my baby when he was born. We leave it in the dining room to get some sunshine before moving it to his room.

I’m planning on adding in its place a silver tray with flowers

On those pictures, a larger portiom of the room is shown, including the floor and the pendant on the ceiling. Once uploaded, it only shows the centre of the pictures... I hope these will give you all an idea of what the room is like. If not I can take more pictures from even further away.

I would like to chance the pendant for something nicer. Was thinking glass bubble or sputnik style pendants.

What so you think I should add above the furniture on the corner? A solid mirror or artwork ?

Thank you all for your help!

Yayyy the rug is here! I’ll take pictures!

@nskhan1206 it is an indoor outdoor rug. My baby is only a few months old and eats on his high chair, so usually no issues there.

No more mirrors in the dining room. Colorful art would add a lot to the space. It's very neutral, but needs something to bring some life in. The buffet is really cool! I think a sputnik light would be a little too much with the mirror you have now. Bubble might look nice - adding some curves to your space.

I would also lower the existing mirror; in the pics it looks as if it's hung a bit too high.

@Olychick Thank you for the great advice, neutral is what I’m going for but but a few pops of colour here and there. I agree that I should do artwork instead of another mirror. In fact, I‘ve been thinking of replacing the current mirror for a solid one, you know, something less chaotic. I’ll be sure to hang it lower. We’ll see if I can find something as large.

I’m actually open to changing/adding anything except the dining set and rug.

The things I know I will be changing/adding for sure are as follow:

- The curtain. I really don’t like the brown curtain. I initially put it up just to add some privacy in the dining room in the evening, until I find something more suitable.

- Tray. I would like a nice silver tray to set on the buffet.

- Artwork. I’d like to add some artwork above the buffet.

- Bar cart. I’d like a small bar cart on the left corner of the dining room. something I can keep fresh cut flowers and cocktail glasses on.

- Chairs/Bench. For this one. I have two ideas. Either keeping the current 4 chairs and add a cream coloured leather bench. Or replacing all the chairs for 6 fabric upholstered/tufted cream dining chairs.

I open to other suggestions.

The new rug has been laid

Now let’s get decorating. I’m so excited to buy new stuff for this room.

Before placing the dining table ^

View with ceiling light to be replaced by pendant/chandelier^

Side view ^

Front view^

Rug looks great! I like nskhan's idea of putting the art where the current mirror is. If you want a mirror it would look nice above a silver tray (there are gazillions of gorgeous silver trays at thrift stores these days) and if you're lucky, the new mirror would reflect the art. In the least, it will brighten that corner.

@nskhan1206 I love the idea of putting the mirror above the buffet, but the reason I had decided to put it on the longer wall in the first place was the give the illusion of space. The dining room is tiiiiiny. We’re looking at about 8x10 here. Seems like I have some thinking to do.

I don find drum pendants boring. My mom has a beautiful one that she bought, bur decided not to use. She offered it to me but I chose not to take it. Not because it was a drum shape, it was just too "glam" for me. It has crystal all over. Although it is done tastefully and isn’t tacky at all, I like simplicity in my decor. Some things can be visually interesting and somewhat simple like the bubble fixtures below:

Ok, the las two are a bit extravagant, but a little drama can be good ;p

Little update... I’ve put up an add to sell the mirror. It’s getting lots of attention. It almost makes me want to keep it. :D