{"id":7826,"date":"2019-10-31T11:32:26","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T15:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/margaretdonaldsoninteriors.com\/?p=7826"},"modified":"2019-10-31T11:32:26","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T15:32:26","slug":"an-award-wining-dining-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/box2483.temp.domains\/~urbanar5\/mdi-maradesignco-com\/an-award-wining-dining-room\/","title":{"rendered":"An Award-Wining Dining Room"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This month we\u2019re taking you on a tour of MDI\u2019s latest project<\/a>: A stunning, award-winning vacation home. This home earned a 1st place ASID Award for its master bathroom, a 2nd place ASID Award for Vacation Home, and an Honorable Mention for the dining room and bar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

One of the\nprimary focuses for this home was to create spaces that invited guests to\nlinger and enjoy themselves over food and drinks. We also wanted to provide\nentertainment areas that function for a myriad of user groups from intimate\ngatherings to catered executive dinners to full family reunions with all the\ncousins. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our clients\nlove entertaining, and one of the most essential spaces for them was the bar.\nThey wanted something beautifully designed that could function for day-to-day\nvacation use as well as for large-scale catered events. (And, a TV makes sure\nthat no one misses the Masters!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The main challenge of the design was ensuring that the dining room and bar felt cohesive with the rest of the home and were multi-functional enough to transition between the different uses of the space, from casual dining to entertaining to watching the game at the bar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dining Room<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The original\ninterior detailing for the home included a coffered ceiling in the dining room.\nWe adjusted the plans to use linear beams instead to disguise the fact that the\ntable is not centered in the space. The location of the table and chandelier\nwas planned to allow for circulation space when both the bar and table are in\nuse. Since this space is a high traffic area, we decided to forgo a rug and let\nthe hardwood floors shine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The dining\ntable was custom made for this project by a regional furniture maker. We\nselected a table with trestle style base and no apron so that additional chairs\ncould be added without the concern of table legs interfering. It was essential\nto our client that the table could potentially seat 10-12 guests and not\nrequire a leaf or other type of extender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Architecturally,\nthe dark steel sliding door unit makes an impressive visual impact on the room.\nWe chose to skip window treatments and allow the architecture and view to speak\nfor itself. We repeated the dark metal element and installed a linear iron and\nclear glass chandelier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Comfortable\ndining chairs were significant to the homeowner. The armchairs we chose have\nmodern lines and are fully upholstered in cream leather. The side chairs are a\nmodern interpretation of the klismos chair with a curved back that perfectly\nsupports the guest. We chose leather for the armchairs and Crypton for the side\nchairs for easy maintenance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In keeping\nwith the architecture of the home, we included 4\u2019 paneling on the few walls in\nthe dining room. The only real wall in the space provided a perfect spot for\nartwork featuring a coastal marsh scene reminiscent of what lies outside the\nwindow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bar<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In designing\nthe bar, our clients wanted to ensure that the result was beautifully designed\nand could function for day-to-day vacation use as well as for large-scale\ncatered events. We used closed cabinetry to minimize visual clutter and provide\nstorage for disparate sized and shaped items such as liquor bottles, an\nicemaker, and dishwasher. The cabinets are paneled except for the wine cooler.\nBy integrating the TV into the cabinetry, it feels more intentional and less\nobtrusive in the space while not in use. Since the TV was an important\nfunctional element in the room, we opted out of pendant lighting over the bar\ntop. Instead, we included elegant iron wall sconces on the flanking walls to\nadd an additional layer of ambient light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To add\ninterest and style to the cabinetry in the bar, we included a few select\nglass-fronted cabinets. These hold the client\u2019s stemware and feature an \u2018x\u2019\ndesign across the glass panel front. The style of the cabinets leans\ntraditional while the grey brown-toned stain brings modernity to the cabinets\nand lends itself to the overarching streamlined transitional feel of the home. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally,\nthe stain of the cabinets repeats on the kitchen island tying the spaces\ntogether.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The proximity of the bar stools to the dining chairs to the game table chairs in the adjacent living room made selecting complementary pieces of crucial importance for the flow of the space. We chose to include host and hostess armchairs in neutral leather and pair those with klismos<\/a>-inspired side chairs in Crypton pale aqua tweed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The side\nchairs have nickel nail head that is repeated on the barstools. The barstools\nhave similar lines to the host and hostess chairs and are upholstered in the\nsame leather. This grouping of chairs and textiles provided cohesion while\nbeing interesting and, most important, comfortable. \n\nStick around for more tours\nof this gorgeous home including the guesthouse, and the hardworking areas of\nthe home, including the laundry, spa, gym, and guest rooms. Can\u2019t wait to see\nthe whole house? Check out all the beautiful photos on our\nportfolio page.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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