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If the kitchen is the hub and heart of your household, it will be a space that you utilize to cook and bake delicious meals, and double-up as an area to enjoy the food with your family and loved ones. Often, when a kitchen has been decorated and renovated, there can be little distinction between the functional area of the room and the space where family members will go to catch up and eat dinner. However, when the dining and preparation areas in your kitchen are too similar, it can mean that neither are living up to their full potential. It’s still possible to have a considered and coherent kitchen environment that provides a different ambience in both areas so that each is an appealing option for those who want to use it. 

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Therefore, it’s time to start thinking about how you can separate the dining area of your kitchen from the place where you need to prepare your food regularly. The trick is to keep them looking and feeling like part of the same room, but utilizing some decor tricks and tips to make each stand alone when needed. There are a variety of things you can do and elements of your kitchen diner that you can improve or replace to ensure that the whole family can’t wait to hang out in there after a busy day. The following are some ideas, advice, and inspiration for those who want to give the dining area in their kitchen a much-needed boost, for even more quality family time and the perfect environment to enjoy your home cooking. 

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Bright and cool lighting is an essential part of your kitchen preparation area so that you’re able to safely see what your chopping and slicing, and you can handle hot pots and pans effectively. However, these functional and often stark lights aren’t always the most inviting when it comes to sitting down for longer periods of time to eat, relax, and enjoy the company around the table. Therefore, you need to ensure that the lighting in your dining half of the space differs from that in the preparation area. It’s time to remove cold spotlights from above the table and replace them with something with more interior impact.

Some hanging pendant lights will make a classic and design-led addition to the area above your dining table, and they’re a great way to enlighten your mealtimes. With the use of a rope cord and a bar; you can use multiple pendants and adjust the height of the lamp to suit your lifestyle mer-switches are also options to consider regarding making the dining area a warmer and cozier environment in comparison to your kitchen countertops.

A quick and effective way to separate two areas of the same room is to utilize color, pattern, and textures on the wall. If your kitchen area is tiled and painted in a particular color; it’s worth putting a different shade and hue on the walls surrounding your dining space. You can stick to the era, color palette, and theme of the overall interior; however, mix it up with a dark shade of the same paint color, or use a patterned or textured wallpaper to create an intimate and welcoming dining area. You’ll want more of a homely and less functional feel surround your table and chairs, so take a look into ways to separate the walls, and even the ceiling and floor too. 

Sometimes, busy lives mean that you won’t be able to implement these more permanent changes for a while, or perhaps you live in a rented property. Therefore, you can use simple and flexible additions to separate the dining area of your kitchen. A large rug is a great option; you can choose a bold color and pattern so that there’s no mistaking where your family can gather together at mealtimes. The rug will also provide a textural difference and change that was previously mentioned, which is the perfect way to make it a distinct environment, set apart from the rest of the kitchen. 

Adorn the seating with plush, printed cushions and fill your table top with fresh flowers and scented candles; these interior items won’t be found near your work-surfaces, so they will help create a difference in the dining area. You don’t have to spend a fortune on renovation; think about what you can do over the next couple of weekends, rope the family into helping, and you’ll have a warm, welcoming dining environment for breakfasts, lunches, and dinners.