How to decorate your dining room walls

It’s no secret that your surroundings do a lot for the experience of a meal. For a dining area, this is true also when there isn’t food on the table. Here, we’ve gathered inspiration and hands-on tips on how to decorate your dining room walls.

A bright dining area with framed art, a PLATSA shelving unit and red-brown ÖSTANÖ chairs around an IKEA PS drop-leaf table.

The gallery backdrop

Hanging a cluster of framed art on the wall is a trusty way of lighting up your dining area. Express yourself, match the rest of the room – or why not let it be something to start conversations over?

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An extended INGATORP extendable table and chairs including four white INGOLF chairs stand in a traditional dining room.

Eight BILD posters in white RÖDALM frames hang on a white wall above next to a dining area group in light wood.

A light beech/veneer SKANSNÄS round extendable table and four SKANSNÄS light beech chairs stand under a RISBYN pendant lamp.

Four brown beech SKANSNÄS chairs at a brown beech/veneer SKANSNÄS round extendable table under a DYKARKLOCKA pendant lamp.

Part of a bright living room with a golden-brown HAVBERG swivel armchair, HOLMERUD side tables and a cluster of framed art.

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Mirror your meals

Glass and mirrors are an effective way to amplify light and create an airy mood in the room and around your table. Same space, twice the enjoyment.

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A dining table is set with black bowls and plates, glassware and vase with tulips, with HÖGVIND pendant lamps hanging above.

A dining room with two black BLÅLIDEN glass-door cabinets, a MÖRBYLÅNGA table and a SKOGSGRÄNSEN decorative mirror.

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Let your walls express themselves

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Create a vertical garden patch

Bring an outdoorsy feel in! Spruce up the space with a lush, impactful FEJKA plant wall. If not a whole wall, do just a section, or give a window a leafy frame. What’s more, artificial plants bring all the green – and need a fraction of the maintenance.

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A sunlit interior with light-green VEDBO armchairs around a JAKOBSFORS coffee table. Artificial plants cover the far wall.

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Decoration on every level

Discover the playfulness, functionality and beauty of using display storage around the dining table. Bookcases, shelving, sideboards and cabinets – every surface is fair game for giving the space a decorative touch.

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Two VIHALS shelving units with 6 shelves storing items including OMBONAD wine glasses and KUGGIS boxes stand against a wall.

A softly sunlit, white dining area flanked by a white HAUGA glass-door cabinet with tableware in it and decoration on it.

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Part practical, part decorative

Wall-oriented storage – wall-mounted shelving, side tables, cabinets, bookcases – can maximise storage capacity and be super accessible without cramping the space. One might even say it’s a thing of beauty.

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A dining area formed by a black LISABO table and SALNÖ rattan chairs and bench. On the wall are grey-green IVAR cabinets.

A black JÄTTESTA shelving unit with tableware and SMARRA boxes by a wall near a dining area with a black LISABO table.

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Try a foreign accent

Give a wall or part of the room a separate theme – it can be a colour, material or a type of coordination that differs from the rest of the space. The contrast creates an attractive effect, and is there to enjoy at your every meal.

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