How to decorate the dining room in vintage Nordic style?

Kitchen and dining room are the heart of the living area, the symbolic place of conviviality where to spend time enjoying lunch breaks and tasty dinners. It is a space with its own identity, which should be enriched with furniture with authentic character such as those of vintage Scandinavian design.

Let’s see how to decorate the Nordic-style dining room with vintage furniture.

Decorating the dining room with vintage Scandinavian furniture

Like the living room the dining room is the ideal room in the house to furnish with vintage Scandinavian furniture.

This is because it is a room that needs to look uncluttered, but at the same time alive and lived-in, and only a vintage piece of furniture can give this effect to the room by looking authentic and not contrived.

What are the perfect pieces of furniture to furnish this vintage Nordic style room?

The table for all to eat together

The central element of the Nordic-style dining room is the table. Scandinavian design wants the table to be wide and long, or replaced by an island or peninsula where everyone can eat together.

Very often, however, there is little space in modern homes, and it may happen that the dining room is in the same room as the kitchen. For this reason, you can opt for vintage extendable tables, which take up little space when closed but once opened allow you to accommodate numerous guests.

Vintage Scandinavian tables have simple lines and can be either squarer or with rounded corners, a feature that echoes the rules of the Hygge style whereby furniture has softer lines to give harmony to the room.

Here are some examples of the ideal table for the vintage Scandinavian dining room:

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Scandinavian teak 1960s round extendable table

Scandinavian teak 1960s round extendable table
1.640,00 €
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Swedish round extendable teak table from the 1960s

Swedish round extendable teak table from the 1960s
2.140,00 €
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Extending table model “AT 312” by Hans J. Wegner

Extending table model “AT 312” by Hans J. Wegner
4.180,00 €
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Scandinavian extending teak and oak 1960s table

Scandinavian extending teak and oak 1960s table
1.870,00 €
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Karl Andersson & Söner 1960s teak table with extension leaf

Karl Andersson & Söner 1960s teak table with extension leaf
1.950,00 €
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Folding table “Maria Flap” by Bruno Mathsson

Folding table “Maria Flap” by Bruno Mathsson
5.790,00 €
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Round extendable teak table by Svante Skogh

Round extendable teak table by Svante Skogh
2.180,00 €
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Skaraborgs 1950s folding table

Skaraborgs 1950s folding table
1.420,00 €
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Scandinavian folding table 1950s

Scandinavian folding table 1950s
1.420,00 €
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Scandinavian round teak table with metal base

Scandinavian round teak table with metal base
1.770,00 €
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Scandinavian 1950s teak and oak table

Scandinavian 1950s teak and oak table
1.430,00 €
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Vintage Scandinavian birch table by Skaraborgs

Vintage Scandinavian birch table by Skaraborgs
1.250,00 €

Benches and chairs where you can relax in company

The simple and minimalist style of the table can be accompanied by matching woodenchairs with a simple and essential design, or enhanced by colorful designer chairs with a lively and eccentric style.

Those with large spaces can also enhance the dining table with bench seating, which can also be transformed into furniture and storage to take up little space when not in use.

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Shelves and storage furniture to keep everything in order

The dining room cannot be without a sideboard, which can be used as storage for dishes and glasses or as a cabinet where the TV can be placed.

For those who like a more classic style, the choice can also fall on a sideboard or tall cabinet with a hutch, where they can store and at the same time leave their most precious objects on display.

Space can also be utilized on the walls by furnishing with shelves and bookcases suspended so as not to clutter and still have room for decorations, books, and items you want to leave in view.

Side tables and decorations to beautify the room

In addition to vintage furniture, decorations and furnishings can also be used to furnish the dining room in the Nordic style.

One example is the side tables and trolleys, ideal for enriching the environment and also functional, especially for serving guests at coffee time or during an informal snack.

To decorate the room, of course, there can be no shortage of plants, so you can also choose vintage planters, which with their style give character to the room and color it.

The right lighting for a bright and cheerful environment

Lighting in the Scandinavian dining room is most important. You can play with design and imagination in this room by opting for brightly colored lamps with distinctive shapes, such as the hat-shaped model signed Hans Agne Jakobsson, or for simpler but quirky models such as the orange pendant lamps.

There needs to be plenty of light in the dining room , preferably warm light, so the advice is to combine multiple types of lamps, such as wall sconces, pendant lamps and floor lamps, to create a bright but at the same time relaxed environment.

If the space is small, you can choose a single designer light point that doubles as a piece of furniture, or you can take advantage of wall lights to illuminate the room evenly.

Here are some ideas for lighting the dining room with vintage lamps: