Unbalanced Dining Room

Before

The Dilemma
Host Kristan Cunningham and design coordinators Spencer Anderson and Dave Sheinkopf decide on what needs to happen to take Shen's dining space from awkward to awesome. They plan on replacing the light fixture, adding texture to the tabletop, brining in muted color and finding a suitable storage piece for wine bottles and glasses.

The Solution
Here's how the design team creates an inviting, modern
dining space:

• Two of the walls are painted a slate gray to coordinate with the existing color scheme in the adjoining living room.

• Sheinkopf purchases a clean-lined wine cabinet at a vintage furniture store that solves the storage problem.

• Cunningham adds texture to the tabletop with a runner she makes out of round woven mats. She stitches them together and applies a dark stain to make them pop against the light-colored table.