Feast Your Eyes on These Dazzling Dining Rooms

Interior design: Jenn Clapp, Hacin + Associates / Photo by Bob O’Connor for House of Curiosities, Boston Home Fall 2013

If the kitchen is a home’s command center, the dining room is its right-hand room. It’s the hub of enjoyment—and a place where a fair amount of savoring happens should also be a treat for the eyes. Design choices go far beyond a feast-worthy table and set of chairs. Whether your style is Victorian, modern, European, traditional, or something entirely different, glean a bit of inspiration from these dazzling dining rooms.

Glamour and Grace in a Back Bay Brownstone

Interior designer Sheila Galligan gave her classic brownstone a retro-futuristic makeover.Photo by Jared Kuzia for Boston Home Spring 2016

Photo by Jared Kuzia for Boston Home Spring 2016

Green with Envy

Designer Kristin Paton brought European glamour and a fashion-forward sensibility to her family’s 19th-century Cambridge home.Photo by Eric Roth for Boston Home Fall 2015

Photo by Eric Roth for Boston Home Fall 2015

Time-Honored Tradition

A family kept tradition alive in a rambling North Shore summer home with help from Maureen Neville of Treehouse Design.Photo by Eric Roth for Boston Home Summer 2013

Photo by Eric Roth for Boston Home Summer 2013

Lofty Ideals in Natick

D. Michael Collins Architects turned a couple’s downtrodden lot into an artsy, open paradise.Photo by Meghann Gregory for Boston Home Fall 2016

Photo by Meghann Gregory for Boston Home Fall 2016

Beacon Hill Transformed

With the help of her good friend, designer Lisa Davis, and architect Frank McGurie, Melissa Steffy transformed her dark Beacon Hill home with a bright, European style.Photo by Jonathan Kozowyk for Boston Home Winter 2015

Photo by Jonathan Kozowyk for Boston Home Winter 2015

West Coast Meets Cape Cod

Newton couple Liz and Richard created the perfect summer home with help from Duckham Architecture & Interiors and interior designer Lindsay Bentis.Photo by Nat Rea for Boston Home Summer 2014

Photo by Nat Rea for Boston Home Summer 2014

A Mix of Modern and Vintage

Hal and Jodi Hess made room for their family and growing art collection in a six-floor Tremont Street townhouse designed by Bill Trifone of Bill Trifone Interiors.Photo by Bob O'Connor for Boston Home Spring 2014

Photo by Bob O'Connor for Boston Home Spring 2014

House of Curiosities

Jenn and Greg Clapp filled their 19th-century Greek Revival in Newburyport with quirky collectibles. Photo by Bob O'Connor for Boston Home Fall 2013

Photo by Bob O'Connor for Boston Home Fall 2013

Victorian Beauty

With help from Rosemary Porto of Poggenpohl Boston, Matthew Cosidine and Alex Monreal restored a home in Audubon Circle with a Victorian touch. Photo by Michael J. Lee for Boston Home Summer 2013

Photo by Michael J. Lee for Boston Home Summer 2013

Fifty Shades of White

Fernanda Bourlot of Simplemente Blanco renovated her New Hampshire cottage in her signature style.Photo by Nat Rea for Boston Home Spring 2013

Photo by Nat Rea for Boston Home Spring 2013

Into the Light

With designs by Hacin + Associates, Jennifer Chayes and Christian Borgs created a completely contemporary home out of a 19th-century Beacon Hill townhouse.Photo by Micahel Stavaridis for Boston Home Winter 2013

Photo by Micahel Stavaridis for Boston Home Winter 2013

A Contemporary Masterpiece

Butz + Klug Architecture merged classical and modern styles to bring life to this dining room.Photo by Eric Roth for Best of Boston Home 2015

Photo by Eric Roth for Best of Boston Home 2015

In the Open

Ruhl Walker Architects innovated an open loft into a functional living space. Photo by Michael J. Lee for Boston Home Spring 2015

Photo by Michael J. Lee for Boston Home Spring 2015

Regally Entertained

Kristin Paton of Kristin Paton Interiors went above and beyond the call of duty to bring her client an elegant dining space. Photo by Eric Roth for Best of Boston Home 2014

Photo by Eric Roth for Best of Boston Home 2014