Scandinavian Dining Room Design: Ideas & Inspiration

If you haven't yet over dosed on the Scandinavian style, with our 50 Scandinavian living rooms post, we invite you share a meal with simplicity in these Scandinavian-inspired dining rooms from around the world.

1 | Visualizer: Perfect Design

First up is this mismatched visualization from Perfect Design. The big, bright room is hardly filled giving it a bohemian ease that’s common in Scandinavian design.

2 | Visualizer: AtViz

For a more traditional design take, look no further than this living room with perfectly matched dining set and lovely whimsical light fixture.

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For a space that requires a few more seats, this open floorplan dining room fits the bill. Caged lighting and polished floors add a modern element.

4 | Source: Deko

Black and white is a striking choice in this pitched roof dining room.

5 | Designer: Potter Kajsa Cramer Photographer: Frida Ramstedt Source: Femina

White Eames-inspired chairs will be a theme throughout these dining rooms. But it makes sense, because they are a truly timeless design.

6 | Architect: Haptic Architects

A small dining table with pastel chairs is tucked underneath a staircase in this two story space.

7 | Visualizer: Denis Khramov

The molded chairs in this smallish dining room are a cool, mod element in an otherwise unadorned room.

8 | Visualizer: Perfect Design

More Eames chairs provide a lovely and simple backdrop for the quirky art choices in this dining room visual.

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The simple wood chairs and white walls are completely aligned with the Scandinavian aesthetic.

10 | Designer: Linda Bergroth

This open loft space with lots of white and a few bright pillows and rugs is an artsy Scandinavian dream come true.

11 | Visualizer: HDR Designer

You don’t need a huge space to celebrate the Scandinavian style as evidenced by this four person table.

12 | Visualizer: Denis Krasikov

The bright yellow dining chairs in this open loft space provide a lovely, modern contrast with the black, white, and wood palette.

13 | Source: muuto

These pretty pastel modern dining chairs add some unique feminine flair to this simple dining design.

14 | Visualizer: Zaki Badr Eddine

In an urban loft, no dining space is complete without these chairs. The placement of the table between the two oversized windows is also soothing in its simplicity.

15 | Source: Muuto

The forest green accents in this dining room serve to bring the outdoors inside.

16 | Visualizer: Orange Graphics

Tending a bit more towards contemporary design than Scandinavian-specific, this dining room still has some of the essential simplicity.

17 | Visualizer: Santi Sánchez

White on white is not always easy to pull off, but with just a bit of wood and some splashes of yellow, it works.

18 | Visualizer: Javier Wainstein

A dark black wall absorbs a lot of light in this open dining room.

19 | Visualizer: Petru Pinzaru

The cathedral windows in this space become a bit less dramatic with the simple furniture choices.

20 | Source: Muuto

In this space, industrial elements like polished concrete are softened by natural wood and neutral tones.

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The diamond-shaped light fixtures and striped dining table are a bit quirkier than some of the other Scandinavian designs.

22 | Designer: OOOOX Studio Visualizer: Jakub Komrska

The wood paneling and natural wood table are the best instances of Scandinavian style here. The space manages to make the sunken room feel bright and airy as possible.

23 | Source: function alley

An industrial bent comes into this particular dining room in the form of

24 | Visualizer: Ann Demyanchuk

A round dining table is a bit unconventional but works here as a gather space for both dining and working.

25 | Source: Bolaget

A shining copper dining pendant light fixture takes center stage in this artistic dining space.

26 | Visualizer: Rosario Badessa

Skylights and vaulted ceilings dwarf the dining table in this spacious room.

27 | Visualizer: Julia Wagner

In another industrial-style space, white and wood warm things up a bit.

28 | Visualizer: INT2 Architecture

An indoor, vertically mounted herb garden is not essential for Scandinavian style, but the affinity for the natural is certainly on point.

29 | Visualizer: INT2 Architecture

The mismatched dining chair aesthetic is not only artistic, it is certainly aligned with the ideal of functionality.

30 | Visualizer: Image Box Studio

An eat-in kitchen gives this space a truly homey feel.

31 | Designer: Stephane Chamard

In a twist on the mismatched chairs, these match in color (rich black) but not in shape.

32 | Source: Stadshem

The white dining room and furniture here stand in sharp contrast to the rich flooring and ceiling support beams.

33 | Source: Stadshem

This dining room is ultimately conservative but quite romantic.

34 | Visualizer: Anastasiia Andreichenko

A cool, simple color palette is all this dining room needs to be completely stylish.

35 | Visualizer: 3Dstudija

This simple dining room has a playful flair in the form of colorful light fixtures and art.

36 | Visualizer: Viesturs Dille

The oversized light fixtures make this two story dining room feel cozier.

37 | Source: Fantastic Frank

The rich wood flooring in this small dining area certainly draws attention.

38 | Visualizer: Koj Design

Open shelving encourages fastidious organization, which is certainly a Scandinavian ideal.

39 | Source: Fantastic Frank

This is certainly towards the funkier end of Scandinavian style with its colorful art and, yet again, the Eames-style chairs.

40 | Source: Danetti

There is something beautifully simply about the bright yellow color in this white dining room.

41 | Source: IKEA

The use of bench seating in this dining area makes for a sweet and welcoming space. The dining pendant light used here is the Ikea Stockholm pendant.

42 | Source: Staadshem

The flow of this open floor plan is spectacular.

43 | Visualizer: Pix 3D

There’s no mistaking the Scandinavian influence when it comes to the creatively tiled floor here.

44 | Visualizer: Kaan Kılıçay

The dining set is the star here with its oversized table legs and ultra simple chairs.

45 | Visualizer: Daniel Reuterswärd

The simple lines in this loft space make everything feel that much more open.

46 | Visualizer: PIX 3D STUDIO

More industrial options in this stark, dark loft.

47 | Visualizer: Denis Khramov

A tiny round table is perfectly enough with a breakfast bar for spillover.

48 | Photographer: Olimpia Castellini Baldissera

Beautiful wood tells of the importance of the natural, carefully chosen materials in Scandinavian design.

49 | Source: Bolaget

Sweet pink walls and wainscoting turn this dining room into more of a Victorian riff than Scandinavian simplicity.

50 | Source: Vitra

The primary colors in this space are perfectly fun and functional.

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