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An Orange, Brown, and Tan Dining Room Mood Board

Fall is in the air, which is probably what inspired us to toss together this warm and texture-rich dining room mood board:

Orange Spice Dining Room

1. We love this warm, spicy color scheme full of rich chocolate browns, chic oranges, soft olives, and a range of tan and creams tones along with hits of hammered gold. If you’d like to add another hue to the mix, moss or even lime green (like the color of the numbers in the mood board) can also be peppered in with a few accessories. And speaking of green, we’d love to see the walls go a soft khaki olive color (Benjamin Moore’s Dune Grass) like the rectangle of hue behind the number 4 in the board above.

2. One of these sculptural orange lamps on either side of a buffet would add ambiance as well as a shot of interesting color and shape to the whole room- plus they’re on clearance for just $29.

3. This chunky and rich solid wood table from Ikea is a steal at just $399 (it can seat 6-10 people thanks to two extension leaves).

4. This gorgeous hammered gold circle mirror is huge (and on sale!). It will pair beautifully with the crisp hits of orange (gold and clementine look so great together) so we picture it hanging above a buffet with those two orange lamps on either side of it.

5. These textured woven chairs will help to create a nice layered look (as opposed to choosing chunky wood chairs that match the table). Plus we love how the airy and delicate woven chairs play off of the hefty and solid table to create a nice unexpected but balanced effect.

6. These linen runners from World Market remind us of a cozy fall scarf, so we’d love to see the orange one placed down the center of the table to break up all the wood and add a fun dose of color (which will tie into the lamps on the buffet and some plates and glasses that we’ll mention next).

7. Dinner with friends and family members would be fun served on mixed and matched plates and glasses in our color scheme. Like these patterned plates (on clearance for just $1.95) and these Mad Men-ish modern glasses (for $3.95).

8. This olive toned zebra rug (nearly 50% off) is worldly and cool, plus at 8 x 10 it’s easily big enough to be placed under a large table and still allow everyone to pull out their chairs without worrying about the back legs being off the carpet.

9. These cream curtains (on clearance) would add softness and even more texture- or anyone who loves a good DIY project could whip up some homemade curtains from drop cloths sold at Home Depot or Lowe’s to save some serious loot (just google “drop cloth curtain” to find a bunch of online tutorials on the subject).

So there you have it. An orange spice dining room full of texture, shapes, materials, and layered and lovely interest. Anyone out there itching to add a little fall flavor to their dining room? Or use this palette in another room? Along with olive and lime green, do you have other accent colors that you love to see with orange? Navy could be really posh looking too. Oh the possibilities…

Psst- Looking for oodles of mood boards? Search them by color or by room right here.

Comments

  3. Nicole says

    I have to say that I really enjoy these “generic” mood boards, and the color palette on this one has me aching for fall. I am such a sucker for zebra print; I love that the rug is sort of muted, but still has that fun flavor.

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  4. Allison says

    Fall is my favorite and I love this mix of warm colors! My favorite piece this time around is that rug. Fun and zebra-y, but toned down enough to be played off as a neutral piece.

    Oh, and I like the lightness of those chairs. Makes me wish I didn’t have wooden chairs to match my wooden table.

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  5. Laura (Blogging Over Thyme) says

    I love fall colors! I couldn’t help but see this bedding and think this would be a perfect addition to the mood board:

    http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/catalog/productdetail.jsp?subCategoryId=HOME-BEDDING-QUILTS&id=093371&catId=HOME-BEDDING&pushId=HOME-BEDDING&popId=HOME&sortProperties=&navCount=260&navAction=top&fromCategoryPage=true&selectedProductSize=&selectedProductSize1=&color=095&colorName=MULTI&isSubcategory=true&isProduct=true&isBigImage=&templateType=hybrid

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  8. JMB says

    LOVE the orange! An underappreciated shade by many, I think. We have a very nuetral bedroom, so to spice it up a bit, we’ve added pops of orange everywhere from pillowcases to throw pillows, to baskets and candles, to antique, orange Carnival Glass.

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  11. Martha says

    I love this mood board! I have a very similar dining room table and would like to get some fun comtemporary chairs to replace the matchy-matchy ones I currently have. Thanks for the inspiration!

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  12. Krystal says

    This mood board has me itching for fall! I never cared much for the color orange, which I think is partly due to my high school’s colors being a catastrophic combination of orange and kelly green, but I’ve found myself gravitating towards it lately.

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  13. Lyn says

    Love these mood boards and your source lists. I’ve been looking for curtains and a dining room table and really dig this look.

    Also, when I saw the chairs you picked out, it reminded me of these on sale at Urban Outfitters that I’ve been eyeing ($50!):

    http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban/catalog/productdetail.jsp?itemdescription=true&itemCount=80&startValue=1&selectedProductColor=&sortby=&id=18124396&parentid=SALE_APT&sortProperties=+subCategoryPosition,&navCount=196&navAction=jump&color=&pushId=SALE_APT&popId=SALE&prepushId=&selectedProductSize=

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  18. Tera says

    Love it. :) And I can attest that Dune Grass is the perfect neutral shade of green (after painting my dining room three times to find the right color)!

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  24. Flynn says

    mmmm! i’m actually taking a break right now from painting an end table with behr’s mango madness (also my favorite snapple; coincidence? i think not). orange is just so cheerful. where the table will go, we’ve got mostly muted teals otherwise. i think the mango side table will give the room a vivid focus. thanks for the inspiration, as always.

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  25. priscilla says

    The William Henry Miller Inn in downtown Ithaca, near the commons. A wonderful interesting old hose with a great innkeeper.

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  26. Mara says

    Just have to say we have the Stornas in the chocolate brown stain that was discontinued by IKEA earlier this year, we got it for $199 and it’s amazing! We LOVE it and it’s super easy to pair up with a variety of chairs. It can also seat up to 12 if you put chairs on the ends. :)

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  28. Jessica says

    I’m struggling with a similar color scheme in the bedroom, need to find more inexpensive pops of orange. Dark wood furniture, orange artwork, cool neutral gray bedspread. I’m thinking a pop of orange in a throw pillow on the bed, but can’t find just the right one without going boring and solid.

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  29. Sally says

    I dig the orange. And your new mood board gallery is awesome.

    I am sad that you guys aren’t doing custom mood boards anymore. Looking at how you worked with existing furniture and room configurations was a big draw. Hopefully you’ll get more reader redesigns with awesome room makeovers!

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  32. KimB says

    our living room mixes that same burnt-orange pop with a few others…
    yellow-green (yes, like the crayon), mustard yellow, and the neutral backdrop is a bunch of tan, beige, dark rich brown. Also some pops of white… I know it sounds crazy, but we were inspired by artwork we got on a trip to Costa Rica, and it makes the room very “warm”. :) loving your mood boards lately! so many great ideas.

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  34. chrystie says

    OOh I love this. We moved into and decorated most of our new place last fall so we naturally gravitated towards oranges and browns. Now it’s just turned into a wonderful color pallete to add accent colors to as we go through each season!

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  37. Deborah says

    Really enjoy the mood boards. Just a thought- I would love to see ideas for centerpieces for the dining room table, either in the mood board or a separate upcoming post. (especially since the holidays are around the corner)
    I love your decorating ideas!!!

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    • YoungHouseLove says

      Hey Deborah,

      We have some fun table setting posts and videos in our archives, and we definitely have table scape and holiday entertaining/decorating posts in the hopper. Stay tuned!

      xo,
      s

  38. Angela B says

    I usually avoid orange – but I love this! Probably because the orange touches are paired with my favourites – greens and dark woods.

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  40. hi-d says

    I love that color palette. I’ve been on this sewing pillows kick recently for our living room and have combined – green, brown, orange, teal, mustard yellow, etc. The colors make me happy! :)

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  41. Carole says

    I like the colour combo, although I’ve never had the guts to try orange! Red seems to be as wild as I can go :)

    Have you noticed that the CB2 webpage is making liberal use of orange paired with a dark grey (I clicked over there to see those neat-o chairs in the mood board.) It’s a very striking colour combination!

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  42. Judy says

    We have this exact dining room table from Ikea! Love it. It’s super-solid, and honestly with both leaves in you can easily seat 12.

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    • YoungHouseLove says

      It’s amazing to hear so many people vouch for that Ikea table (and to hear that it seats even more people than advertised). Thanks so much for sharing your experiences with any products that we include in our mood boards! It definitely should come in handy for anyone who’s debating whether or not to buy something.

      xo,
      s

  46. OwningSingle says

    This is truly a mood board after my own heart. My kitchen/dining room is painted orange and I recently painted my cabinets a dark chocolate. I have a similar dark wood table from Ikea, the Bjursta table (that I scored on craigslist for $150). I liked the one you have a little more but it was a little too long for my space. I also have round wall decor on the wall similar to what you have but not mirrored. I love this. Have you guys snuck into my house?

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  50. Stacy says

    Can I tell you how much I LOVE the fact that you guys are including Pier 1 items in your generic mood boards? I work for them, and I am a huge dork about spotting P1 things on websites/TV shows/etc. And I have that mirror, and it’s great. And all it needs to attach to your wall is one of those little c-shaped monkey hooks.

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    • YoungHouseLove says

      That’s awesome Stacy! We’d love to team up with Pier1 for a giveaway so if you have any connections there feel free to drop our name! We know YHL readers are loving that mirror…

      xo,
      s

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