How to decorate a dining room sideboard ?

While a sideboard provides ample storage space, it can also contribute to the room’s décor. Why not take advantage of its large top to display various decorative accessories? Need inspiration for decorating your dining room sideboard? Mirrors, frames, plants, decorative objects. Whether your home is modern, vintage or contemporary, discover all our decorating ideas to style your wooden sideboard with flair.

Decorate a sideboard with a mirror

The different styles of mirror

In addition to decorating the wall behind your sideboard, mirrors give the illusion of a larger room and allow for more light. They reflect light and redistribute it throughout the room. There are several styles of mirrors available: steel and black metal models will give your dining room an industrial look. Glass-style mirrors can be placed directly on your furniture. If you prefer more designer-style decorations, opt for a contemporary model without a round, rectangular or oval frame.

How to choose the spot for your mirror?

The average position is between 160 cm and 170 cm from the floor. If your sideboard is low, then the mirror will be further away from the sideboard. If, on the other hand, your sideboard is quite high (around 1 m), then your mirror should be placed 60 cm higher. As for the size of the mirror, it should not exceed the length of the sideboard. Your mirror can be half or two-thirds the length of the sideboard.

How to fix the mirror ?

If your mirror is large, you will probably need to drill holes in the wall. Here are the different ways to hang your mirror: on brackets screwed into the wall, hang it with screws, or stick your mirror to the wall using adhesive strips. If your mirror is light enough, you can place it directly on your sideboard, leaning it against the wall.

Decorate your sideboard with plants

Plants add a touch of nature and greenery to your home. What’s more, they bring life, purify the air and give your interior décor a natural feel. The bohemian jungle style is very trendy right now, so you can’t go wrong by adding a few plants to your dining room sideboard. If you don’t have green fingers, you can opt for cacti, which are very easy to care for, or bouquets of dried flowers that you can place in a pretty vase on your furniture. Avoid choosing plants that are too large and will overwhelm the space. Choose pretty plant pots that add colour and texture to your dining room sideboard.

Decorative items to decorate your sideboard

Frames

Frames are very popular for decorating indoor furniture, so don’t hesitate to use them to decorate the top of your storage unit. You can buy frames in different sizes and hang them on the wall or place them directly on your dining room sideboard. Souvenirs, family photos, posters, paintings, illustrations. Use your creativity and choose from your most beautiful photos.

Lighting fixtures

Light fixtures placed above a sideboard can both decorate your room with style and provide light. You can choose to place one or two light fixtures above your sideboard. On a wooden piece of furniture, the contrast with an industrial light fixture will look stunning. For a more modern, designer piece of furniture, opt for a minimalist designer lamp. If your dining room has a very chic décor, choose a marble or brass lamp. For example, you could opt for a spotlight-style light fixture. A lamp placed on top of your storage unit will also highlight your wall décor.

Decorative items

To complete your décor, decorative items will easily find their place on top of your furniture. Statuettes, candles, works of art, travel souvenirs, it’s up to you to compose your décor according to your personality. In an industrial-style interior, opt for vintage items such as an old clock, old photographs, etc. On designer furniture, choose contemporary-style paintings and sculptures.

Paint the sideboard of your dining room

The last option we can offer you for your sideboard is to paint it to give it a new look. This is quite common for wooden sideboards that have aged a little over the years. To breathe new life into your furniture, there’s nothing like adding a touch of colour with a trendy shade. Black paint will be perfect in an industrial interior, but if you want a less striking colour for a more vintage or contemporary interior, for example, you could opt for grey or grey-green.

The mistakes to avoid

• Not matching the décor of your sideboard with that of your room. A black industrial-style sideboard will struggle to fit into an interior with lots of colours. Use the décor of your dining room as a basis for choosing decorative items for your sideboard.
• Weigh down the space. A sideboard is already a fairly imposing piece of furniture that takes up part of the space in your interior, so be sure to keep the decoration above the sideboard light.

You now have lots of ideas for decorating your dining room sideboard. You can enhance your furniture by decorating it stylishly and according to your tastes.