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seven interior design psychology ideas for dining pleasure
commentary by jeanette joy fisher
published 15 march 2007
 
design psychology | volume 2 • number 18
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"Design...is a recognition of the relation between various things, various elements in the creative flux. You can't invent a design. You recognize it in the fourth dimension. That is, with your blood and your bones, as well as with your eyes." -D.H. Lawrence
 
published July 2005 to March 2007 | Design Psychology employs an understanding of the way our human senses respond to specific design details and explores how to support emotions and lifestyle needs through a purposeful and well-chosen environment.
 
 
Professor Jeanette Fisher (Web site), author of Doghouse to Dollhouse for Dollars, Joy to the Home, and other books, teaches Real Estate Investing and Design Psychology.
 
 
 

 
 
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Candlelight can make an ordinary meal taste scrumptious. Author, international Feng Shui consultant and interior designer Janice Sugita created the calming dining area treatment above for her home in Palm Springs.

A separate dining room adds glamour, elegance, and excitement to a shared meal. Celebratory, sociable space, apart from the confusion of the kitchen, makes every dinner more meaningful.


1.
  
A round dining table is less formal and aids in full conversation, with everyone participating.
   
2.
For comfortable dining, the seat height feels best when it's nine inches from the table top.
   
3.
White and light colored tablecloths reflect light upwards, providing more illumination for large parties.
   
4.
Dark wood absorbs the light for intimate dining, keeping the room moody and romantic.
   
5.
Gold lamae fabric sparkles under lace tablecloths.
   
6.
Stemware gives a buoyant, bubbly and upbeat feeling.
   
7.
White china, green napkins, heavy cut glass—even for young families (liquids taste better in glasses than in plastic)—and candlelight make an ordinary meal taste scrumptious.

 
Jeanette Fisher teaches homemakers five easy steps to makeover their homes for happiness. She's the author of interior design and real estate books and teaches interior Design Psychology. For free Design Psychology eBooks, visit HERE.
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