This is an illustrated collection of design and decorating tips for dining in style. The author, Dianne Berger, describes a range of dining room styles and trends, from grand and stately formal rooms to cosy country kitchens and romantic seaside pavilions. Whether your taste runs to the traditional or the outre, this book aims to whet your appetite for creating the ideal dining space and offers tips on how to go about it, including wall and window treatments, furnishings, and table settings. The ideas in this book should help you transform the daily act of eating into an aesthetic delight. The book features Fritz von der Schulenberg's photographs of delectable dining spots throughout Europe and the Americas.