Amazing Room: Dining rooms
When it comes to dining room trends, Kern is seeing "bravery, self-expression and personality. We've all been guilty of selecting a 'set' of dining room pieces from the local furniture store" -- a cookie-cutter grouping with matching table, chairs and sideboard. The result is monotonous and repetitive and will quickly be identifiably dated. "I'm excited to see people finally step outside the borders and start to mix and match finishes and styles," she says. AJC file photo