Interior Design Small Dining Room

interior designing ideas..?
hi all.. we have bought a three bedroom, hall, kitchen flat..the total area is 100 sq.m. the hall is rectangular..there is no separate living and dining rooms..that is, we need to arrange both in the hall..one bedroom is with attached toilet…the other two rooms are smaller ones.. we dont want to change the walls etc.since it needs permission from the govt. if you have some simple home decoration ideas please share..
you can visually divide a room by putting low bookcases between the dining table and the furniture in the living room area. area rugs also help to divide the pace. or making sure your furniture layout is in an L-shape with the back of the couch towards the dining table. then it visually sections an area off.
when picking colors use the 60-30-10 rule. 60% of one color, 30% of an accent color and 10% of another accent. accents are brought out in either paint or accessories.
browse through websites like hgtv.com or ikea to get easy ideas on decorating.
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