Scandinavian design is all about simplicity, warmth, and function—and nowhere is that more welcome than in the dining room. With clean lines, natural materials, and soft, neutral tones, Scandi-style dining spaces feel both relaxed and thoughtfully put together.
Whether you’re going for an ultra-minimalist setup or a cozy, layered look, there’s plenty of room to make it your own. To explore different takes on this style, I used AI tools like Ideogram and Midjourney to create 15 Scandinavian dining room designs.
Each image comes with the exact prompt used, so you can see how these ideas were generated and use them to inspire your own calm and stylish dining space.
1. Minimalist Nordic Dining Space
Midjourney Prompt: A Scandinavian dining room featuring an uncluttered space with white walls, a light wooden dining table, minimalist chairs, and a large window. Natural light should illuminate the entire room, emphasizing its spacious and airy feel. Ensure the whole room, including the furniture and layout, is captured for a complete contextual view.
Ideogram Prompt: A Scandinavian dining room featuring an uncluttered space with white walls, a light wooden dining table, minimalist chairs, and a large window. Natural light should illuminate the entire room, emphasizing its spacious and airy feel. Ensure the whole room, including the furniture and layout, is captured for a complete contextual view.
2. Warm Wood Tones in a Scandinavian Dining Room
Midjourney Prompt: A Scandinavian dining room featuring a solid oak table, wooden chairs with curved backs, and elements like wooden beams or a sideboard. The image should display the entire room, capturing the harmonious blend of natural wood tones that infuse warmth and invite relaxation. Natural light should brighten the space, highlighting the wood’s grain and texture.
Ideogram Prompt: A Scandinavian dining room featuring a solid oak table, wooden chairs with curved backs, and elements like wooden beams or a sideboard. The image should display the entire room, capturing the harmonious blend of natural wood tones that infuse warmth and invite relaxation. Natural light should brighten the space, highlighting the wood’s grain and texture.
3. Bright and Airy White Dining Room
Midjourney Prompt: An all-white Scandinavian dining room featuring white walls, a white dining table, minimalist white chairs, and subtle accents like a small vase with greenery. The image should capture the entire room, showcasing the open, airy atmosphere created by the monochromatic design and abundant natural light.
Ideogram Prompt: An all-white Scandinavian dining room featuring white walls, a white dining table, minimalist white chairs, and subtle accents like a small vase with greenery. The image should capture the entire room, showcasing the open, airy atmosphere created by the monochromatic design and abundant natural light.
4. Modern Scandinavian Dining with Black Accents
Midjourney Prompt: A sophisticated Scandinavian dining room with a white table, minimalist chairs with black legs, a statement black pendant light, and walls adorned with black-framed monochrome artwork. The entire room should be captured, highlighting the contrast between light and dark elements, ensuring the space feels modern yet balanced.
Ideogram Prompt: A sophisticated Scandinavian dining room with a white table, minimalist chairs with black legs, a statement black pendant light, and walls adorned with black-framed monochrome artwork. The entire room should be captured, highlighting the contrast between light and dark elements, ensuring the space feels modern yet balanced.
5. Scandinavian Dining Room with a Pop of Color
Midjourney Prompt: A Scandinavian dining room with pastel-colored chairs around a light wooden table, set on a vibrant area rug with geometric patterns. Ensure the entire room is visible, capturing the balance between the neutral tones of the space and the colorful accents for a lively yet harmonious setting.
Ideogram Prompt: A Scandinavian dining room with pastel-colored chairs around a light wooden table, set on a vibrant area rug with geometric patterns. Ensure the entire room is visible, capturing the balance between the neutral tones of the space and the colorful accents for a lively yet harmonious setting.
6. Sleek Scandinavian Dining with Metal Touches
Midjourney Prompt: A Scandinavian dining room featuring a table with metal legs, wire-frame chairs, and Edison bulb pendant lights in metal cages. Ensure the entire room is visible to display how metal elements integrate with the minimalist design for a sleek, modern aesthetic.
Ideogram Prompt: A Scandinavian dining room featuring a table with metal legs, wire-frame chairs, and Edison bulb pendant lights in metal cages. Ensure the entire room is visible to display how metal elements integrate with the minimalist design for a sleek, modern aesthetic.
7. Scandinavian Dining Room with Mid-Century Flair
Midjourney Prompt: A dining room that blends Scandinavian and mid-century modern elements, featuring a teak table with tapered legs, minimalist chairs, and a mid-century style pendant light. Include abstract prints and ensure the entire room is captured, showcasing how these two styles create a harmonious and stylish dining area.
Ideogram Prompt: A dining room that blends Scandinavian and mid-century modern elements, featuring a teak table with tapered legs, minimalist chairs, and a mid-century style pendant light. Include abstract prints and ensure the entire room is captured, showcasing how these two styles create a harmonious and stylish dining area.
8. Open-Concept Scandinavian Dining Area
Midjourney Prompt: An open-concept living area featuring a light wooden dining table connecting seamlessly to both the kitchen and living spaces. The image should capture the entire room, emphasizing the fluid transition between these functional spaces and the abundance of natural light enhancing the open design.
Ideogram Prompt: An open-concept living area featuring a light wooden dining table connecting seamlessly to both the kitchen and living spaces. The image should capture the entire room, emphasizing the fluid transition between these functional spaces and the abundance of natural light enhancing the open design.
9. Textured Elements in a Scandinavian Dining Room
Midjourney Prompt: A Scandinavian dining room featuring a white table surrounded by rattan chairs, a woven jute rug, and knit throws over the chairs. The entire room should be visible, showing how the textural elements enhance the minimalist aesthetic to create a warm, inviting space.
Ideogram Prompt: A Scandinavian dining room featuring a white table surrounded by rattan chairs, a woven jute rug, and knit throws over the chairs. The entire room should be visible, showing how the textural elements enhance the minimalist aesthetic to create a warm, inviting space.
10. Scandinavian Dining Room with Statement Lighting
Midjourney Prompt: A Scandinavian dining room with minimalist decor featuring a bold, oversized pendant light or chandelier. The image should capture the entire space, emphasizing how the statement lighting complements the room’s simplicity while standing out as a focal point.
Ideogram Prompt: A Scandinavian dining room with minimalist decor featuring a bold, oversized pendant light or chandelier. The image should capture the entire space, emphasizing how the statement lighting complements the room’s simplicity while standing out as a focal point.
11. Scandinavian Style with Vintage Touches
Midjourney Prompt: A Scandinavian dining room featuring a mix of vintage and modern elements, like a distressed wooden table with sleek Scandinavian chairs, a vintage sideboard, and an antique rug. Capture the entire room to showcase the harmonious blend of styles and the character the vintage pieces add to the space.
Ideogram Prompt: A Scandinavian dining room featuring a mix of vintage and modern elements, like a distressed wooden table with sleek Scandinavian chairs, a vintage sideboard, and an antique rug. Capture the entire room to showcase the harmonious blend of styles and the character the vintage pieces add to the space.
12. All-White Scandinavian Dining Room
Midjourney Prompt: An all-white Scandinavian dining room featuring white walls, a matte white dining table with pale oak elements, minimalist white chairs, and a soft glowing white pendant light. The entire room should be captured, emphasizing the serene and peaceful atmosphere created by the cohesive all-white palette.
Ideogram Prompt: An all-white Scandinavian dining room featuring white walls, a matte white dining table with pale oak elements, minimalist white chairs, and a soft glowing white pendant light. The entire room should be captured, emphasizing the serene and peaceful atmosphere created by the cohesive all-white palette.
13. Scandinavian Dining Room with Open Shelving
Midjourney Prompt: A Scandinavian dining room featuring open wooden shelves on white walls, displaying a mix of dinnerware, glassware, ceramics, and small decorative items. The entire room should be captured, emphasizing the way open shelving enhances both functionality and design in a minimalist space.
Ideogram Prompt: A Scandinavian dining room featuring open wooden shelves on white walls, displaying a mix of dinnerware, glassware, ceramics, and small decorative items. The entire room should be captured, emphasizing the way open shelving enhances both functionality and design in a minimalist space.
14. Scandinavian Dining with Industrial Elements
Midjourney Prompt: A Scandinavian dining room featuring an exposed brick wall, a contemporary dining table with metal legs, minimalist chairs with steel frames, and pendant lighting with industrial accents. Capture the entire room to highlight the harmonious blend of Scandinavian minimalism and industrial style, showcasing the unique character of the space.
Ideogram Prompt: A Scandinavian dining room featuring an exposed brick wall, a contemporary dining table with metal legs, minimalist chairs with steel frames, and pendant lighting with industrial accents. Capture the entire room to highlight the harmonious blend of Scandinavian minimalism and industrial style, showcasing the unique character of the space.
15. Scandinavian Dining Room with Natural Textiles
Midjourney Prompt: A Scandinavian dining room featuring a wooden table adorned with a linen tablecloth, surrounded by chairs with woven seat cushions, and windows dressed with lightweight cotton curtains. Ensure the entire room is captured, showcasing how natural textiles enhance the organic and inviting atmosphere.
Ideogram Prompt: A Scandinavian dining room featuring a wooden table adorned with a linen tablecloth, surrounded by chairs with woven seat cushions, and windows dressed with lightweight cotton curtains. Ensure the entire room is captured, showcasing how natural textiles enhance the organic and inviting atmosphere.
