Do you love your formal dining room, but sometimes forget it exists? Instead of visiting this seldom-used room only on holidays or when guests come over, make it a dining destination. These dining ...

Functional dining rooms are considered casual, while formal dining rooms are much fancier in nature. Furniture and lighting choices, accessories, decor and table settings define the space and differ ...

The era of open-concept brought an end to most formal dining room ideas. Without walls to set the tone, an inherent casualness took over the way we dined. But then there was Covid, where rooms were ...

Key Points With the shift in using dining rooms for multiple functions, heavy and formal design is no longer ...

I’ve never had what you would call a “decorating thumb.” I can yank a page out of a magazine, take it to the store and say, “I want exactly that” — but I don’t innately know what to do when it comes ...

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The formal dining room, long considered a symbol of wealth and privilege, has been the subject of much debate over the past 30 years. Some declared it dead, a relic of a bygone era when families sat ...

A dining room can feel flat even with good furniture, but a small, intentional swap using secondhand finds can shift the ...