It's been exactly half a century since union boss Jimmy Hoffa disappeared in Detroit. Crime writer Scott Burnstein says his ...

There's something about a dining nook or banquette seating that just feels cozy. "Booth seating is always the spot we gravitate toward at a restaurant, so I wanted to recreate this type of space ...

For the dining room in a historic home in Austin, Texas, Ms. Showers covered the walls, ceiling and trim in a deep navy blue. “People think dark colors are going to make the room look smaller ...

For instance walls, carpeting, a couch, multiple dining chairs, rather than a small accent because it dominates and can cause an imbalance in a room. Therefore, it needs to be the main attraction.” ...

Ashley Hicks, the color-forward British designer and son of David Hicks, recalls that his father had a “flashing red” dining room in his country house in the early 1960s.

1 A Room & Board extension table does double duty for dining and crafts. The shape of the top and the splayed legs lend midcentury appeal while the Calligaris chairs are more contemporary.

After the living room, they venture into the kitchen and dining area, where they're met with dark red walls. The group agrees the color makes the already small space seem smaller and more dreary.

As part of a recent whole-house renovation of a 1930s center hall Colonial in Garden City, interior designer Liz Kohart fixed up the 13-by-13-foot dining room, which is attached to an adjoining ...

Food: The Dark Room opened in March 2014 a few hundred yards away from the new location as a wine bar and photo gallery. Despite live jazz five nights a week, the comestibles were of the ...