Rather than making an impact with size, do it with design (like these pieces, below). This renewed approach to formal dining room ideas reintroduces a sense of occasion and intentionality ...

Layout your dining room to maximize seating and flow. Discover designer-approved dining room layout ideas from table shape ...

There are plenty of ways to carve out a formal dining room in homes ... original layout of your home didn’t include a dining room, with a few design techniques, you can create walls within ...

(Michael Hunter) With open-concept layouts dominating home design over the last decade, the formal dining room almost went the way of the dumbwaiter or in-house intercom system. The open-concept ...

Kelsey is currently designing a client’s early 1900s home in Rye, New York, and they used her own dining room as a ...

A formal dining room is not a requirement for homeowners nowadays, so you may be wondering how you can use your formal dining room for something other than dining. Here are seven ways that you can ...

The coffee table is from Brooke Drake Design.(Emery Davis Photography ... the owners weren’t using their formal dining room or butler’s pantry. The spaces were transformed into a functional ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - A formal dining room is not a requirement for homeowners nowadays, but you may be wondering how you can use your formal dining room for something other than dining. Angie Hicks ...

In this modestly-sized, 1920s bungalow in Westerly, Rhode Island, the dining room is the hub of the home ... “The fun, preppy vibe is inherently relaxed, formal enough for entertaining.” ...

Designers show us how to turn what used to be the most formal area of a home ... space,” she said. In her design work, Ms. Jung aims to make the living room a much more casual, inviting space ...