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Posted on 6/9/24 at 10:39 am to MBclass83
We use ours maybe twice a year.
Most of the time, its my Jigsaw Puzzle table.
I call it the Puzzle Room.
Most of the time, its my Jigsaw Puzzle table.
I call it the Puzzle Room.
Posted on 6/9/24 at 10:43 am to GEAUXT
Just finalized our future house plans, we have no formal dining room but an open floor plan in the living/kitchen area. After watching a few friends build new homes and see the waste space of a “dining room” and table, we opted out. The space we have dedicated for our main table is incorporated in our kitchen and when sitting down, you can view the TV which was a big must for us.
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Posted on 6/9/24 at 10:51 am to GEAUXT
Our formal dining room is a playroom for our 2 young daughters.
Much better use of the space.
I’m sure once they’re older, the wife will insist on a dining room set that we never use except to put junk on.
Much better use of the space.
I’m sure once they’re older, the wife will insist on a dining room set that we never use except to put junk on.
Posted on 6/9/24 at 10:53 am to GEAUXT
Agreed
They are a complete waste of space and money that rarely ever get used
They are a complete waste of space and money that rarely ever get used
Posted on 6/9/24 at 10:57 am to GEAUXT
quote:
feel like a formal dining room is really a waste of space.
Yeah for trashy people. We eat in ours every night in my current house but growing up we generally did eat in the kitchen. But we of course had a formal dining room for nicer occasions. Thanksgiving and Christmas plus dinner parties in between.
Posted on 6/9/24 at 10:57 am to jrodLSUke
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Dinning rooms seem to be getting phased out with newer floor plans. We prefer the patio for dinners.
Rooms in general are getting phased out with newer floor plans
Posted on 6/9/24 at 11:09 am to jlovel7
Our last two homes have had great rooms (living on one end dining on the other). No kids at home so it is a clothes folding table and husband and I normally eat on tray tables in the living room portion. When we have guests we ear at the table like we did when our kids lived at home.
Posted on 6/9/24 at 11:24 am to GEAUXT
I do woodworking and about 15 years ago I built my own China cabinet, buffet and dining room table big enough to seat 8 when the extension is put in.
The China cabinet is filled with fine antique China and glassware on display, drawers filled with placemats, cloth napkins and serving utensils and the bottom storage is filled with serving trays and large glassware.
The dining room table is used maybe 3-4 times a year at most as far as sitting around it eating a meal. It has seen much more use as a place to put together puzzles, do work or just as a catch-all for mail, my wife's purse, etc.
Most dining rooms are used about as much as the old style "Formal Parlors" that some people still have in their homes------wasted space.
The China cabinet is filled with fine antique China and glassware on display, drawers filled with placemats, cloth napkins and serving utensils and the bottom storage is filled with serving trays and large glassware.
The dining room table is used maybe 3-4 times a year at most as far as sitting around it eating a meal. It has seen much more use as a place to put together puzzles, do work or just as a catch-all for mail, my wife's purse, etc.
Most dining rooms are used about as much as the old style "Formal Parlors" that some people still have in their homes------wasted space.
Posted on 6/9/24 at 11:26 am to GEAUXT
Use mine when we have guest otherwise I use a TV tray.
Posted on 6/9/24 at 11:28 am to GEAUXT
We still use the dining room fairly often.
What we never used was our “formal” living room. The den is plenty big enough for a living space. My wife turned our formal living room into an office/library. Gets lots more use this way.
What we never used was our “formal” living room. The den is plenty big enough for a living space. My wife turned our formal living room into an office/library. Gets lots more use this way.
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Posted on 6/9/24 at 11:28 am to GEAUXT
Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter.
And for the Christmas puzzle my wife works in between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
And for the Christmas puzzle my wife works in between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Posted on 6/9/24 at 11:29 am to GEAUXT
This is a damn good question because I spent 2k on a table (no fricking chairs) just now and I am confused at why we needed a 90 inch long table for a family of 3
Posted on 6/9/24 at 11:31 am to GEAUXT
Yes. Pretty often.
Posted on 6/9/24 at 11:32 am to GEAUXT
Man, I had a beautiful dining room in my crappy little Shenandoah house. Really nice cherry table and white cloth cushioned chairs. Art deco chandelier and other pieces of art. Some nice nekkid lady art. And a china cabinet with 100+ year old Limoges family china.
Then my storage unit flooded and I had nowhere to put the salvageable shite and it’s been in my dining room for a few years now.
TL/DR: No.
Then my storage unit flooded and I had nowhere to put the salvageable shite and it’s been in my dining room for a few years now.
TL/DR: No.
Posted on 6/9/24 at 11:33 am to GEAUXT
every time i have a date over for a meal
Posted on 6/9/24 at 12:34 pm to GEAUXT
Good topic.
Our house in the Houston area is a weird floorplan. It had a small formal dining room space that was open to the foyer. We walled it in and put a matching French door similar to the one on the opposite side of the foyer to the office. Turned it into a bonus room that we have our home gym.
The breakfast room or whatever you want to call it is massive, we turned it into our dining room and it fits a 10 chair dining room, china cabinet, and record stand comfortably. Ironically the most used thing in that entire space is the record player because it hooks to recessed speakers in the whole open living area.
We use it for our Thanksgiving dinner (5 of us and usually we have my parents or the inlaws visiting) and maybe once or twice a year for small stretches when we have visitors.
I agree though, not commonly used but certainly expected in larger floor plans.
Our house in the Houston area is a weird floorplan. It had a small formal dining room space that was open to the foyer. We walled it in and put a matching French door similar to the one on the opposite side of the foyer to the office. Turned it into a bonus room that we have our home gym.
The breakfast room or whatever you want to call it is massive, we turned it into our dining room and it fits a 10 chair dining room, china cabinet, and record stand comfortably. Ironically the most used thing in that entire space is the record player because it hooks to recessed speakers in the whole open living area.
We use it for our Thanksgiving dinner (5 of us and usually we have my parents or the inlaws visiting) and maybe once or twice a year for small stretches when we have visitors.
I agree though, not commonly used but certainly expected in larger floor plans.
Posted on 6/9/24 at 1:15 pm to GEAUXT
My formal dining room is now my office. I turned the study, which has doors, into a tv/movie room for the kids. We mostly eat at bar stools around the island in the kitchen, but also have a table in the "breakfast nook" of the kitchen we use for extra seats with company.
Posted on 6/9/24 at 1:22 pm to GEAUXT
We do as a family, yeah. Daily.
Now the "formal" living room - that's what we have no use for
Now the "formal" living room - that's what we have no use for
Posted on 6/9/24 at 1:29 pm to GEAUXT
We use ours about twice a week.
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