Every bathroom in my house has a tub. Some people like a drink at the end of the day, for me my bath at the end of the day is my treat.
When we designed our house the original design had a closed off dining room. We decided it wasn’t a room we could see using and it was a room that would have had an ocean view. We changed things up and that space with an added nook became the kitchen. The nook has a table that seats 6. This is where we have always eaten. We can also seat 4 at the island. Our larger dining table is in a combined dining/family room. We use that table when we have a larger gathering.
We stumbled upon this venue recently. They’ve evidently purchased many old tables, chairs, and dishware from numerous sources (likely at a substantial discount), and created a venue for parties, weddings, etc. Evidently they can change the placesetting vintage depending on your event (1920’s, 1950’s, etc.) It looked fantastic (imho). What a great use for all our hand-me-downs!
We’re in the process of repairing damage to the dining room in our vacation place. We had water issues over the winter. This is the new dining room table; the old one couldn’t be saved. We were able to save the 8 bowback chairs. We sent them back to the furniture maker (Thomas Moser) to refinish. We also had to replace the dining room light fixture and the floor in the dining room. Luckily the matching china cabinet was in an adjoining room (which is an office).
We did renovations on our house 3 years ago - living room became DH’s office, dining room became game room (for when DH hosts poker night and I do jigsaw puzzles), DD’s room became a TV room/man cave, DS’s room became my “yarn chamber” (to store all my knitting/craft supplies). Our kitchen does have a nice-sized table to eat at. It has been fun to repurpose rooms for the way we use them. My next door neighbors, a young family with a toddler, do use their dining room every night.
Our next renovation will probably be the master bath - removing the tub to make a larger shower and a larger closet. I love the tub, but at some point it will be too difficult to get in and out of.
We haven’t had a dining room in 20 years. We haven’t even used our kitchen table in like 15 years - we eat at the island. Our family gatherings tend to be very casual, with people eating wherever they want.
I went the opposite way. Our last house had a small dining room, and we opened up to the smaller kitchen for more elbow room. It really helped day-to-day and even helped when we’d entertain. We host Thanksgiving and usually one other larger family gathering every year, and we like to have a dinner party once in a while. That meant the dining table extended into the living room, and people would be squished. When we were ready to look for a different home, a separate, dedicated dining room was one of my must-haves. We eat at the dining room table almost every night as a family, even now that our oldest is away at school. I wanted the dining room to be large enough that we could have 8-10 people at the table, and everyone would still fit! It’s not fussy or formal in style, but it is one of the first rooms you see when entering the house, so I decorated it nicely, and it is kept tidy — no papers, no junk. I really love having a clean and uncluttered space to eat dinner with my family every night and not have to give guests TV trays when we entertain! We also have a banquette and table in the kitchen, so that’s where we have breakfast and eat if it’s just 1 or 2 of us around.
We’ve always had a formal dining room; we rarely ever used it, usually only on holidays. The first 25 years of marriage family/friends didn’t visit often. Now that we moved to a lake everyone’s coming out of the woodwork we use it everytime people visit because we don’t have another table. The DR is currently also housing my mom’s antique sofa and chairs at either end. They are not our style at all, but my parents downsized when they moved here and don’t have room for them. I feel too guilty to get rid of them now. In the future I’d like to give them to my cousins and put in a longer table, maybe something a bit more rustic to balance the formal aesthetic of the trim. We have a small bar type table for 2 where DH and I can sit, eat and watch the hummingbirds which we occasionally do, but let’s be honest most days we eat in the family room where DH can sit in comfortable chairs and veg out after work. We also have a couple seats at the island, but those are usually used by observers who chit chat while I’m cooking. Our kitchen is still a work in progress of rebuilding from our water damage 2 1/2 years ago; eventually Kraftmaid will get it right, and we’ll be able to finish all the trim.
we use it everytime people visit because we don’t have another table. The DR is currently also housing my mom’s antique sofa and chairs at either end. They are not our style at all, but my parents downsized when they moved here and don’t have room for them. I feel too guilty to get rid of them now. In the future I’d like to give them to my cousins and put in a longer table, maybe something a bit more rustic to balance the formal aesthetic of the trim. We have a small bar type table for 2 where DH and I can sit, eat and watch the hummingbirds which we occasionally do, but let’s be honest most days we eat in the family room where DH can sit in comfortable chairs and veg out after work. We also have a couple seats at the island, but those are usually used by observers who chit chat while I’m cooking. Our kitchen is still a work in progress of rebuilding from our water damage 2 1/2 years ago; eventually Kraftmaid will get it right, and we’ll be able to finish all the trim.
