There are few rooms where lighting is as crucial as in the dining room. Not only is the light fixture a focal point here, but as your family or guests sit around the table, the fixture will constantly ...

If you’ve noticed fewer formal dining rooms in homes lately, you’re not imagining it. For years, open-concept layouts blurred the lines between kitchen, living, and dining spaces, pushing traditional ...

The dining room is a room for entertaining. Often host to daily family dinners, gatherings with friends and elegant holiday meals, your home’s dining room is a great chance to display your interior ...

Her hands encased in thick, foamy gloves, Neda Malkani jabs at the freestanding punching bag hanging in her home gym: left, right, left. When she tires of punching, the 40-year-old mother of four uses ...

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, ...

As far as 2026 dining room trends go, designers are leaning into intentional functionality. “We're seeing a definite shift back toward more defined, closed floor plans for formal dining,” says ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. If your home has an open floor plan and no formal dining room, you might not see the need to take up valuable space with a dining table.

A neutral backdrop was already in place when Boston interior designer Ana Donohue was called in to furnish and accessorize this Andover dining room. To enliven the space, Donohue capitalized on the ...