Ronstar
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We built our house 16 years ago with a dining room - a must for DW. We use it every Thanksgiving, and only on Thanksgiving.
Since Florida homes also have outside areas that we use all year a dining room is overkill .I have a great room with a dining area . When I have big family dinners we just extend the dining area into the living area and we also utilize the table on the deck . My house was built in 1998.
This is what I am finding in the newer built homes starting around year 2000: an "area" for dining off the kitchen but it is all one big room. You don't see china cabinets in these homes either, so where do you put the good china? Or don't you keep an everyday set and a dressier set in this style of home, which is what I assume.
Styles do swing back and forth. I'll be interested to see if this relaxed style lasts for the next 10 years or so.
I was so floored by my realtor girlfriend who agreed with the guy realtor telling me that dining room sets were out of favor now that I asked where the heck do people eat when they come over for dinner? The answer: tv trays.
I say ewwwwww, ick! Just IMHO.
For you folks with no formal dining room, where do your guests eat when they come over?
If formal dining rooms are going the way of the Edsel, I guess my set of Lennox china will be out in the near future, too...bring on the Chinette paper plates?
Does anyone know if china cabinets are, also, out of style? I tried looking thru HGTV's website, but really did not get an answer there. Seems people need to put their "good" china somewhere other than their everyday cabinets, but who knows what is in style now? Are china cabinets out of style also?
Well first of all, I'll probably mostly invite people over to eat when we can enjoy eating outdoors. Around here, that's where people entertain.For you folks with no formal dining room, where do your guests eat when they come over?
If formal dining rooms are going the way of the Edsel, I guess my set of Lennox china will be out in the near future, too...bring on the Chinette paper plates?
For you folks with no formal dining room, where do your guests eat when they come over?
If formal dining rooms are going the way of the Edsel, I guess my set of Lennox china will be out in the near future, too...bring on the Chinette paper plates?
China? What's that? Don't own any china.
Are china cabinets out of style also?
Those of you with open plans for the kitchen and living rooms....do you like it that way? Does kitchen noise (water running, disposal, appliances, cupboards closing) bother people in the living room? We have a kitchen TV that I use when preparing food or eating by myself and I know I'm not watching the same thing as the folks in the living room.
So far, I like the separation from the living room. I don't think I'd want an open plan.
Those of you with open plans for the kitchen and living rooms....do you like it that way? Does kitchen noise (water running, disposal, appliances, cupboards closing) bother people in the living room? We have a kitchen TV that I use when preparing food or eating by myself and I know I'm not watching the same thing as the folks in the living room.
Not a bother, but we have an Asko dishwasher that you can be standing against and not know it is on and running since it is so quiet. My in-laws have such a noisy dishwasher that one cannot even think when standing outside the front door to the house.Those of you with open plans for the kitchen and living rooms....do you like it that way? Does kitchen noise (water running, disposal, appliances, cupboards closing) bother people in the living room? We have a kitchen TV that I use when preparing food or eating by myself and I know I'm not watching the same thing as the folks in the living room.
Same age house, with same design and same reason.We built our house 16 years ago with a dining room - a must for DW. We use it every Thanksgiving, and only on Thanksgiving.