Unused formal dining room

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If you find yourself hardly ever using your formal dining room, why not switch things up a bit? Give it a new purpose that will actually get some use out of the space.

Formal dining rooms are starting to go the way of the formal living room—out of service. While many homes have dining rooms, the square footage devoted to them often isn't justified by the little use most families get out of them. And who wants to waste that much space? Instead of letting an entire room become a black hole for clutter, get inspired by these 7 ways real families have converted their dining spaces.

Since breakfast rooms are most often used for everyday meals, formal dining rooms are used only once or twice a year in many homes. Some people insist that they need a formal dining room, but that doesn't mean it has to be used as a formal dining room all of the time. Instead of having an unused wasted room in your house, consider making your formal dining room into a multipurpose room by using it for dining occasionally and using it for an additional use the other 364 days of the year. …

Some people have a dedicated space for a dining room, and others don’t…but whatever your house looks like, turkey day is coming, so it’s time to dust off the dining room table. Oh it’s one of my favorite holidays…I love to cook, and gathering with family and friends to eat is probably my f

Learn how to transition an unused formal dining room into a game room your family will use and enjoy all the time!

This formal dining room in Durham, NC was begging for some modern drama. By layering lush fabrics, rich paint, statement metallics, and one-of-a kind art pieces this cozy yet bold space welcomes family and friends around the table to linger just a little longer.

Let’s face it: as much as we’d all like to think of ourselves as the sort of people who throw dinner parties all the time, the formal dining room is mostly obsolete. So what’s a modern family to do? You can set up a dining table and chairs in there and then let stuff collect on the table (I’m pretty sure this is the default), or you can take it one step further and transform your dining room into a multi-purpose space that you’ll use every day.