Alternative to formal dining room spaces

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.

Even if you loved it to start, you might decide you don’t need or want a formal dining room. There are several alternative usages for a formal dining room area instead of leaving the room empty that can make it your new favorite space.

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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. …

Looking to ditch your unused dining room? Here are some ways to make the most of your square footage. Get the latest tips at Renovated.

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

Several months ago, we made the decision to utilize our formal dining room as a home office instead. We left off in Part 1, where we outlined our general plans & inspiration for our future office. If you follow us on Instagram you might have gotten a couple of sneak peeks along the way. There are still several small projects that we need to complete, but for the most part the room is finished! Let's start @ the beginning - here's what it looked like when we moved in: First, we painted the…

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Find alternative uses for formal living room spaces. See formal living rooms converted in to a library, hobby room, home bar, office, play room & game room..

I thought it would be fun to take a look back at some of our before and after photos. Let me preface this by saying the before spaces are all lovely and we just put our own spin on them. We love this house and creating spaces that fit our family brings us so much