Monday
Aug032009
Would You Put a Dining Room Table in Your Kitchen? I Would!
Mon, 3 8, 09: 9.32 AM
During one of my trips to France, I noticed that many people had their dining tables in their kitchens -- I'm not talking the typical "eat-in"-style kitchen seen in many homes, but a honest-to-g0d table for eight smack in the middle of the kitchen.
The open-plan design for the kitchen and living area has been popular for a while now, but I personally have never been a fan. I prefer to have my kitchen separate, but it is true that guests tend to gravitate to the kitchen, so I think the idea of having a dining table in the kitchen is fantastic. A lot of kitchens have long islands designed for dining, why not trade out the cumbersome island for a beautiful table? You can even use the table as a work surface while prepping.
Because of the popularity of the open-plan, formal dining rooms are getting used less and less, so why not take your kitchen up a notch and have dinner parties there? If anything, it would make clearing the table a heck of a lot easier and you could repurpose the never-used formal dining room as a home-office, library, lounge, or whatever you want!
photo: southern accents magazine
photo: channel4.com
photo: cotemaison.fr
photo: tc villas
photo: apartment therapy
photo: apartment therapy
photo: decorpad.com
photo: cotemaison.fr
photo: cotemaison.fr
photo: cotemaison.fr
photo: decorpad.com
photo: cotemaison.fr
The open-plan design for the kitchen and living area has been popular for a while now, but I personally have never been a fan. I prefer to have my kitchen separate, but it is true that guests tend to gravitate to the kitchen, so I think the idea of having a dining table in the kitchen is fantastic. A lot of kitchens have long islands designed for dining, why not trade out the cumbersome island for a beautiful table? You can even use the table as a work surface while prepping.
Because of the popularity of the open-plan, formal dining rooms are getting used less and less, so why not take your kitchen up a notch and have dinner parties there? If anything, it would make clearing the table a heck of a lot easier and you could repurpose the never-used formal dining room as a home-office, library, lounge, or whatever you want!
photo: southern accents magazine photo: channel4.com photo: cotemaison.fr photo: tc villas photo: apartment therapy photo: apartment therapy photo: decorpad.com photo: cotemaison.fr photo: cotemaison.fr photo: cotemaison.fr photo: decorpad.com photo: cotemaison.fr
Reader Comments (3)
I love this look! Formal dining rooms are so not my style.
Love it! We need more of that here. I NEVER use my dining room. Well, maybe twice a year!
Love it! We need more of that here. I NEVER use my dining room. Well, maybe twice a year!