The era of open-concept brought an end to most formal dining room ideas. Without walls to set the tone, an inherent casualness took over the way we dined. But then there was Covid, where rooms were ...

Our relationship with the traditional dining room is a movable feast. But often that room was rarely used for the rest of year, save for a few special occasions. “The nature of dining, entertaining ...

Your dining room can become a boring, unused space if you're not careful. Too many of us seem to think having a formal dining room means it has to be furnished with traditional, matching furniture.

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Raise a glass in memory of the formal dining room. The separate dining room, where generations have enjoyed Sunday roasts and Christmas lunches, is becoming obsolete. Modern design dictating flexible, ...

To create a pulled-together but not-too-formal dining room for her clients — a young couple who moved from Southie to Melrose — Samantha Arak started with a lush, peacock-blue floral wallpaper that ...

“I have never understood the term ‘formal lounge’,” admits Jonathan Richards, director and interior designer at SJB. “They seem like two contradictory words. When do we ever lounge formally?” For ...

It's time to ditch the textbook dining room aesthetic and replace it with the pieces and decor you truly love. Here's what ...