Dining room conversion

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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

Dining room to home office with sliding glass french doors.

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.

Today, people are more inclined to eat around the TV while relaxing to one of their favorite shows. So, what to do with an unused dining room?

Let's break down all the types of dining room built-ins and if they're right for your space. Besides adding beauty and storage, a benefit to dining room built-ins is getting rid of a big empty wall that is so common in builder-grade homes these days. Extra cabinets and window seats in a dining room or breakfast nook are great, but won’t work for every space. How can you figure out if they’re right for your room?

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. …

You can make your dining room more functional by using the space wisely. These design ideas will help you make your dining room more inviting and usable.

This room makeover is about converting our small dining room into a sitting or reading room. Adding to the transformation, we installed a board and batten ac...

Allison Roman | Home Decor | Style | Lifestyle on Instagram: "We completely gutted and renovated our home and in that process converted the formal dining room into a butlers pantry as well as a mudroom and laundry room. Here are three reasons I regret doing that: 1. It gave us so much extra storage space that now I only need to go to Costco half as often, which is just sad. 2. It gave us a beautiful way to display our liquor and now our friends have too much fun at our house when we host. 3…