Ditch the dining room

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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.

With changing lifestyles, many homeowners find they no longer need a dining room, although they do need that space.

For me, building was a dream come true. I have a passion for interior design and was one of the many people who had a subscription to Domino magazine back in the day. Pinterest is my jam and I had sooo many inspiration pics pinned for my “someday” home. We lived in a home that...Read the Post

When we were building, I don’t think we saw a single floorplan that didn’t come with a formal dining room. Since we were coming from a much smaller, older home with no island or eat-in kitchen and a dining room as the ONLY place to eat, we just couldn’t wrap our brains around needing three...Read the Post

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.

Here's what the "undining" room is as well as how you can make it work for your home while living in an open concept.

9 Things in Your Dining Room You Should Ditch ASAP | The dining room may not be the most-used room in the home, but it could be one of the most high-profile. This is the space where friends gather for dinner. Head to the closet, sideboard, etagere, cupboard, or wherever else dining room accoutrements may live and get to work; a decluttered dining room is just minutes away. #organizingtips #homeorganization #realsimple

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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.