Article: Privacy, elegance in 7-year-old Potomac mansion.(Friday Home Guide)(Luxury Homes)

Article: So that's your dining room? ; It's not just for supper. It's also a gallery, a game room, a lounge.
The Boston Globe;  February 21, 2008 ;     700+ words ......old Victorian-style dining room chandelier with them...in the middle of her dining room instead. For lighting...art. DeTemple's old dining-room table stands in the...together in the formal dining room for leisurely Sunday...coffee table in the family room, ...

Article: Is a dining room at your house really necessary?(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  December 27, 2001 ;     700+ words ......respondents in the Northeast would take a formal dining room over a great room with an eating area...change, including the demand for a formal dining room, said Kira McCarron, vice president of...especially true at the holidays, when even the dining room might not be enough to ...

Article: Two-story family room highlights Kildeer home
Chicago Sun-Times;  October 9, 1987 ;     426 words ...A dramatic two-story family room, an elegant first-floor...by-14 1/2-foot formal dining room. Double doors in the living...the den, the foyer, the dining room, the family room or the laundry/mud room...1/2-by-25-foot vaulted family room by an oak railing. ...

Article: Dirt Cheap Decorator Dining room can be used for more than
Courier-News (Elgin, IL);  April 17, 1999 ;     555 words ...Dirt Cheap Decorator Dining room can be used for more...We only use our dining room about four times...Dear Dee: The formal dining room, once a necessity...meal. Because the dining room is usually centrally...solution: Turn the dining room into a library ...

Article: Cozy and casual; New ways of living in kitchen, family room.(LIFE - HOME)
The Washington Times;  March 31, 2004 ;     700+ words ......gathers, that and the family room off of it. That's where...stone floor, and the family room has a large-plank hardwood...is that the formal dining room is out. The formal...often position the family room next to or near the...Susanka says. The family room ...

Article: Some builder say death of the dining room not likely
Herald News, The (Joliet, IL);  June 17, 2001 ;     700+ words ......don't expect the dining room to become extinct...room is to the dining room what the family room is to the living...Families enjoy the dining room, if for no other...separate from the family room. "In most cases...living room and dining room ...

Article: Dining room's more usable with just a few alterations
Chicago Sun-Times;  November 17, 1991 ;     651 words ......room in most homes is the dining room; everyone congregates in the family room. Dining no longer includes...However, you can give your dining room a new function by lining...students in your family. If the dining room is large enough, it can...have table pads for your ...

Article: The family room evolves
Chicago Sun-Times;  July 6, 1997 ;     700+ words ......children, the family room grew and grew...room and separate dining room, explained Brian...living room and dining room." Jeff Samuels...the living room, dining room and family room concept seems...many cases, the dining room also ...

Article: PEMBERTON BOASTS SPACIOUS FAMILY ROOM, MASTER BEDROOM SUITE
Herald-News (Joliet, IL);  August 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......sunken living room and family room, formal dining room, first-floor laundry and...foyer, living room and dining room, family room, first-floor laundry...vaulted foyer, living and dining room, family room, sunny kitchen, first...

Article: Add built-in storage to big family room; Incorporate fireplace with new cabinetry for cohesive look.(New in Homes)
The Toronto Star (Toronto, Ontario);  February 9, 2008 ;     627 words ......David Ferguson Q Our family room is part of an ill-conceived...opening to the adjoining dining room (you have to walk through...staple in an active family room, and the ideal place...infrastructure they require. Your family room should be set up to...

Article: HOME DESIGN YOU ASKED FOR IT! READERS RESPONDING TO OUR SURVEY WANTED A TRANSITIONAL BRICK HOUSE WITH EMPHASIS ON THE FAMILY ROOM, BIG BEDROOMS AND THE KITCHEN.(HOME)
The Virginian Pilot;  June 30, 1996 ;     700+ words ......behind the kitchen and family room. The flow of the...the kitchen. The family room and master bedroom...also will have a dining room, desired by nearly...the readers. The family room was overwhelmingly...the foyer, study, dining room, family ...

Article: TAKE IT FOR GRANTED, FAMILY ROOM A MUST.(Home)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  October 21, 1989 ;     516 words ......as living room-kitchen-dining room- play room. And, boy...I'm talking about the family room. Bet you don't know who coined the term family room. It was the folks at Better...years ago. Since then, the family room has grown into one of...

Article: Frankfort Model's Family Room Can Be Added Later
Chicago Sun-Times;  October 9, 1992 ;     607 words ...A family room can be added now or later...or finished now as a family room. Or they can finish it...2-by-23 3/4-foot unfinished family room. RWS will finish the space...nearly 14 3/4by-15 1/2-foot family room, with a large unfinished...adjacent 9 1/2-by-12-foot ...

Article: Family room snuggles up to Romeoville kitchen
Chicago Sun-Times;  February 21, 1997 ;     178 words ...A 23-by-13-foot family room is a few steps down from the kitchen in the Bristol II...3-foot living room, which flows into the 13 2/3-by-10-foot dining room. An oak railing separates the kitchen/dinette from the family room, where a fireplace is optional. The 17-by-13 2/3-foot kitchen...