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Article: Dirt Cheap Decorator Dining room can be used for more than
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- Courier-News (Elgin, IL)
- Article date:
- April 17, 1999
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Dirt Cheap Decorator Dining room can be used for more than eating
Dear Molly: We live in a traditional two-story house with four kids.
My husband and I work full time and the children have active social schedules after school.
We only use our dining room about four times a year.
This seems like a waste of space in our crowded house.
How can we best utilize this room so the entire family can enjoy it? Dee
Dear Dee: The formal dining room, once a necessity, has become a catch-all room in many homes.
Modern families with both spouses working and children engaged in extra-curricular activities barely have time to sit together for a home-cooked meal.
Because the dining room is usually ...