Article: Dining room a great place for gathering

When Martha and Steve Johnson were sketching plans for their home, they decided first of all they needed a big dining room.

"We wanted one large enough to hold two tables because we knew that one table would always be filled with craft projects or homework and there'd be no place to eat," said Mr. Johnson.

But then a second reason for a big dining room popped into the Johnson's design ideas. They wanted a lot of shelf space to store their many books.

"We originally thought we would put the books in the living room," said Mr. Johnson, "On second thought we changed our minds because we knew that the living room furniture is usually pushed against the

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