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Article: Make your dining room a total joy
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- March 17, 2002
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Dining rooms are back in vogue, and I, for one, am happy about
this state of affairs. Of course, we're doing a multitude of other
things in this room, but when it comes to special meals, the dining
room is the room we all gravitate to.
My own dining room is not large, but it looks out onto a wonderful
terrace that was here when we moved in. We installed two pairs of
French doors where two windows had been; these doors open out onto
the terrace, where we added an awning of durable dark green canvas.
In the summer, we line the terrace walls with candles and have
dinner al fresco on the terrace or in the dining room with the French
doors open looking out toward the candlelit terrace. I feel ...