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Article: Cherishing A Place At the Table; Dining Rooms Remain Dear to Our Hearts
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- November 9, 2002
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Dust off your dining rooms. It's that time of year again.
Bring out the good silver and crystal, unfold the tablecloths that
have been passed down through the generations. Relatives and friends
will soon gather round and actually sit in those high-backed chairs.
We may use not use our dining rooms often, except perhaps as bill-
paying centers and homework stations. When we do, however, it is
special. That's what makes us love them.
More homes have dining rooms than ever before, statistics show,
and builders are making the rooms bigger rather than smaller. They
are also making them fancier.
In 1985, 46 percent of owner-occupied housing units had a separate
dining room, according to statistics ...