Extra roles for a dining room; Library, office, even art gallery.(LIFE -...

The Washington Times;  December 5, 2007 ;     700+ words ......eliminated a formal dining room from their homes...sitting room or family room. People have...Wentworth says. The dining room is more informal...used like a dining room. Often, art...combining the dining room with an art...displayed in the family ...

So that's your dining room? ; It's not just for supper. It's also a...

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, ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

HOME DESIGN YOU ASKED FOR IT! READERS RESPONDING TO OUR SURVEY WANTED A...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

Rear family room the centerpiece of older ranch house.(Homes Plus)

Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  February 11, 2001 ;     515 words ......move closer to work. The rear family room - light walls, new oak floor and...front room that DeBat uses as a dining room. Dark wood shakes stretch up from...alongside the dining room back to the family room. Entering my house was like walking...

Family room anchors house in Lake Villa

Chicago Sun-Times;  March 14, 1997 ;     186 words ...A two-story, 22-by-19-foot family room anchors the Meadowdale plan at the Estates of Deerpath...breakfast room. A tray ceiling is optional in the 11-by-10 1/3 dining room. It opens to the 14-by-13 2/3 living room. A study, measuring...and 13 1/2 by 12 2/3. A second-floor bridge overlooks the ...