1.04.2010

.do ya dine?




Do you have a formal dining room? Hands up. Ok if you do, do you use it? Still standing? Ok, do you use it more than five times a year? Last one. Does said room serve any other purpose than your five -a -year fancy days?

Do tell...
(images Sanity Fair, Elle Decor )

15 comments:

  1. Ours is being turned into a study. My study.

    ReplyDelete
  2. i do and i do. but it's also the only eating option in the house other than tv trays or on the floor next to the coffee table. and with a 5 year old it is important that we all eat together sans tv. so. yes to both questions.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Yep, yep, nope. We have one and use it a good deal, but not regularly. I've toyed with the idea of turning it into a more functional space and possibly moving the dining room into the even less used "formal" living room where it would be surrounded by bookshelves and a fireplace. Not likely to happen any time soon. As you can probably imagine, I toy with a lot of ideas. ;0)

    ReplyDelete
  4. Yes, I dine. I think eating should be an event with good food, those you love, perfect strangers or a good book. Sea Witch

    ReplyDelete
  5. If I had a formal Dinning room,.. It would be lavish, with rich colors and textures, I am thinking a light purple and maybe some blueish grays,.. I would use it fora one weekly or monthly specail meal as well as an entertaing focal ponit and of course special birthdays and holidays and so on,... if I had one,....

    ReplyDelete
  6. eek, no i don't use it more than 5 times a year!!! we are seriously thinking of putting a tv in there so we use it more lol

    ReplyDelete
  7. I don't have a formal dining room...but oh how I wish I had one of these! What lovely photos.

    ReplyDelete
  8. no, we don't have a formal dinning room in our new house. we have a very informal and 'usable' space with a large table than can be used for every day meals and when we have friends for dinner. I love it!

    ReplyDelete
  9. We have a "separate" dining room but I sure wouldn't call it formal. We are eating in there now. We have periods where I decide we need to use it. I wish I knew how to incorporate it more.

    ReplyDelete
  10. Kind of, yes and no. It's a large nook/corner in an open plan living area. There is a formal dining table, though, that we rarely use for dining. It holds stuff, or just sits there looking pretty, or my husband uses it for his work space when he works from home. We also have a guest room that shares a remarkably similar fate...

    ReplyDelete
  11. ahahha! well, i have a one bedroom apartment (duplex) and some areas are rather undefined. if pushed i could call it a dining room, but it really isn't fancy. but if need be i could doll it up!

    hope you got the doggie book ok? i hope!

    ReplyDelete
  12. I get it, you don't NEED a formal dining area. However when you don't have one it can be limiting. We eat oriental style on cushions on the floor around a low table, that just doesn't cut it for some dinner parties... Can be a bit awkward to have someone's granny over for dinner.

    ReplyDelete
  13. right now it´s filled with papers, books, paints, and i think i see a soccer ball...

    ReplyDelete
  14. Yes, I have a formal dining room that is indeed quite formal and we use it every night for dinner if we are in. I love formal dining rooms, but it is of course a matter of ones lifestyle and space.

    ReplyDelete
  15. Our dining room opens into the living room, and yes, we use it all the time for formal and casual gatherings. I love to cook and entertain so it gets used A LOT.

    Your photos are beautiful!

    xo

    ReplyDelete

Yes, yes, tell me!