tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2614048139535089278.post4166074426052619183..comments2024-01-03T03:32:20.260-08:00Comments on Lisa Moves: the formal dining room Lisa @ Lisa Moveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10296941353317254985noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2614048139535089278.post-39066281465032508592016-05-11T11:36:04.858-07:002016-05-11T11:36:04.858-07:00Yeah, we have an eat-in kitchen and then a dining-...Yeah, we have an eat-in kitchen and then a dining-room space right next to the eat-in kitchen. So, we ditched the dining room and just do all the eating in the kitchen. Because we aren't formal and don't entertain--and really, the whole-thing seems a bit pretentious for an old split-entry house. I'm with you on the better configuration.Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01067473411257316931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2614048139535089278.post-58989119259250086312016-04-21T15:19:27.623-07:002016-04-21T15:19:27.623-07:00no, we don't eat in this space. There's o...no, we don't eat in this space. There's only four chairs, and five of us, and we have a much bigger table closer to the kitchen in the back of the house. I should do a floor plan sometime--this formal dining room is in the front of the house, visible from the front door. The Mister and I use it as an office, mostly; there's always a ton of paperwork spread out and computers open. <br /><br />I would love to have a smaller house, but I really want to plan and build it myself. What I want just isn't available here. I'd like three bedrooms, 2.5 baths, one large dining room open to the kitchen, and two living spaces (casual for the kid stuff, and a formal one). Here, if you get two living spaces, you get two dining spaces. And they are sized down--so instead of having one nice size dining room and two living spaces, you get two tiny dining spaces and two tiny living spaces. If we were to buy this rental I'd be knocking down walls left and right to reconfigure the space. Lisa @ Lisa Moveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10296941353317254985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2614048139535089278.post-23948882585837754112016-04-21T13:06:12.771-07:002016-04-21T13:06:12.771-07:00I like your artwork in this space. Are you findin...I like your artwork in this space. Are you finding that you're using it as a dining room? Ours is currently a TV watching space. We've been talking about making it more of a dining room, but I wonder if we'd ever actually eat there. We do watch TV there quite often, but after temps in the high 80s earlier this week, I'm remembering that in the warm months we tend to do that in the basement family room because it stays cooler on that level. Really what I need is a smaller house, but that's a whole different can of worms. Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01067473411257316931noreply@blogger.com