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Having enough space at the dining room table is always an issue. Family members and dinner guests come in all shapes and sizes. Some sit prim and proper. Others like to spread out, and require lots of leg and elbowroom.

How do you buy a dining room table that can accommodate a wide range of diners?
Below are three essential steps you need to take to answer this question.

Take measurements

Make a detailed scale drawing of the room you are going...

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Just because you live in a small space doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice key pieces of dining room furniture. Say goodbye to dinners on your coffee table—we’ve got lots of space-saving tips to show you the way to incorporate dining room furniture into your space-conscious home.

Before we talk dinette sets, let’s revisit a few cardinal rules of decorating a small home:

  • Use light colors. This doesn’t mean all your walls have...

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If you are living in a studio apartment or a home where space is a primary consideration, then you’ll need to think carefully about what type of dining room table and chairs will be the best fit for your space. Let’s peruse the dining room furniture options out there to see how you can maximize your space.  

Space-Saving Dining Room Furniture

Removable center leafs. If you have a small dining room or a combination living room and dining room area,...

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It’s visualization time. Picture yourself in the following situation (and it’s definitely one that we’ve all been in at one time or another): You’re seated at a dinner party and you need to get up to go get another drink. But before you can get to it, you have to make the awkward squeeze between another guest’s chair and the wall. On the way out you’re wondering, “Can I even fit through that space without knocking her chair forward?”...

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